Tag Archives: Police

Gunmen have reportedly k!lled a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Abba Danmallam, in Abuja.      According to reports, the slain officer previously served in the Katsina Command before being transferred to Lagos, and later to Abuja, where he was killed.      It was gathered that the assailants trailed and gunned the officer down beside his car.     …

The Oyo State Police Command has released five individuals arrested in connection with the Ibadan funfair tragedy that claimed the lives of 35 children at the Islamic High School, Orita Basorun, Ibadan. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Adewale Osifeso, stated last week that eight suspects were arrested in relation to the incident. The arrested individuals included Prophetess Naomi Silekunola, an estranged …

Tiktoker, Olumide Ogunsanwo aka Seaking, was arraigned before a magistrate court on Monday morning, December 23.    According to human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, who represented him in court, Seaking was charge by the police for treason, cyberstalking, conduct likely to cause breach of peace, provoking breach of peace and for calling on Nigerian Youths to “wage war” against the …

The Delta Police Command has paraded a 30-year-old man, Efe Onoitiyi, a.k.a Efe Money, who kidnapped and k!lled his friend, Paulinus Okon, the owner of Easy Boutique in Otokutu, Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state.    LIB reported that the Divisional Police Officer in Ekpan Division, Uvwie Local Government Area, Aliyu Shaba led a team of policemen to …

Men of the Cross River state police command have apprehended one Victor Eyop, 35, for alleged trafficking of girls from Nigeria to Libya.     The state Commissioner of Police, CP Gyogon Grimah, confirmed the arrest at a news conference in Calabar,on Monday, December 23.     Grimah explained that on Nov. 9, Chidi Samuel, in Calabar, reported a case of …

A policeman who had a s3xual affair with a defendant he arrested while on duty has been jailed for two-and-a-half years in prison.  Officer Adam Jones engaged in consensual s3xual relationships with two women whilst pursuing a third all of whom were involved with him in a policing capacity, a judge was told. The 40-year-old officer, who was a full-time …

Nigerians have accused the Nigerian police of selective justice after the Lagos State Police Command PRO Benjamin Hundeyin explained why TikToker Seaking was arrested.   Seaking was arrested after he released videos insulting the president following warnings by the police force PRO Olumuyiwa Adejobi that cursing people online is a criminal offence.   Following his arrest, a lawyer on X, …

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has called on Amnesty International to retract its report on the alleged killing of #EndBadGovernance protesters, describing the report as “inaccurate and misleading.”   Speaking at a media briefing on Sunday, Muyiwa Adejobi, the force spokesperson, addressed the findings in Amnesty International’s November 2024 report titled ‘Bloody August: Nigerian government’s violent crackdown on #EndBadGovernance protests.’ …

Men of the Ogun state police command have arrested one Taiwo Yemitan, a suspected r!tualist, found with a fresh human head and dismembered body parts of a female victim in Lafenwa area of Abeokuta.     Disclosing this to newsmen, the command’s spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, in a statement released on Sunday, December 22, explained that the 45-year-old suspect was …

The Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, CP Nnaghe Itam, has put the de@th toll recorded at the stampede that occurred during Christmas rice distribution to the less-privileged by a philanthropist at his Okija home on Saturday, December 21, at 22.     In a statement released today December 22, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Tochukwu Ikenga, …