By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent REDEPLOYMENT OF police officers previously assigned to protect Nigeria’s supposed Very Important Personalities has commenced after being recalled to their bases and reassigned to routine community policing duties, as the presidency moves to bolster police presence in underserved areas. The dire...
By Abdulsalam Abdullah, TheCable Online THE KADUNA police command says its operatives have arrested a man with N25.9 million cash allegedly for vote-buying in the state’s by-election. In a statement on Saturday, Mansir Hassan, spokesperson for the police command in Kaduna, said the arrest was made in collaboration with the Department of State ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNMedia Reporter DEMONSTRATORS RETURNED to the streets in Rivers and Lagos States for a second day, rallying against hunger and economic hardships in Nigeria. The ten-day protest began in major cities on Thursday, August 1. In the South, demonstrations remained peaceful. In the North, violence erupted with looting and c...
By Joke Kujenya THE INSPECTOR-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, announced that all police units across Nigeria are on red alert following the violent turn of the planned nationwide protests. The protests, which started as peaceful demonstrations against economic hardship, quickly escalated into chaos, looting, and destruction of property. O...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter WITH THE aim to bolster security and protect lives and property across Nigeria, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has announced it will begin enforcing the digital Central Motor Registry (e-CMR) on July 29, 2024. This initiative was announced by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Satu...
By Joke Kujenya AGAIN, THE Nigerian Police has summoned a journalist with PREMIUM TIMES, Emmanuel Agbo, over a pending investigative report concerning a contentious land dispute. In an official invitation, dated May 31, 2024 and sent to Agbo via WhatsApp on Monday from the office of the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Intelligence Response...
By Joke Kujenya ON WEDNESDAY, May 22, 2024, Nigerian journalism faced another troubling incident as Mr. Madu Onuorah, the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Globalupfront Newspaper (Online), was apprehended by officers of the Nigerian Police Force. At approximately 6 PM, around ten heavily armed policemen arrived at his residence in Lugbe, Abuja...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNMedia Reporter SECURITY OPERATIVES say they have rescued seven more students of the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) who were abducted at Osara, Kogi State recently/ According to Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun, this development brings the total number of rescued students to 21. The ...
By Olaide Ajibola, JKNMedia Reporter DEMONSTRATING a strong commitment to enhancing security measures in the state, Governor Dapo Abiodun has made a donation of 25 patrol vehicles to the state police command. He also acquired surveillance drones for the police to monitor criminal activities in the state effectively. The event took place at the...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNMedia Reporter THE Abia State Police Command has made a significant breakthrough in the investigation of the tragic death of a 500-level student, Emmanuel Uche, from Abia State University. Uche, a final year student of the Department of History and International Relations, fell victim to a violent clash suspected to be c...
