The Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun says he believes the country is not “mature” for state policing despite the myriad of security challenges facing it. He spoke on Monday during a national dialogue on state police held in Abuja with the theme ‘Pathways to Peace: Reimagining Policing in Nigeria’. “On the issue of state…
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command, has confirmed that at least two persons were injured in an explosion near the Bureau of Public Enterprise premises in Maitama, Abuja. The area was thrown into confusion following a loud sound that suggested an explosion in the area. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in…
Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have killed two persons suspected to be husband and wife and dumped their corpses in a car boot of their vehicle, a Toyota Camry with the registration number: EE-621-EU. The two corpses were seen by passers-by at a lonely place along the Tempo Junction, Umunya axis of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway in the…
The Plateau State House of Assembly has been cordoned off by men of the Nigeria Police Force ahead of its resumed sitting on Tuesday. Security was beefed up by the police following the resolve of the 16 former Peoples Democratic Party, lawmakers to resume sitting today despite their sack by the Appeal Court. The state…
Police in Illinois say a gunman suspected of killing eight people in the city of Joliet, Illinois, has died after a confrontation with law enforcement officials. Police said Romeo Nance, 23, is believed to have fatally shot himself after the confrontation near Natalia, Texas. He is suspected of killing eight people at multiple locations in…
Rivers State PPRO, Grace Iringe-Koko The Rivers Police Command has confirmed the arrest of some Police officers from its command, who went to Aba, Abia State, kidnapped a man and extorted 3,000 USDT. According to Harrison Gwamnishu in his post on X, “The police officers attached to Rivers State Police Command left Port Harcourt to…
The operatives of the Abia State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have busted an illegal refinery site in the state. The illegal refinery site is located at Obiakpu, Obuzo- Asa in Ukwa West Local Government Area of the state. The new state Commandant of NSCDC, Commandant Usman Ishaq Alfadarai, who…
Emeka Offor The Anambra State Police Command has denied rumours that an activist, Mr Bonny Okonkwo, is being detained on the order of top business mogul and philanthropist, Sir Emeka Offor. Okonkwo, an indigene of Oraifite in the Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the State was said to have been arrested after a petition against…
The Abia State Government has directed all 17 mayors, traditional rulers and Presidents-General of communities in the state to instantly embark on mass mobilisation of youths to fill the state’s quota in the ongoing police recruitment. The Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, in a statement, regretted that the state’s allocation in the ongoing police…
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company has announced that it will commence Token Identifier, TID, rollover by the end of February 2024. Emeka Ezeh, Head of Corporate Communications at EEDC, disclosed this in a statement over the weekend, notifying electricity consumers within its franchise to upgrade their meters. According to him, the upgrade is compulsory for…
