The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun has called for collaboration and cooperation between the Police, other security agencies and relevant stakeholders in Niger State to provide adequate security for students, teachers and schools across the state. The IGP made the call at the Strategic Stakeholders Forum on Security of Schools in Niger State […]
CUSTECH abduction: Police air combat team rescue 7 more students
The Air Component of Police Security apparatus made up of Helicopter Crew specially trained for Aerial Surveillance, Monitoring Team as well as Technical Intelligence Unit have rescued seven additional students who were kidnapped by gunmen at the Confluence University of Science and Technology, CUSTECH, Osara in Kogi State. The Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer, […]
Police parade wanted ex-Oyo transport union boss, Auxiliary
Men of Oyo State Police Command have paraded a former Chairman of Oyo State Park Management System (PMS) Mr Mukaila Lamidi, also known as Auxiliary. Lamidi was paraded by the Police on Thursday in Ibadan. DAILY POST gathered that Lamidi had earlier been declared wanted by the police some months ago over some allegations levelled […]
BREAKING: Many crushed to death at police checkpoint in Abia
At least 18 travellers were killed in a crash on the Umuahia-Enugu axis of the Port Harcourt Enugu Highway on Thursday morning. It was gathered that the accident occurred at a police checkpoint around the Lokpanta area of Abia State in the wee hours of Thursday. It was also learned that an 18-seater commercial bus […]
Zamfara: Terrorists reportedly kill two police operatives, one vigilante member
A gang of notorious bandits, on Monday, unleashed a terror attack on Zurmi town, the headquarters of Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing two police operatives and one vigilante operative. A resident of the town, Abubakar Ishiaku told newsmen in Gusau, the State capital, that the terrorists invaded the Local Government headquarters at […]
Police hand over 4-year-old girl in viral video to Edo Govt
The Edo State Police Command has handed over the four-year-old Sarah, who was seen half naked in a viral video on the internet, to the State Commissioner for Gender Based Violence (GBV) Christabel Elawu, for Special custody. DAILY POST had reported that the little girl was seen half-naked in a viral video on the internet […]
Activist Adeyanju berates Police over Portable’s arrest
An Abuja-based legal practitioner and human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has berated operatives of the Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Police Force for allegedly humiliating a controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, in a bid to arrest him over a civil matter. DAILY POST had earlier reported Portable’s arrest on Tuesday over […]
Man set Kano mosque ablaze over unfair sharing of inheritance – Police
A man arrested for burning a Kano mosque, Shafiu Abubakar, has willingly submitted himself to the Police, claiming that he took the action due to unfair sharing of inheritance. The Police in Kano have confirmed that 24 persons sustained different degrees of burns in the incident. Abubakar, 38, used petrol to set the mosque ablaze […]
Police arraign man, 37, for allegedly tampering with corpse
The Police in Ibadan on Wednesday arraigned one Sulaiman Ikudaisi, 37, who allegedly tampered with a corpse. Ikudaisi, whose address was not provided, is charged with tampering with corpse but he pleaded not guilty before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court. The prosecutor, Insp Toyin Ibrahim, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on May […]
Police arrest suspect who bombed Kano Mosque with petrol
The Kano State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of the principal suspect behind the early morning mosque explosion in Gadan village in Gezawa Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Usaini Gumel, told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Wednesday that a 38-year-old man, Shafi’u Abubakar, used a […]