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- 4 Feb 2024
Nigerian Police Partners NASENI to Boost Operational Efficiency
National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has expressed its commitment to refurbish and revamp redundant operational assets of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) such as…
- 28 Oct 2025
PalmPay Supports Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre 2025 Cybersecurity Awareness Walk
PalmPay, a Nigerian leading digital banking platform, supported the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC) during its Cybersecurity Awareness Walk held in Abuja as part of…
- 26 Nov 2023
Police Arrests Bonse, Politician over Alleged Theft of Patricia Tech Crypto
Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has arrested Wilfred Bonse, a Nigerian politician, in connection to the theft of over N200 million ($246,153) from Patricia Technologies’ crypto wallet. Patricia is an…
- 30 May 2021
NCC, Nigeria Police to Intensify Interagency Intervention Against Piracy
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) have renewed their existing interagency partnership for intensified antipiracy interventions across the country. Baba Tijani,…
- 3 Nov 2024
Police to Charge 113 Foreigners, Nigerians Arrested for Cybercrime
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested no fewer than 130 suspects for “high-level” cybercrimes. Among the suspects are 113 foreign nationals, comprising 87 males and 26 females from…
- 1 Feb 2023
Access Pensions Leads Pension Industry in Investment Performance
The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) Pensions and Access Pensions closed 2022 as the top PFAs by investment returns across the four main retirement savings accounts funds, according to recent data…
- 24 Dec 2018
NGO Accuses Police of Raking in N2.5Bn Monthly through Bribes
International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety), Onitsha-based frontline research-based rights group, has described the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) as the most corrupt…
- 3 May 2024
INTERPOL Appoints Uche, Nigerian CP as Chairman, African Heads of Cybercrime Units
International Police Organization (INTERPOL), has appointed Ifeanyi Henry Uche, Nigerian Police Commissioner, as the chairman of the African heads of cybercrime units comprising heads of 54…
- 18 Sept 2013
BCMR: New Police Racketeering Project
Contrary to whatever the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) may be saying, the furore engendered by the Force’s ill-advised move to introduce a digital Biometric Central Motor Registration system (BCMR) is…
- 25 Sept 2025
Police Launches Database to Curb Missing Case Files, Others
Kayode Egbetokun, inspector-general of Police (IGP), on Thursday, declared open a nationwide training session for operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on the use of the newly introduced…
- 18 Jun 2024
NAICOM Seeks Police Support on Enforcement of Motor Third-party Insurance
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has asked the support of the Nigeria Police Force in advancing the insurance industry road map particularly in the enforcement of Motor Third- Party…
- 29 Jul 2015
Study Reveals Nigerians View on Law Enforcement Agencies PR Image
A recent snap poll conducted by NOIPolls to gauge the perception of Abuja residents on law enforcement agencies operating in the city of Abuja has revealed that ‘improvement in public relations’ (18…
- 11 Jul 2019
Fidelity Bank, Police to Uncover identity of man who stole bag at its Lekki branch
Fidelity Bank has said that they are collaborating with the Nigerian police to uncover the identity of a man who stole a customer's bag at their branch in Admiralty way, Lekki. The bank in a…
- 19 Feb 2023
Adoption of Emerging Technologies will Scale Nigera's Socio-economic Development – FG
In implementing the various policies which have been strategically developed for the scaling of the socio-economic development of Nigeria, the Federal Government has re-emphasized the adoption of…
- 5 Jun 2025
NIMC Denies Blocking Police Commission from Verification Server
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has clarified that all its verification service platforms remain fully functional and accessible to all authorized partners, including security…
- 29 Nov 2014
Bomb Scare in Abuja as Security Agencies Simulate Emergency
Rumours of purported bomb blasts at the Garki 2 area of Abuja, the federal capital , yesterday turned to be false as combined team of the security agencies gathered at the Garki Mall to sensitise…
- 9 Jun 2015
How Glo emerged as Nigeria’s No. 1 in Corporate Enterprise Solutions
Globacom has given reasons why it is the preferred telecommunications solutions provider for many of the big players in the corporate sector. The total ICT solutions provider is believed to have…
- 11 Jun 2025
Nigeria Police Dismantle WhatsApp Scam Syndicate, Freeze Millions
Nigeria Police Force has uncovered and dismantled a sophisticated cyber fraud syndicate that hijacked WhatsApp accounts belonging to high-profile Nigerians and used them to defraud their contacts.…
- 8 Jan 2015
DSS Accuses APC of Plot to Hack into INEC Database
Department of State Services (DSS) has said that its findings from the search of the Lagos office of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in November last year, alleging, among others, that the party…
- 15 Jan 2026
SEC Partners Police in Nationwide Crackdown on Ponzi Schemes, Crypto Frauds
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Nigeria Police Force have forged an alliance against illegal scheme operators, investment frauds, and cryptocurrency frauds in a bid to protect the…
- 9 Apr 2025
Security Operatives Arrest Suspects behind Illegal NIN Collection in Exchange for Money
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has announced that operatives of the Department of State Security and Nigeria Police Force have arrested suspects involved in the illegal collection of…
- 24 Apr 2013
Ehindero, Former IG Took N16m From Police Fund – ICPC
An official of a Nigerian anti-corruption agency on Wednesday narrated how Sunday Ehindero, former Inspector General of Police, pocketed the interest on police funds kept in a bank. Olayinka…
- 24 Nov 2023
Police Vindicates Patricia Technologies in its Security Breach, Arrest Key Suspect in Hack of Platform
The Nigeria Police Force recorded a major breakthrough in the reported cybercrime perpetrated against Patricia Technologies with the arrest of one of the suspects, Wilfred Bonse, after a thorough…
- 20 Nov 2019
NCC Inaugurates Multi-Sectorial Committee on e-Fraud
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has inaugurated multi-sectorial Committee on e-Fraud to drastically curb crime in the country. Inaugurating the multi-sectoral committee on Wednesday in…
- 16 Mar 2017
InstinctWave’s Report Shows Government Agencies Unresponsive to Social Media
The campaign for government parastatals and other public institutions in Nigeria to embrace digitization is yet to be replicated in practical terms or fully implemented. The major aspect of…
- 19 Jul 2018
Fidelity Bank Mull Suit against Protesters, Denies Owing Salaries
Management of Fidelity Bank Plc said it is considering instituting a legal action against some of its former employees, who staged protests at its branches in Ikeja last week and in Victoria Island,…
- 16 Mar 2022
NCC Increases its Emergency Communications Centres to 25
In continuation with its vision and strategy to ensure promptness, effectiveness and efficiency in the handling of emergency call services through the Emergency Communication Centres (ECC), the…
- 16 Jun 2026
The Case for a Holistic AI-Led Approach to Cybersecurity in the Fintech Ecosystem
As digital financial services continue to grow globally, cyber threats are becoming more advanced, more automated, and more financially damaging. In Nigeria, where digital payments are becoming a…
- 21 Jul 2019
Multi-Stakeholder Approach Needed to Minimise Exposure to Cybercrimes - NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has stated that multi-stakeholder approach where all necessary stakeholders within the telecommunications ecosystem play their respective roles will help…
- 5 Jan 2025
21 Bank Accounts Frozen by Abuja Court Over Alleged Money Laundering
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the interim freezing of 21 bank accounts across multiple commercial banks over allegations of money laundering. Presiding judge Emeka Nwite also directed the…