Alleged rape at Flavour’s concert: Police calls for victims
The Enugu State Police Command on Wednesday called on residents who were victims of the alleged gang rapes at a concert by hip hop star, Chinedu Okoli, aka Flavour, to come forward to testify. The command said no victim had yet to report to any of its divisions, saying it was not aware of any […]
INEC asks police to intervene in vote buying.
The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has called on the Nigeria Police Force to pay special attention to addressing open vote buying as the country prepares for Ekiti and Osun governorship elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made the call when he received the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) , Ibrahim Idris, who paid him a courtesy […]
Police declares notorious Eleme Cultist wanted
John Diidi The Rivers State Police command has declared Kenneth Osaro A.K.A Mba Joe wanted. Mba Joe is among the 32 cultists declared wanted by the security agents in Rivers State. The Public Relations officer in Rivers state, Nnamdi Omoni while briefing journalists in port Harcourt, called on the public to give the state police […]
IGP orders the removal of Kogi State Commissioner of Police
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris,has ordered the immediate removal of Kogi state Commissioner of Police, CP Ali Janga. The IGP asked the CP Esa Sunday Ogbu, Commissioner of Police, Federal Operations, Force Headquarters, Abuja to immediately proceed and take over as the new Commissioner of Police of the State. The Police […]
Court fines police 3 million for violation of human rights.
An FCT High Court, Maitama has ordered the police to pay N3 million to one Kingsley Efobi, for violation of his fundamental right to personal liberty. Efobi had on May 10, 2017, filed a suit against the Nigeria Police Force, the Inspector-General of Police and the Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, for violating his fundamental […]
Police to confiscate expensive clothes from teens.
Police in the Dutch city of Rotterdam have launched a new pilot programme which will see them confiscating expensive clothing and jewellery from young people if they look too poor to own them, according to Independent news. Officers say the scheme will see them target younger men in designer clothes they seem unlikely to be […]
Police deploys 4000 officers for Anambra rerun
About 4,300 police officers have been deployed for the Saturday’s Anambra central district rerun election. This was disclosed by the Anambra State Police Commissioner, Mr. Garba Umar, during a press conference in Amawbia. According to him, there are 1,448 polling units and at least three policemen will man each unit in the local governments involved. […]