Tag Archives: Police

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has issued a directive banning arbitrary arrests, harassment of youths, and the checking of mobile phones by police officers across the country.   The directive follows rising concerns over police misconduct, particularly after recent comments by the United Kingdom opposition leader, Kemi Badenoch, on police abuses in Nigeria.   According to The Nation, …

Operatives of the Special Weapons and Tactics Team of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested seven suspected members of the Aiye Confraternity, wanted for various cult-related crimes in the Ijebu-Ode area of the state.   The spokesperson of the command, Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the arrest on Monday, December 16, said that the suspects were arrested during a sting …

The Delta State Police Command has arrested a woman identified as Blessing Ibuku, who allegedly murd#red her 10-month-old child, Prevail Jonathan.    The suspect confessed to the police that she threw her baby into the river on November 31, 2024.   Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Abaniwonda Olufemi, stated this at a press briefing in Asaba on Tuesday, December …

Men of the Delta state police command have arrested a man identified as Destiny Lawrence for allegedly kidnapping an eight-year-old boy and handing him over to a native doctor who k!lled him and harvested his organs.   Parading the suspect before newsmen, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, said the father of the deceased who is a native …

A 16-year-old New Mexico boy was arrested Saturday morning, Dec. 14, after he allegedly fat@lly shot his parents and teenage siblings and then drunkenly called 911 to confess to the quadruple homicide, police said. Diego Leyva is facing first-degree murdr charges in the horrific slaughter that happened around 3:30 a.m. before the Valencia County Sheriffs Office received a phone call from …

A young chef has gone on X to cry out after her elderly father was ass@ulted by someone who feels he has no one to protect him because he has all daughters.  One of his daughters took to X to cry out, while revealing that her 72-year-old father has been rushed to a hospital in Warri.      X users …

The Presidency has described the remarks about Nigeria made by the newly elected United Kingdom Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, as a “c0.ck and bull story.”   President Bola Tinubu’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, insisted that Badenoch ”lied” about her ‘’upbringing” in Nigeria. In an interview she had, Badenoch recounted how her brother was allegedly …

A Nigerian businesswoman married to a white British man has shared an alleged encounter with the Nigerian police that traumatised her family.   She narrated how her son was allegedly arrested by the police in Lagos “because he dyed his hair”.  She said the incident was a turning point for her husband who decided they could no longer live in Nigeria. …

The Ogun State Police Command have arrested a truck driver, Olalere Timileyin and his motor boy at Obada Oko, Abeokuta, for beating a man to d3ath. The victim d!ed after he was assaulted by the duo for allegedly stealing a tarpaulin. The spokesperson for the state police command, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, December 14, 2024.  Odutola stated …

Men of the Ogun state police command have arrested a truck driver identified as Olalere Timileyin and his motor boy at Obada Oko, in Ewekoro local government area of the State, over the de@th of a man said to have been ass@ulted for allegedly stealing a tarpaulin.     Confirming their arrest to newsmen, the spokesperson of the command, SP …