•Pa Ayo Adebanjo The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has decried the rate of insecurity in some parts of the country as a result of the attacks by some armed Fulani herdsmen on farmers. The group noted that the criminal activities of the bandits against farmers raised the need for the creation of state police to […]...
•Descushiel and IGP Egbetokun The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) says that it has pardoned Mercy Isoyip, also known as Descushiel, an actress, rapper, and singer, who made a blunder while reciting the national anthem. Last week, during a conference and retreat for senior police officers in Owerri, the capital of Imo state, Descushiel, dressed in [...
The police in Rivers State today said its operatives smashed a drug trafficking syndicate and recovered 300 parcels of weed suspected to be Indian hemp. Speaking during a press briefing today at the command headquarters in Port Harcourt, the state Commissioner of Police, Nwonyi Emeka, said the syndicate was rounded up following credible Intell...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has accused the police authorities in Imo State of brutalising its President, Joe Ajaero which has left him hospitalised. It was earlier reported how Ajaero was arrested in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Ajaero was picked up from the NLC State Council Secretariat by heavily armed [&h...
•Rivers governor, Siminalayi Fubara The Rivers State Police Command has explained how the attack on the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, during a protest at the state’s House of Assembly complex in Port Harcourt on Monday occurred. The command described the attack as ‘not deliberate’, adding that the intention behind the water cannons and te...
•Hundeyin Two persons, Joy Chigozie and Musa Salihu have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command in connection with a gang rape at Airport Road, Kirikiri area of the state. It was gathered that the incident happened on Sunday around 6 p.m. but was reported on Monday around 10.30 p.m. to the Kirikiri Police […]
•IGP Kayode Egbetokun The Nigeria Police Council has confirmed Kayode Egbetokun as the substantive Inspector General Of Police (IGP). Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State disclosed this after police council meeting held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja today, reports Channels TV. The Bauchi governor also said that President Bola Tinubu, wh...
•Joy Afekafe A 14-year-old girl identified as Joy Afekafe has been apprehended over her involvement in the murder of Dr Fumilola Adefolalu, who was a lecturer with the Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences of the Federal University of Technology, Minna on Saturday, October 28. Joy, who confessed to the crime while being paraded [...
•Lagos PPRO, SP Benjamin Hundeyin Motorists have accused some policemen of conspiring with hoodlums to extort them at the Berger and Oshodi areas in Lagos State. During a visit to Oshodi and Berger yesterday, our correspondent observed that hoodlums asked commercial drivers for N300 to be provided to the police, reports The PUNCH. Speaking in ...