Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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President Bola Tinubu has accepted the resignation of Kayode Egbetokun and appointed Tunji Disu as the Acting Inspector-General of Police with immediate effect. Earlier reports indicated that Egbetokun submitted his resignation letter on Tuesday, citing urgent family reasons. He was appointed in June 2023 and was serving a four-year term expected to end in June…
President Bola Tinubu has reportedly removed Kayode Egbetokun from his position as Inspector-General of Police. Presidential aides, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed the development on Tuesday. According to the sources, the President asked Egbetokun to step aside during a meeting at the Presidential Villa on Monday. One aide confirmed the decision, saying Egbetokun…
The Nigerian Police Force has ordered the immediate arrest of any officer found providing personal security to VIPs, following a directive from the presidency. A confidential police message obtained by SaharaReporters, dated November 30, 2025, and issued by Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun, instructed all state commands and specialized units to enforce the order…
Reports coming from Ogun State say the state’s police have arrested three suspects in connection with the abduction of four policemen at Aba Tuntun village, Ijebu-Igbo. According to the reports, some hoodlums had reportedly waylaid a team of policemen in the village on Thursday, abducted four of them and shot a Divisional Police Officer who…
Police authority in Abeokuta, Ogun State, have arrested a robbery suspect, Monday Alo. Monday, an indigene of Ebonyi State was arrested after his gang of armed robbers snatched a Toyota Camry from a victim. Monday was arrested at the weekend on the Sagamu/Ikene Road while the gang operated. The police team that arrested was led…
The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday arrested an Islamic cleric, Alfa Kayode Abdul-Fatai in Alakuko area of the State for being in illegal possession of human parts including a female private organ. The suspect, who was arrested at No. 4, Okedumola Street, Off Obadare area of Alakuko, was said to have also been caught…
Men of Nigerian Customs shoot man to death in Lagos. Pandemonium broke out the morning as trigger-happy operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service ( NCS ) on Wednesday morning killed a man at Oko-Oba, Lagos. The operatives were said to have opened fire after they sighted a bus suspected to be carrying smuggled rice. Pay Attention.…
Trouble brewing in Ifo Lg, Ojodu Abiodun Area to be specific. Policemen attached to the Ojodu Abiodun Police Station in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State were stunned on Sunday as some youths invaded the division and vandalised Station building. The assailants reportedly broke into the holding cell of the station, freed detained suspects…
According to a report on Premium Times a 24-year-old man, Ehioboh Lucky, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly impersonating businessman Mike Adenuga to perpetuate internet fraud. The PRO of the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect opened a Facebook account in the name of Mr. Mike Adenuga to defraud innocent people.…
For inflicting life-threatening injuries on her eight-year-old stepdaughter, a woman has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command. The suspect, Mrs. Rose James Michael, who resides at 10 Onafowokan Street Ita-Oluwa via Ogijo, is cooling her heels in a police cell for harming Blessing James Michael. She was arrested following a complaint from her…
