The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
The Nigeria Police Force freed nine kidnap victims and arrested several criminal suspects during a coordinated 24-hour sweep across multiple states on Friday, 18 September. The quick-response operations targeted violent gangs across rural transit routes, farming communities, and regional hubs. Operatives seized illicit firearms, ammunition, and dangerous weapons while storming remote camps to retrieve captive…
The Nigeria Police Force will gather its senior commanders in Owerri, Imo State, from 21 to 23 September for a retreat devoted largely to how the country’s next elections will be policed, a signal that security planning for the 2027 general elections has begun in earnest more than a year before Nigerians return to the…
A man who allegedly presented himself online as the personal assistant to Nigeria’s examinations chief is in police custody, and investigators say the bank account he used to collect money belonged to a relative who had been buried weeks earlier. The Nigeria Police Force says the suspect, Nwogba Arinze, was picked up on August 27,…
The Nigeria Police Force has rejected reports that hundreds of officers deployed for the August 15, 2026, Osun State governorship election remain stranded in the state weeks later without adequate food and basic welfare. In a statement issued on Friday by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Anietie Iniedu, the police described the continued presence…
A tear gas incident at a Registration Area Centre in Modakeke, Osun State, triggered confusion on election day after videos circulated online suggesting that police officers had used the chemical agent to disrupt voting. The Osun State Police Command has rejected that account, saying the canister was discharged accidentally by an officer who was…
Osun State police officers released Environment Commissioner Mayowa Adejoorin after keeping him in detention for twenty-four hours. Security forces grabbed the state official on Friday following a violent shooting near an All Progressives Congress rally in Ilesa. Police spokesman Abiodun Ojelabi linked the cabinet member’s arrest to an intercepted Lexus vehicle containing spent ammunition and…
Police authorities deployed 15,000 operatives across Osun State ahead of the upcoming governorship election. The state Commissioner of Police (CP), Samuel Etaifo Erale, announced the massive security apparatus to reassure voters and deter potential troublemakers. Uniformed officers, tactical units, and intelligence personnel will cover all polling units and collation centres statewide. High-profile security presence aims…
Two invitations issued days apart from the same police department have placed one of Nigeria’s most senior officers and one of its loudest online critics on the same investigative table, and reopened an uncomfortable national argument about who polices the police. The Nigeria Police Force confirmed on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, that the Assistant…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reaffirmed that the Nigeria Police Force remains the constitutionally designated lead agency for election security, insisting that military deployment during elections must remain an exceptional measure as preparations intensify for the 2027 general elections . The electoral commission urged the Armed Forces to maintain strict political neutrality…
Motorists and job seekers navigating Nigeria’s tightening documentation regime now have a clearer roadmap, following fresh guidance from the Nigeria Police Force on how to secure a Police Character Certificate and a Tinted Glass Permit through its digital portal. The guidelines, published on the Police Specialised Services Automation Project platform known as POSSAP, allow…