Tag Archives: Police

The sacked Chairman of the Oyo state Park Management System (PMS), Mukaila Lamidi aka Auxiliary, has said the police cannot declare him wanted.    This comes barely 24 hours after the state police command declared him wanted for alleged gun-running.   In an interview with Fresh FM this morning June …

Demonstrators battled with security forces to protest a two-year prison sentence given to a leading opposition figure, Ousmane Sonko.

Operatives of the Niger State Police Command have arrested two suspects, Sunday Paul and Bali Joshua, over the murder of a commercial tricyclist in Suleja area of the state.   Spokesperson of the the command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, in a statement on Friday, June 2, 2023, said the suspects alongside …

A Nigerian barber has taken to Twitter to cry out for justice after he was allegedly extorted by some police officers in the Festac area of Lagos state.    In a thread shared on his handle, the barber said he was in an Uber ride when the officers stopped his …

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have neutralized two suspected kidnappers during a fierce gun duel and rescued an abducted couple in Udu Local Government Area of the state.   Spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, said …

The Lagos state police command has dismissed one of its officers, Sgt. Ekpo Shimuyere, attached to Sogunle Division for extorting a young man of N98,000.    Disclosing this to newsmen, the spokesperson of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said that the Provost Department of the command had already disrobed the …

Detectives from the Ondo State Police Command have launched a manhunt for a middle-aged man who allegedly raped a 12-year-old girl in Igbokoda, the headquarters of Ilaje Local Government Area of the state.    The minor who was hawking ‘puff-puff’ was lured into an uncompleted building by the suspect where …

Irate youths in their numbers invaded and burnt down a police post located on Olayiwola Close, in the Oregun area of Lagos state on Monday, May 29.   Police sources say the youths stormed the station and attacked the facility, leaving one of the officers injured. The injured policeman was …

Police have arrested two of the suspected Oodua Nation Agitators who invaded the Alausa Division of the Lagos State Police Command.    The spokesperson of the command, SP David Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident in a statement, said the agitators invaded the station with various charms and cutlasses around 5:30am …

Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, on Friday, May 26 took to social media to reflect on his time in police custody.    Recall that the embattled singer was arrested on May 15 after he turned himself in to the police. The Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba, had ordered for his …