•Bandits At least three police officers have been shot dead by gunmen suspected to be bandits in Tordamisa community of Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State. A 60-year-old Chairman of the Vigilante Group in Tordamisa Village was also shot dead by the bandits, reports Channels TV. The incident was confirmed via a press statement [&hellip...
•Bandits Three Police officers have lost their lives to bandits in Katsina in an ambush at the Bakori Local Government Area of the state. The state’s police spokesperson, Aliyu Abubakar, made this disclosure in a statement to the press today. According to him, the incident occurred yesterday at about 12:44 p.m. when a team of […]
•Police arrest 19-year-old driver Okon A 19-year-old driver, identified as Nsikak Okon, has been apprehended by the police following a series of high-speed, reckless manoeuvres that left three police officers injured in Edo State. The Public Relations Officer for the Nigeria Police Force, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, detailed the harrowing incident ...
The Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has authorised the service of contempt proceedings through national newspapers against senior pastors and top police officers over the alleged disobedience of a subsisting court judgment on a prime parcel of land at the Gbagada Industrial Estate, Lagos. Justice O.A. Ogala, on November 4, granted leave to 11 ...
•Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, today, said the recent presidential directive withdrawing police personnel from Very Important Persons (VIPs) is a strategic realignment aimed at strengthening frontline policing and protecting vulnerable communities across the country. Egbetokun m...
•Tinubu and IGP Egbetokun (seated right) President Bola Tinubu has ordered the withdrawal of police personnel from VIP security duties. The president gave the order during a security meeting with service chiefs including the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu; the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke; the Inspe...
A viral social media post by anti-cultism advocacy platform Naija Confra has triggered an official investigation by the Imo State Police Command. This is after the group accused some police officers in Owerri of belonging to the Vikings confraternity — one of Nigeria’s most notorious cult groups, reports Saturday PUNCH. In a statement released...
•Police officers being videoed during stop-and-search duty Past events and incidents of police brutality, coupled with daily technological advancement, have popularised the trend of videoing Police officers on duty, especially during stop-and-search. Recently, a video clip surfaced on social media, particularly X (formerly Twitter), showing an...
•Omoyele Sowore and IGP Kayode Egbetokun The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations for Good Governance (CCSOGG) has described the invitation extended to police officers to protest by activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, as desperation, irresponsible and a threat to national security. The group, in a statement by its g...
•Troops are seen on motorcycles during a coordinated operation in Taraba State Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have announced the arrest of 18 serving soldiers and 15 police officers for allegedly selling arms to terrorists and other criminal elements. Addressing journalists in Maiduguri on the activities of troops in the North-East, the ...
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