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A Nigerian man has gone viral after going on his TikTok page to lament about the way police officers stop his car repeatedly for a search.    The man filmed himself inside a ride before encountering police officers somewhere in Ikeja who stopped him for a search. He said this is becoming frustrating as he is always getting stopped for …

The Nigerian Police Force has detailed how a group of police officers corruptly obtained a total of N43,160,000 from a cargo worker at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja last year.   In a statement released on Wednesday, December 4, the spokesperson of the Police force, ACP Muyiwa Ogunjobi, said the incident which occurred on August 2023, found Inspector Ekende …

Comrade Kaduna Eboigbodin, a former Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in Edo State, has tragically passed away following an alleged encounter with police officers at a roadblock in the Upper Sokponba area of Benin City.   Vanguard reports that Eboigbodin was reportedly stopped on Monday, December 2, while driving with his wife. According to Rev. David Ugolor, Executive …

A dramatic standoff unfolded on the Lagos-Benin Expressway as police officers were forced to pay “₦350,000” after shattering the rear glass of a transport company’s bus.   According to witnesses, the incident occurred when the officers, reportedly using a firearm, broke the bus’s rear glass. This action prompted an immediate response from other drivers of the same transport company, who …

The Lagos state task force has dismissed two of its personnel identified as Fatai Yusuf (42) and Hammed Garuba (38) for allegedly stealing two phones during a raid.   The task force spokesperson, Abdulraheem Gbadeyan, who disclosed this to newsmen, said the officials stole phones during an operation conducted at a hotel in Gowon Estate.     He said the …

The Delta state Commissioner of Police, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, has ordered an investigation into the alleged killing of a young man identified as Emeka Okediachi,  by some erring police officers.   An X user had on November 28 taken to his handle to call out the police for the alleged k!lling of the young man. The X user said the …

Four officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been confirmed d3ad after a Boko Haram ambush in Shiroro Local Government Area, Niger State.   The attack occurred near the Niger-Kaduna state boundary during an inspection tour of national grid installations on November 18, 2024.   NSCDC spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi, confirmed the incident in a statement on …

Justice T.G. Ringin of the Federal High Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe State has convicted and sentenced two police officers: Yusuf AbdulKarim Bature and Musa Philip and an Immigration officer, Nasiru Mohammed to seven years imprisonment each for employment fraud to the tune of N1.640,000.   The trio were sentenced on Tuesday, November 26, 2024.    Bature and Philip were …

A 28-year old trader, Tosin Anjorin, was on Monday arraigned before an Odigbo Chief Magistrate Court in Ondo State for assaulting three police officers.     Men of the Ondo State Police command arraigned the defendant before Chief Magistrate Festus Akinlolu, on a two-count charge bordering on assault.     According to the prosecution, the defendant committed the offence on …

The Kwara State Police Command has arrested several officers in connection with the alleged k!lling of a Kwara State University (KWASU) student, Suleiman Olayinka.    Olayinka,27, was allegedly k!lled by policemen on Tuesday at around 2:00 pm in the Tanke area of Ilorin.   According to sources at the scene of the incident, the victim got off a motorcycle and …