Tag Archives: Police

One by one, schools and hospitals have closed. Kidnappings are an everyday risk and gang warfare rages openly on the streets. But now, the chaos that has long consumed many parts of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, has spread: The national police, outgunned, outnumbered, underpaid and demoralized, have ceded control …

CNN  —  London’s Metropolitan Police Service has allowed predatory behavior to flourish within its force and failed to adequately protect members of the public from abuse, as well as its own female staff, according to a review that accused the organization of perpetuating a misogynistic, sexist, racist and homophobic internal …

The police in Lagos state have restored normalcy after an intra-community clash broke out in the Abule-Ado area of Lagos state in the early hours of today, March 19.    A tweet shared by the poluce says two persons have been arrested in connection with the clash. See the tweet …

The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the murder of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman in Ezza North local government area of the state, Peter Nweke.   LIB reported that Nweke died from injuries he sustained from attacks by suspected political thugs on Saturday during the Governorship and Assembly …

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, has dismissed reports of widespread acts of violence and voter suppression in the state governorship election held on Saturday, March 18.   In an interview with Channels TV, Owohunwa confirmed the attacks on voters and electoral officers recorded at some Lagos polling …

The Lagos state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has asked the police to arrest the Labour Party, LP, governorship candidate in the state, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, over the statement he made this afternoon, concerning the elections.    While reacting to the several incidents of violence recorded in some parts …

  Presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, says the young lady, Ijeoma, who came on Twitter to announce that a thug had been killed in her estate in Lagos and that she beat up a policewoman, will be arrested and prosecuted See what Ijeoma wrote below   Reacting to her Tweet, Bashir …

Nigerian singer, Peter Okoye popularly known as Rudeboy of the Psquare music group has berated the Nigerian Police Force over its response to the threat by the Lagos State Parks Management Committee Chairman, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo. Naija News recalls that Oluomo in a trending video had …

Police officers in Ogun state have arrested an alleged party agent with over 300 PVCs, ATM cards and different Polling unit Party agents tags at Agbado-Oke Aro, Ogun State.   The woman was apprehended with ID card of party agents of the PDP, LP and SDP. She also was allegedly …

A photo shared online has captured the moment a voter was heading with a pitbull for the governorship and House of Assembly election despite a police ban on the use of dogs and other pets at polling units.    Earlier this month, Police High Command banned the use of pets …