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By Kingsley Omonobi The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is set to host the sixth Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers (CARSPO 2026) in Imo State from September 21 to 24, with election security expected to feature prominently in discussions ahead of the 2027 general electi...
Lagos police describe the protest by traders at the Trade Fair Complex against Chinese retailers as the work of a few miscreants and disgruntled fellows. Read More: https://punchng.com/lagos-trade-fair-protest-was-by-few-miscreants-police/...
The two newly deployed Mobile Police officers were killed while escorting the DPO of Ayilamo Police Division back to the Benue community. The post Bandits kill two police officers in Benue ambush appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has dismantled a suspected industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory in Ebonyi State and arrested a Mexican national it described as an alleged drug kingpin while he was attempting to leave Nigeria through the Lagos airpo...
The police said the operation was carried out based on intelligence. The post Police arrest kidnap suspects while collecting N1.5m ransom in Ondo, rescue victims appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Mexican drug kingpin Arturo Carrera Loaiza while attempting to flee Nigeria through the Lagos airport and linked him to a methamphetamine laboratory uncovered in Ebonyi State. The post NDLEA arrests Mexican drug kingpi...
The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested two suspects over the alleged assault, abduction and subsequent murder of a 45-year-old man, Ogunsakin Sunday, in connection with a land dispute in Afao-Ekiti. The suspects were identified as Rotimi Joseph Olabiowonu, popularly known as...
Three persons were injured after a 40ft container truck reportedly suffered brake failure and crashed on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway inward Mowe, Ogun Stat Read More: https://punchng.com/three-injured-as-container-truck-crashes-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway/...
The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, has alleged that members of the King’s College Old Boys Association, KCOBA, accompanied by police officers, forcefully took over the gate of King’s College, Lagos, on Tuesday. The Unit Chairman of the union, Samuel Enang...
Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal Jihad (JAS), popularly known as Boko Haram, has debunked reports that it struck a ceasefire deal with the Nigerian government, HumAngle reports. The post Boko Haram ‘judge’ denies reported ceasefire deal with Nigerian govt appeared first on Pr...
The NDLEA has arrested a Mexican meth kingpin, Arturo Carrera Loaiza, at the Lagos airport and dismantled a related industrial-scale laboratory in Ebonyi S Read More: https://punchng.com/ndlea-arrests-mexican-meth-kingpin-at-lagos-airport-dismantles-ebonyi-lab/...
The NDLEA said the investigation began with the arrest of three Mexican nationals and seven Nigerians at a forest hideout in Ogun State on 16 May. The post NDLEA arrests suspected Mexican drug kingpin, uncovers meth lab in Ebonyi appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Mining Marshals have uncovered an alleged illegal gold mining operation in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and arrested two suspects in a decisive enforcement action. The NSCDC said the operation, carried out in Gwagwalada...
By Kingsley Omonobi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Tuesday that its operatives have dismantled yet another industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory and arrested a Mexican drug kingpin who was attempting to flee the country through the Lagos airport. T...
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Marwa (Rtd), has vowed to rid the country of cross-border drug cartels operating in the country. This is as the Agency said it has dismantled yet another industrial-scale ...
A serious threat assessment should help the country establish a hierarchy of risks and make capabilities, spending and operational priorities follow that hierarchy. Not every threat is equally urgent. Not every fire requires the same response. More importantly, some fires can be ...
The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, of the Ogun State Police Command, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, has warned Nigerians against turning rape allegations into a gender war and social media trial, insisting that an allegation is not a conviction. Babaseyi, gave the warning on Tuesd...
The police have confirmed the incident. The post Suspected herders kill vigilante operative, one other in Imo appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has challenged the Anambra State government to prove that his administration left behind unpaid debts, salaries, pensions or contractor liabilities. Obi issued the challenge in a statement posted on his offi...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has paraded several suspects arrested for alleged involvement in car theft, armed robbery, cable vandalism, theft of agricultural infrastructure and other criminal activities within the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and neigh...
The Ogun State Police has warned against the practice of reaching verdicts on rape allegations on social media before investigations or court proceedings. Read More: https://punchng.com/police-warn-against-social-media-verdicts-on-rape-cases/...
The Nigeria Police Force reports arresting suspected kidnappers and robbers, rescuing victims, and recovering firearms in operations across 11 states. Read More: https://punchng.com/police-arrest-suspects-rescue-victims-recover-firearms-in-11-states/...
Police Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun, says the victims were abducted on 10 September, at about 7:30 p.m. The post Police rescue abducted persons, kill suspected kidnappers in Niger appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA — The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command has arrested 70 suspected hoodlums following a raid on identified criminal black spots around Unity Fountain and its environs in Maitama, Abuja. The operation followed the circulation of a viral video ...
The Nigeria Police Force has warned of intelligence indicating that terrorists and informants are conducting surveillance on schools, NYSC orientation camps, places of worship and other vulnerable locations for possible coordinated attacks. A special report has detailed how kidna...
By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA — The Nigerian Police Force and other security agencies have heightened security nationwide following intelligence indicating plans by suspected terrorists and other non-state actors to attack schools, places of worship, NYSC orientation camps and recrea...
The operation led to the arrest of 70 suspects, of whom 30 were released after screening. The post Abuja police detain 40 suspects over Maitama robbery, victim recognises two appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
The Nigeria Police Force has issued a security alert over intelligence indicating terrorists and informants are spying on schools and other vulnerable targ Read More: https://punchng.com/terrorists-informants-spying-on-schools-other-targets-police/...
Two separate fire incidents in the Ikorodu and Surulere areas of Lagos State have destroyed goods and property worth millions of naira, LASEMA has confirme Read More: https://punchng.com/twin-fires-destroy-lagos-multi-million-naira-goods/...
The police found the dead body when it the motor park to shut down the facility following the governor’s directive. The post Police recover another corpse from Osun motor park after killing of Adeleke’s ally appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a former staff member of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) and 12 others over their alleged involvement in the vandalism of electricity cables worth more than N350 million in Abuja. The suspects wer...
Mr Pate made the observation on Monday in Abuja during a fireside chat at the Health Sector Reform Coalition (HSRC)/Nigeria Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Civil Society Organisations-Media Mid-Year Review of Nigeria’s Health Sector Reforms. The post Tax reforms, economic growth ...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Zamfara State Command, has arrested nine suspects over the alleged vandalism and theft of roofing sheets at Tsageru Primary School in Tsafe Local Government Area of the state. The command also arrested a 58-year-old chemist op...
The Oyo State government has revealed that no fewer than five suspected terrorists have been arrested over an attack on a security base in the Oke Ogun area of the state. Commissioner for Information, Dotun Oyelade, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. DAILY POST reported tha...
IPI Nigeria National Committee had hoped that the appointment of Tunji Disu as Inspector General of Police would usher in a new era of respect for human rights and press freedom. The post IPI Nigeria condems police invasion of TV station in Kaduna, calls for sanction appeared fir...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday affirmed the judgment of a HIgh Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, which imposed a fine of N85 million on a Commercial Bank and the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, for freezing a bank customer’s account with an invalid court order. A th...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Zamfara State has arrested a 58-year-old man accused of selling illegal drugs in the state for more than 20 years. The command also arrested nine other suspects over alleged vandalism and theft of government infrastructure. ...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has alerted Nigerians to the circulation of a suspected counterfeit toothpaste, ORACIRE+ Toothpaste, being distributed in the country under the guise of the registered ORACARE+ Toothpaste. The agency said t...
The Nasarawa State Emergency Management Agency has distributed relief materials worth millions of naira to victims of various disasters in three Local Government Areas of the state. The beneficiaries were affected by bandit attacks, communal and land clashes, floods, fires and ot...
The Nigerian Police Force High Command has placed formations nationwide on red alert over alleged planned terror attacks on worship centres, schools, National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, orientation camps and other public places across the country. According to Premium Times, the ...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Osun State Command, has arrested three men over the alleged theft and sale of electrical cables removed temporarily during road construction activities in Agbona Village, Iwo. The suspects were identified as Taliatu Olunlade, 6...
By Idris Salisu, Gusau GUSAU — The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Zamfara State Command, has arrested nine suspects over alleged criminal conspiracy, vandalism, mischief and theft of roofing sheets from Tsageru Primary School in Tsafe Local Government Area of t...
At least 10 people were killed in separate attacks across Plateau State last week, while security forces arrested at least 22 suspects. The post GOC visits Plateau communities where 10 people died with 22 arrested in one week appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
The Ogun State Police Command said its intervention demonstrated police’s efforts in facilitating peaceful resolution of disputes brought before them The post Police secure N300,000 hospital debt waiver for woman who lost baby after C-section appeared first on Premium Times Niger...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned Nigerian lawyers against charging clients in foreign currencies, describing the practice as illegal and unethical. The post EFCC warns Nigerian lawyers against charging clients in foreign currencies appeared first on ...
Commuters travelling along the Iyana-Ipaja/Iyana-Iba axis of Lagos have been left stranded following a strike by commercial bus drivers protesting alleged extortion by law enforcement and transport regulatory agencies. The drivers, according to findings, stopped operations along ...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it will prosecute legal practitioners found charging clients in foreign currencies. The Acting Zonal Director of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the EFCC, ACE I Bawa Usman Kaltungo, gave the warning on Friday, September 11...
The Ogun State Police Command has helped a bereaved woman, Precious Mathew, secure a N300,000 debt waiver from a hospital after she lost her baby. Read More: https://punchng.com/how-police-helped-woman-secure-n300000-surgery-debt-waiver-ogun-cp/...
