Crime Facts

Security Agencies Underperforming — Buhari

  President Muhammadu Buhari feels that the security agencies are not doing enough despite what has been provided. Buhari, according to the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, expressed the feeling on Thursday during the National Security Council meeting held at the State House, Abuja. He said the president expressed sadness over the recent killings and […]

Any govt that can’t protect lives, property is a failure —Wike

  Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential aspirant, has said any government that cannot secure the lives and property of its citizenry has failed in its responsibility and has no business with governance. He spoke, yesterday, at the Government House in Jalingo, Taraba State, during an interface with delegates […]

Imo: PDP, not Uzodinma responsible for insecurity, APC alleges

  The All Progressives Congress, on Thursday, fired back at the Peoples Democratic Party by accusing the main opposition party of being responsible for the spate of insecurity in Imo State. Responding to the PDP’s claim that the state governor, Hope Uzodinma, was trivialising and politicising insecurity in the state, the APC urged security agents […]

Buhari Orders Security Agencies To Rescue All Captives Across Nigeria

  President Muhammadu Buhari has once again issued fresh directives to security agencies to rescue all those in captivity across the country and advance the acquisition of intelligence. The National Security Adviser, Babagana Munguno disclosed this to State House Correspondents after the National Security Council meeting held on Thursday and chaired by President Buhari. He […]

Insecurity: Syria better than Nigeria – Peter Obi

  Former governor of Anambra state, and presidential aspirant, under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Peter Obi, on Thursday said with the level of insecurity in the country, that Syria has now become better than Nigeria. Obi stated this when he visited the leadership and delegates of the PDP, in the state, to inform them […]

Barde assumes office as Imo CP, promises to end crime

  Mohammed Barde, on Wednesday, assumed office as the new Commissioner of Police, Imo State Command. He took over from Rabiu Hussaini, who had in March proceeded on retirement. The new CP, who hails from Niger State as his predecessor, promised to work to stamp out criminals in the state. The CP took over at […]

IG deploys commissioners in Edo, Adamawa, Kaduna, Imo

  Inspector General of Police (IGP) Alkali Baba Usman has ordered the deployment of police commissioners to Edo, Adamawa, Kaduna, and Imo states. A statement yesterday in Abuja by the Acting Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Olumuyiwa Adejobi, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), said Commissioner of Police (CP) Abutu Yaro was deployed to Edo […]

Police rescue app gets over 10,000 fake alerts in four days

  The Nigeria Police ‘Rescue Me App’ has received over 10,000 fake emergency alerts in four days. This is according to the Acting Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a tweet via his Twitter handle on Wednesday. The Rescue Me App was launched by the police to help citizens in distress to report […]