Tag Archives: Police

Lagos Police officers attached to the Area C command, who were accused of extorting over N1 million from National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members, have refunded the money.    The update was given by X user, Oluyemi Fasipe, who initially reported the incident.   He expressed gratitude for the swift response of Lagos Police spokesperson Benjamin Hundeyin and the Lagos …

Four South African Police officers accused of pulling off a R20 million jewelry heist at a Nigerian man’s house in Llandudno, Cape Town, have been sent to prison after their bail hearing was postponed to next week.   Jacobus Adriaan Groenewald, Bradley Dimitri Minnaar, Mthuthuzeli Mafanya and Bathandwa Soldati appeared in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, October 3, 2024, …

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested one Innocent Ishaku, 22, for telecommunication mast vandalism.    The spokesperson of the command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, October 3, 2024, said operatives serving in Thinker’s Corner Division arrested the suspect for vandalising cables at a telecommunications mask at Naira Triangle, Abakaliki Road, Enugu.    “His …

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a member of Odu’a Peoples Congress (OPC), Christian Okagbare (31) over attempted m8rder of one Osaigbovo Charles and Iyare Stanley in Edo State.   The suspect was alleged to have committed the offence at the Iyanomo community in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of the state..   The state Commissioner of …

A senior police officer has sued the Met for discrimination after claiming bosses exposed the fact he was a s3x addict.     Jeffrey Boothe, who represented the force at a Chief Police Officers conference abroad and whose work involved ‘planning and implementing initiatives’ to increase women in the Met, admitted paying for sex.     At an employment tribunal, …

The fleeing driver of a bus that burst into flames in Thailand has handed himself over to police this morning, October 2.   20 schoolchildren and three teachers died in a fire on Tueaday, October 1, after gas tanks ignited on a 50-year-old bus carrying them into Bangkok.   Following the incident, all field trips across the country were suspended, as …

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested at least five persons in connection with the m8rder of a fisherman named Segun Sikiru in the Iwopin town of the Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area.   It was gathered that the suspects allegedly k!lled the victim with a bamboo stick and discarded his body in a lagoon in the community.   The five …

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a dismissed police officer for allegedly impersonating a serving police sergeant.    The state Commissioner of Police, CP Joseph Eribo disclosed this while briefing journalists on the activities of the State Police Command since assumption of office on 14th September 2024.   “On 26/09/2024 at about 11:50am, Operatives of the Command while …

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has strongly refuted claims that its officers attacked protesters at the Utako Market in Abuja earlier today. In a press statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, the command labeled the reports as “false and misleading.”   According to the statement, police operatives were deployed to the scene based …

Police officers in the FCT have fired teargas at “Fearless In October” protest over bad governance in Abuja today October 1.    The protesters had gathered at the Utako area in Abuja, waving the Nigerian Green-White-Green flag and placards with various inscriptions such as “EndBadGovernance”, “DiasporaVoting”, “EndHighLivingCosts”, amongst others but were dispersed by policemen.   Videos shared online show the …