•Zainab Duke Abiola An Abuja High Court sitting at Gudu has ordered the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, to pay the sum of N50million to Prof. Zainab Duke Abiola, wife of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, the late Chief MKO Abiola, for violating her fundamental rights. The court, in the judgement […]
The International Press Center IPC’s Centre for Safety and Protection of Journalists (I-CSPJ) said it is extremely dismayed and frowns at the reported police invasion of ABN TV and forced arrest of a guest during a live programme in Umuahia on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. In a press statement signed by the Press Officer, Melody […]
Policemen from the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID) Alagbon Lagos have busted a syndicate of pirates, who pirated two popular recently — released movies, A Tribe Called Judah by Funke Akindele and “Malaika” by Toyin Abraham. The arrested suspects included a member of staff of a new generation bank, Kehinde Iyanda, a woman and he...
•Police recruits The Police Service Commission (PSC) said today that a total of 136,177 candidates for the ongoing police recruitment exercise have already been screened just six days after the commencement of the exercise on Monday, January 8, 2024, throughout the federation. The Commission, through the Police Recruitment Board, is currently ...
•Lawyers and IGP Egbetokun Some lawyers, yesterday, faulted the warning by the Nigeria Police that the use of ‘No Gree For Anybody’, adopted by some Nigerians as the 2024 slogan was capable of instigating crisis in the country. The slogan, which simply means ‘do not tolerate any form of nonsense from anybody’ or ‘do not […]
•Lawyers’ protest in Lagos Lawyers in Lagos State yesterday trooped out in large numbers to hold a protest against continued maltreatment by the police in the state. The lawyers numbering over 700 came from the five judicial divisions including Ikeja, Lagos, Ikorodu, Epe and Badagry, reports Daily Independent. They converged very early...
Police authorities in Zamfara have banned political gatherings and rallies ahead of the Supreme Court verdict on the governorship election in the state. The Commissioner of Police in Zamfara State Muhammad Dalijan issued the ban yesterday, hours before today’s Supreme Court judgment on one of the petitions filed by Governor Dauda Lawal seeking...
•IGP Egbetokun The Nigeria Police Force has cautioned Nigerians not to use the viral new slogan “No gree for anybody.” The Force spokesperson, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, gave the warning during a press conference at the police headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday. He said, “The new slogan for 2024 for our young ones is; ‘No dey […]
•Late MohBad Joseph Aloba, the father of the late Afrobeat singer, Ilerioluwa Promise Aloba well known as Mohbad, says he is not satisfied with the police investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding his son’s untimely death. Joseph said this in an exclusive interview with Trust TV today, appealing to the government to intensify effo...
Police authorities in Kaduna State have debunked reports of the abduction of scores of persons by suspected bandits along the Kaduna-Abuja highway. Debunking the story in a statement yesterday, the spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, Mansir Hassan, admitted that there was a heavy gun duel between security operatives and bandits who a...

