Official Nigeria Police Help Lines and Emergency Phone Numbers

The official Nigeria Police help lines or emergency phone numbers are now available to the public to contact the Nigerian Police Force for response on emergency cases that involves their swift response.

An emergency is any situation that requires immediate and quick assistance from the police, the fire department or even an ambulance. In the United States of America for example, the general emergency number for such situations is 911, which most Nigerians have confused it to be the official Nigerian Police help lines and emergency contact number.

In Nigeria, the general emergency phone number is 112 or 199 and these help lines can be called in any state, street, local government or area in Nigeria where an emergency situation that needs the attention of the police, fire department or ambulance service persists.

These help lines listed below will enable Nigerians in troubled situations contact the Nigerian Police Force directly and easily from any wired or wireless phone when there is need for cases especially theft which is one of the most rampant crimes in Nigeria.

Below is a list showing the official Nigerian Police help lines and emergency contact phone numbers of the 36 states in Nigeria.

Update 2023: Nigerian police Lagos command emergency numbers

With the #Endsars campaign going on plus the various reported cases of Police harassment flooding the social media, the current commissioner of police in Lagos has released 10 hot lines to call and report any misconduct of its officers. This numbers have been made public.

These are the numbers to call should any police officer harass you in any part of Lagos state

1. 08067945296
2. 08063025274
3. 08063104759
4. 08113615350
5. 08113683077
6. 08096283148
7. 08096283173
8. 08089781657
9. 08126404930
10. 08081426895