Tag Archives: Police

Lil Baby’s legal team is pushing back against the Atlanta Police Department (APD) after officers suggested the rapper was connected to a 2024 gang-related shooting that left two teenagers dead.   The rapper’s attorneys, Drew Findling and Marissa Goldberg, issued a statement to TMZ, calling APD’s accusations “complete and total nonsense.”   During a Wednesday press conference, APD officials announced …

Nollywood actress and media personality Lolo has accused police officers of harassment after a tense encounter in Lagos. The actress, who took to Instagram Live on February 26, 2025, to document the ordeal, claimed she was unfairly stopped and had her car keys confiscated by law enforcement officials. In an interview with News Central, Lolo recounted the distressing experience, alleging …

The South African police minister has been ordered to pay R800,000 in damages to a man who was wrongfully arrested and detained for allegedly r@ping a neighbour’s child.    The case, which has drawn widespread attention, involved a man who, due to a childhood accident at the age of 12, lacks genitalia, making the accusation biologically impossible.   The man, …

The Niger State Police Command has detained the officer who accidentally sh0t an immigration personnel while attempting to disperse hoodlums in Minna.      Assistant Superintendent of Immigration (ASI) Christiana Oladimeji, sustained a gunshot wound after a police patrol team was attacked by hoodlums while recovering suspected stolen items on 21st February, 2025.     Speaking while presenting a N1 …

Detectives from the Lagos State Police Command have commenced a manhunt for the owner of an apartment in the Bariga area of the state where a rifle, pistol and some ammunition were recovered.   Confirming the incident, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, said efforts are on to arrest the owner of the premises.   Hundeyin mentioned …

The police in Akwa Ibom state have rescued a kidnapped victim in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area after engaging his abductors in a gun battle, forcing them to flee.   Disclosing this to newsmen, the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Timfon John, attributed the successful operation to the command’s commitment to fighting crime and ensuring the safety of …

The Delta State Police Command says it will be investigating viral videos in which some policemen allegedly sl@pped and sh0t at the Student Union Government’s President of the Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, Eruru Christian, over N500 ‘settlement.’   An X-user, ChuksEricE, had shared the video claiming the SUG president was allegedly approached by police officers who demanded that he “settled” …

Gombe State Police Command has arrested a fake police officer, Vincent Ojo for alleged impersonation and being in possession of dry leaves suspected to be Indian Hemp.   Spokesperson of the command, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, February 23, 2025, said the suspect, Vincent Ojo,52, is a resident in Old Rukuba Qtrs Area of …

Niger State Police Command has arrested another suspect, Dauda Umar Sarki, in connection with the m8rder of Mohammed Abdulsafur, the village head of Lambata in Gurara Local Government Area of the state.   It would be recalled that on January 14, 2023, some irate youths of Lambata in large numbers stormed the residence of the deceased and k!lled him following …

The Edo State Police Command has arrested one Kelvin Izekor for the m8rder of his 38-year-old wife, Success Izekor.    The incident happened at Upper Mission Extension in Benin City on Saturday, February 22, 2025.   A resident, who pleaded anonymity, said the couple recently got married.    “I can’t believe what I saw. Imagine being k!lled by your own …