The Nigerian Army and Police on Thursday repelled an attack by Boko-Haram insurgents who attempted to invade Jakana town in Kaga local government area of Borno. The insurgents armed with sophisticated weapons, stormed the town at 5:30 p.m. Jakana is…
Why I won’t honour police invitation – Saraki (SUN)
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, yesterday, revealed why he did not honour the invitation by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to their station in Guzape Abuja over the Offa robbery. Saraki said he answered all the questions raised in…
Toyin Saraki: I’ve never received any vehicle from police for protection
Toyin Saraki, wife of the Senate President, Bukola Sarki, has called out the Nigeria Police for suggesting that the vehicles that surrounded the Senate President’s residence could possibly be “Protection provided to the wife of the Senate President.” Mrs Saraki …
Unusual police presence at National Assembly (Vanguard)
There is currently an unusual police presence at the National Assembly. Similarly, a crowd of youths is gathering at the main gate of the Assembly. Security operatives involving the police and National Assembly security personnel are at alert inside the building,…
Police lay siege on Saraki’s residence, block Saraki’s convoy (DailyTrust)
Policemen on Tuesday morning blocked the convoy of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki at Lake Chad Junction, Maitama, Abuja. Effort to get the reaction of the Police over this latest move proves abortive as at the time of…
Police roll out standard operating procedures for SARS operatives (Vanguard)
The Commissioner of Police, Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Mr Haliru Gwandu, yesterday, said the Nigeria Police has designed a Standard Operational Procedure, SOP, for operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, to help reform its activities. According to a statement…
Police intimidation worrisome, Fayose cries out (Punch)
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has again raised the alarm, accusing the police of continuous intimidation of himself, his family, and Ekiti workers. The governor in a press release by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, said that…
Ekiti election: Snatch ballot box, lose your hand; run with it, lose your legs —Police (Vanguard)
Ekiti election: Today, 667,064 eligible voters who have collected their PVCs out of 913, 334 registered voters are expected to file out across the 2,195 polling units spread across 177 wards in 16 local government areas of Ekiti State to…
Fayose is only dramatizing, nobody slapped him -Force Headquarters (Nation)
The Nigeria Police Force yesterday said allegations by Governor Ayo Fayose that he was slapped and kicked by a policeman were false. The Police also said the governor was just being overdramatic. The Police said it investigated the matter by…
Ekiti: Police say teargassing of crowd, a mistake, assure it won’t happen again (ThisDay)
Apparently responding to the growing condemnation of its forceful dispersal of supporters of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that gathered in front of Government House, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State for an address by the state Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday, the police Thursday said…