By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Operatives of the Nigeria Police have arrested two suspected bandits and kidnapping kingpins linked to kidnappings, violent crimes across Katsina, Zamfara, Niger and Kwara States. According to The Whistler, the operatives, from the Force Intelligence Department–Intelligence Response Team, working with the Kwara State Police Command, tracked and intercepted the…
By Joe Udo ABEOKUTA (CONVERSEER) – The Ogun State Police Command has arrested eight suspected members of the Oduduwa group, agitators for the establishment of the Democratic Republic of the Yoruba. Converseer learned that they were arrested on Christmas Day, Temidire Junction and Under-Bridge, Sango-Ota, Ogun State. According to a statement by DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi,…
By Joe Udo MAIDUGURI (CONVERSEER) – The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed that five people were killed after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded inside the Gamboru Jumu’at mosque in Maiduguri, Borno State capital. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Nahum Daso, also disclosed that 35 people were injured during the…
By Frank Ulom LAGOS (CONVERSEER) – Nigerian activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, has been released from detention, weeks after he was detained for allegedly aiding kidnappers. The founder of Safe City Volunteer Foundation, in a statement shortly after he was released on Monday, 22nd December, said he was neither invited nor arrested by the police. Recall that…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – President Bola Tinubu has extended birthday congratulations to Mrs Cecilia Adebisi Ugowe, retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, as she marks her 90th birthday today, 22nd December. A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, on Monday, indicates that the President celebrates Cecilia Ugowe…
By Joe Udo MINNA (CONVERSEER) – A Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP Isah Abdullahi, attached to the armoury of 12 Police Mobile Force in Minna, Niger State capital, has allegedly committed suicide after suspicion of being involved in illegal dealing of arms and ammunition. The spokesperson for the Niger State Police Command, SP Wasiu Abiodun,…
By Bassey Okri, PhD ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Today, Umor-Otutu Kingdom in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State stands bathed in the full glow of pride, gratitude, and collective fulfilment as it celebrates a landmark achievement, the rise of Compol Ofem Ikpi Arikpo as the first indigenous Commissioner of Police from our great Kingdom….
By Joe Udo ABAKALIKI (CONVERSEER) – The Nigeria Police Community in Ebonyi State has been thrown into mourning following the sudden death of an Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Ogbon-Inu Taiwo Popoola. The deceased, an officer in charge of the State Intelligence Department (SID), reportedly slumped during a management meeting at the Command Headquarters, Abakaliki,…
By Joe Udo ASABA (CONVERSEER) – A Delta State High Court sitting in Orerokpe has granted an interim injunction restraining the Nigeria Police Force from implementing or enforcing the tinted glass permit policy scheduled to take effect on January 2, 2026. Justice Joe Egwu issued the order on Wednesday while ruling on a suit filed…
By Joe Udo ACCRA (CONVERSEER) – The Ghana Police Service has interdicted the following personnel of the service for various acts of misconduct involving the use of the Police uniform for unauthorised purposes on social media. The personnel are: 1. No. 45545 G/Sgt. Samuel Agbemanyale 2. No. 50300 G/Cpl. Isaac Mpere 3. No. 51816 G/Cpl….
