Monday, November 4, 2024

FCT Police command

August 25, 2024

Shiites used explosives in Abuja attack, killed several officers: Police

The police said, “The proscribed organisation attacked the police checkpoint unprovoked, wielding machetes, improvised explosive devices” and knives.

Shiites
July 4, 2024

Autopsy showed Erasmus died of asphyxiation; his mother said we killed him: Police

Mr Emhenya’s death in detention comes as another episode of persons dying in a police cell.

Erasmus Emhenya mother and police men
February 27, 2024

Second most wanted kidnap kingpin Samaila Wakili arrested: Police

The suspect is one of two kidnappers FCT minister placed a bounty on.

WANTED KIDNAP KINGPIN; SAMAILA WAKILI FAFA A.K.A ' HABU IBRAHIM'
February 20, 2024

Police ready for NLC protest over hardships in Abuja: Spokesperson

Protests over hunger and economic hardship have already been recorded in parts of the country, including Minna, Ibadan, Kano, etc.

FCT police spokeswoman Josephine Adeh
February 5, 2024

FCT police storm criminals’ hideout, arrest suspected kidnappers

One AK-47 rifle, 10 mobile phones, a cash sum of three hundred and forty-five thousand naira and other items were recovered from the suspects.

Alleged kidnappers
January 31, 2024

Abuja bandits escaped into forest, kidnapped victims rescued: Police

On sighting the Police operatives, the bandits engaged them in a gun duel and were outlasted by the firepower of the Police which forced them to abandon the victims.

kidnapped victims
January 24, 2024

Explosion rocks Abuja, two wounded; police say blast caused by ‘overheated’ waste bin

Preliminary findings indicate that an overheated metal refuse container activated under intense heat, exploded, thereby causing injury to two of the refuse evacuators.

Affected metal bin
September 30, 2023

Police probe poisoning of tourism minister

Peoples Gazette had previously reported that Ms Ade-John, 60, was hospitalised after suffering acute poisoning from unknown origins.

Lola Ade-John
September 7, 2023

Police arrest mother of two, lover for phone snatching in Abuja, recover 76 SIM cards

Ms Samuel was arrested along with his boyfriend, who specialised in snatching GSM phones from innocent commuters.

Police officers
August 30, 2023

FEMA, stakeholders meet to review response to building collapse

They also identified mob action and vandalisation of equipment by hoodlums as the other challenges.

Scene of the collapsed two-storey building