In spite of police ban, spate of violence evidently orchestrated by Edo State government, and its last-ditch desperate attempts to use state powers to frustrate the much-advertised rally slated for Friday, December 13 by the Adams Oshiomhole-led faction of the ruling All Progressives Congress to formally welcome its erstwhile vice-chairman, South-south zone, Osagie Ize-Iyamu back…
Kidnap Kingpin, Evans Accuses Police of Hiding Him from Falana
Suspected billionaire kidnaper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, has narrated how officers of the Nigerian Police Force hid him in the toilets to prevent a lawyer, Femi Falana SAN from seeing him at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS unit of the Lagos State Police Command. Evans last Friday, told Justice Adedayo Akintoye that the event occurred…
Nigeria’s Changing Police
The Nigeria Police Force has suffered and still suffers from negative public perception. The fact is that Nigerian policemen are still on the motorways collecting N100 notes or more from drivers, under the guise of checking for vehicle documents. The Nigeria Police need to overcome incidents of random bullet discharge and collection of bribes however…
Report Corrupt Police, IG Tells Nigerians
Solomon Arase, Inspector-general of Police, has urged Nigerians to assist the police to become better by reporting corruption, bribery and bad conduct in the force. Arase disclosed this in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Monday during a sensitisation workshop on Reporting Corruption in the Police. Members of the public are expected to report cases…
Court Dismisses Suit Seeking Mbu’s Sack
Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed the suit seeking to sack Mbu Joseph Mbu, assistant inspector general of Police over his alleged abuse of power. In his ruling on Tuesday, Buba said no court in Nigeria can declare the office of a police officer of the rank of AIG…
NCAA Urges Police Commissioner to Check Crimes At Airport
Capt. Muhtar Usman, director-general, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, has charged the new Commissioner of Police, Airport Command, Taiwo Lakanu, to do his best to help stop the incessant cases of stowaways at the airports. Usman, according to a statement issued by Fan Ndubuoke, general manager, Public Affairs, NCAA said this while receiving the new…
Police to Promote 36, 599 Officers
The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has promised to motivate junior police officers of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, with immediate promotion. The exercise will take place immediately after May 29 inauguration of the new government. The IGP who spoke through Hillary Okpara, deputy inspector general, DIG, Welfare, said 36,599 would be promoted within…
BBC Apologises For Wrong Report
The British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, has apologised for wrongly publishing a story about a restaurant in Anambra State, Nigeria, where human flesh is served as meat. In a published letter of apology the international news outfit said the story was false and inappropriate. The BBC said it has already begun investigations to confirm what led…
Ekiti Kidnaps: Falana Asks IGP to Transfer Police Officers
Human rights lawyer,Femi Falana SAN, has asked the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, to transfer some police officers from Ekiti State for allegedly collaborating with kidnappers who are behind the recent wave of abduction in the state. In his letter dated May 19, 2015, and addressed to Arase, Falana commended the IGP for dispatching crack…
Police Rescue Three Kidnapped Children
The three missing Orekoya children ─ Aderomola, 11 months old; Adedamola, 4 and Demola, 6, that were kidnapped by Mary Akinloye who was employed as Nanny about three weeks ago at Surulere area of Lagos State have been found. Kennet Nwosu, Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO who confirmed this to TELL said they…
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