Nigerian Police

Coordinated nationwide operations across 17 security incidents led to the rescue of kidnapped students, an abducted child and other victims, dealing a significant blow to criminal gangs operating in several states. Police intercepted large caches of illegal arms...

January 21, (THEWILL) — The Nigeria Police Force has officially confirmed the abduction of worshippers from the Kurmin Wali community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, reversing an earlier denial. Tactical and intelligence units have been...

November 28, (THEWILL) — The Katsina State Police Command has dismissed as fake, baseless and malicious the viral social media claims alleging that villagers in Safana Local Government Area engaged in a hostage-swap deal with bandit groups, warning the...

October 30, (THEWILL) — The Akwa Ibom State Police Command, on Thursday, presented cheques totalling N22.09 million to families and next of kin of 63 deceased police officers who died in active service. The cheques, presented by the Commissioner of...

September 30, (THEWILL) — The Kano State Police Command has recovered Tramadol and Pregabalin tablets valued at N82.7 million in Rimin Auzinawa Quarters of Kano metropolis. Commissioner of Police, Dr. Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Kano...

September 29, (THEWILL) — The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested two suspected cult members in Uyo and recovered weapons, charms, and cult insignia in a fresh crackdown on violent crime in the state capital. The suspects, identified...

September 29, (THEWILL) — The Nigeria Police Force, through the National Central Bureau of Interpol, has arrested and repatriated a notorious Beninese fugitive, Sunday Kotin, to authorities in the Republic of Benin. Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, in...

September 27, (THEWILL) — The Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police, Francis Idu, has confirmed the arrest of six suspects in connection with the August killing of Police Constable Oboh Goodluck by suspected cultists in the OMPADEC area of...

September 23, (THEWILL) — Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command say their efforts at intensifying their crackdown on criminal activities have paid off, with the arrest of three suspects in separate operations in Uyo and Esit Eket. In...

September 23, (THEWILL) — In pomp and pageantry, the entire residents of Okulogba street in Akenpai Community, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, in a mammoth crowd came out to honour and celebrate one of their own who...