Tag Archives: Police

Counsel to controversial singer, Speed Darlington, has called out the police for still holding his client in their custody one week after he was re-arrested.    The singer was re-arrested in Owerri, Imo state last week after performing at a show.   In October, Speed Darlington was arrested and whisked to Abuja over a cyberbullying petition filed against him by …

A 58-year-old police officer was fatally shot outside his home at KwaMabefu location near Qonce around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 30. The officer, who was attached to the Stock Theft and Endangered Species Unit, was gunned down by unknown assailants.   Eastern Cape police spokesperson Lt-Col Siphokazi Mawisa confirmed that the motive for the killing remains unclear and is …

Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have foiled a kidnapping attempt and rescued a victim in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state.      The spokesperson of the command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, November 30, 2024, said police operatives attached to a VIP also neutralised a suspected member of a …

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 federal high court in Abuja has discharged and acquitted 50 persons alleged to be members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and charged with alleged terrorism.   On Friday, Nov. 29, trial judge James Omotosho ruled that the police failed to establish a prima facie case against the 50 defendants, including four women.   The trial judge upheld the no-case …

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 …

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a couple that allegedly specializes in sending threatening messages to residents and demanding ransom or they shall be abducted or k!lled.    In a statement released today, the command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the command began its investigation after residents of the state raised alarm after receiving text messages and voice notes …

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 …

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a banker and two others for criminally conspiring to steal and use the identity of an Australia-based Nigerian, Mba John Ndukwe, to commit fraud. The suspects, Ndulaka Okwudili, Ifeanyi Nnamani and Philip Ozogwu, are accused of withdrawing over N4m from the victim’s bank account through fraudulent means.  The spokesperson of the command, DSP …

Chilling body camera footage captures the moment a Missouri mom holding her baby lunges with a huge kitchen knife at cops who then shoot them both de@d.    The newly released footage shows officers, who were called to a reported family assault, initially talking calmly to mom Maria Pike, 34, as she holds her 2-month-old daughter Destinii Hope while standing …