The Rivers State Police Command has commenced an investigation into a boat accident that claimed the lives of two siblings in Ahoada Town, Ahoada East Local Government Area. The victims, Mekalachi Gogochuri, 25, and Rejoice Gogochuri, 23, drowned after a boat carrying seven passengers capsized on the Aliya (Overhead) River on Saturday evening. Speaking to…
Senate Leader, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele, has defended the passage of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Alteration) (State Police) Bill, 2026, describing it as a child of necessity rather than political expediency. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by his Directorate of Media and Public Affairs. Bamidele said…
The Senate on Wednesday, expeditiously passed the State Police Bill which sought to move Nigeria from a unitary policing structure to a federal policing mode. The passage of the bill followed the clause by clause consideration of the bill by the committee of the whole of the Senate. The bill is entitled: “A bill for…
The Constitution Amendment Bill on State Police passed its second reading during the Senate plenary on Wednesday in Abuja. The Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, moved a motion for the suspension of Senate rules to accelerate consideration of the executive bill seeking constitutional backing for state police services. Leading the debate on the bill, Bamidele said…
Gov. Umaru Bago of Niger has called on the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to strengthen its manpower and deploy more technology-driven solutions to effectively tackle emerging security challenges. Bago made the call on Wednesday in Minna when the Deputy Inspector-General (DIG) of Police in charge of Training and Development and Coordinating DIG for the North-Central…
The Nigerian Police Force (NPF), says it has put stringent measures in place to tackle the security challenges confronting Plateau. Mr Maurice Dankwambo, the Aassistant Inspector General (AIG) incharge of Zone 4, said this when he visited Gov. Caleb Mutfwang on Wednesday in Jos. Dankwambo said he was in Plateau on the directives of Mr…
The Police Command in Nasarawa State has intercepted 174 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition for AK-47 rifles and arrested a suspect in connection with the seizure. SP Ramhan Nansel, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Lafia. Nansel said that the suspect, identified as Abubakar Abdullahi, was arrested…
President Bola Tinubu has transmitted the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Alteration) State Police Bill, 2026 to the Senate for consideration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the correspondence, dated June 15, was read on the floor of the senate by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, during plenary on Tuesday. In…
The Police command in Kaduna State has condemned the mob killing of a woman accused of child theft in Maraban Jos. The command described the incident as barbaric and a serious violation of the rule of law. It said the woman was attacked on Saturday by an angry mob over unverified child theft allegations. The…
The Kebbi Police Command says it has arrested 13 suspected criminals involved in terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, illegal possession of firearms, and other offences across the state within the last one month. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Alhaji Umar Hadejia, made this known while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Birnin Kebbi on recent security…
