Tag: Nigeria Police Force

2025 police inspector promotions on schedule, PSC denies delay

January 23, 2026

The Police Service Commission has issued a rebuttal to media reports alleging delays in the promotion of police inspectors following the 2025 Departmental Selection Board exercise. Our correspondent on Friday retrieved this in a statement published on its official website on Thursday. The PSC said it “wishes to categorically rebut the claims made in the […]

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Don’t fight criminals, save your life first, police advise Nigerians

January 14, 2026

The Nigeria Police Force has advised Nigerians not to struggle or fight back if they find themselves in a dangerous...

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Police arrest LAMATA driver over death of 19-year-old pedestrian

January 14, 2026

The Airport Police Command has arrested a driver for the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Adewale Abiodun following a...

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Police rescue 60-year-old kidnap victim, arrest murder suspects in Oyo

January 14, 2026

The Oyo State Police Command has rescued a 60-year-old kidnap victim, Isiaku Saidu, in Iseyin, Iseyin Local Government Area of...

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Police urge caution around rivers, swimming pools in Oyo

January 8, 2026

The Oyo State Police Command, on Wednesday night, advised residents of the state to exercise extreme caution around rivers, streams,...

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Police Arrests Anthony Joshua ‘s Driver, Probes Lagos-Ibadan Crash

January 2, 2026

Following the unfortunate traffic incident on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway that led to the death of two associates of British-Nigerian boxer,...

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Police Suspend Tinted Glass Permit Enforcement After Court Order

January 2, 2026

The Nigeria Police Force has suspended the nationwide enforcement of its tinted glass permit policy following an interim court order...

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NBA misleading public on vehicle-tinted glass permit policy – Police insist

December 19, 2025

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Friday insisted that the motor vehicle tinted glass permit policy is lawful and meant...

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Court bars IGP, NPF from enforcing tinted glass permit policy nationwide

December 18, 2025

A Delta State High Court sitting in Orerokpe, yesterday, issued an ex-parte injunction stopping and barring the Inspector General of...

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Tinted glass permit policy lawful – IGP

December 17, 2025

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Olukayode Egbetokun on Wednesday reiterated and insisted that the Tinted Glass permit policy of the Nigeria...

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Police to resume nationwide tinted glass permit enforcement January 2

December 16, 2025

The Nigeria Police Force has announced that it will resume the nationwide enforcement of the tinted glass permit policy from...

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Police probe viral video of officer’s assault on bus conductor

November 30, 2025

The Lagos State Police Command says it has launched an investigation into a police officer captured in a viral video...

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Police hunt gunmen, recover car after attack on Ngige’s convoy

November 28, 2025

Some yet-to-be-identified assailants have attacked the convoy of a former governor of Anambra State, Chris Ngige, along the Nkpor–Nnobi Road...

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IGP confirms withdrawal of 11,566 police officers attached to VIPs

November 27, 2025

The Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has confirmed the withdrawal of 11,566 police officers previously attached to Very Important Personalities...

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Trigger-happy policeman shoots teenager dead in Oyo

November 27, 2025

A yet-to-be-identified trigger-happy policeman has allegedly shot a teenager identified simply as DMX dead in the Alakia area of Ibadan,...

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Police confirm abduction in Kebbi girls’ school, begin rescue operation

November 17, 2025

Tension has engulfed the Maga community in Kebbi State after terrorists launched a deadly pre-dawn attack on the Government Girls’...

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Over 100,000 policemen assigned to VIPs — EU report

November 11, 2025

More than 100,000 officers of the Nigeria Police Force are currently deployed to protect politicians and other Very Important Persons,...

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Police issue stern warning to IPOB ahead of Anambra guber election

November 4, 2025

The Nigeria Police Force has warned non-state actors, including the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the Eastern Security Network (ESN), and the...

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Police clarify Sowore’s arrest, deny torture allegations

August 9, 2025

The Nigeria Police Force has denied allegations of brutality and torture against human rights activist and politician, Omoyele Sowore, insisting...

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