Twenty-four hours to the trip, Otos, a worker at one of the bus terminals in the Jibowu area of Yaba, Lagos, had given all the assurances that there is commercial transportation to Abuja, and, in fact, to any part of the south-east. With a giggle, and then a long hiss, he dismissed the directive banning interstate travel. As soon as we [...]
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Oluwatoyin Ajogbor, a Nigerian citizen, has accused police officers at Agbowa-Ikosi divisional headquarters in Epe local government area of Lagos state of extorting money from her and others. In a video that has now gone viral, Ajogbor claimed that her vehicle and that of others were impounded and the officers were asking them to pay N10,000 each. Although there is movement restriction [...]
Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police (IGP), says the police need 2 million teargas canisters, 1,000 tracking devices, 1,000 armoured personnel carriers (APC) and 250,000 assault rifles with corresponding ammunition to effectively fight insecurity. The IGP, according to PUNCH, disclosed this on Tuesday at a public hearing organised by the house of representatives committee on police affairs. Adamu, who was represented by Abdulmajid [...]
Tiyamiyu Kazeem, assistant captain of Remo Stars FC better known as 'Kaka', has been killed in Ogun state. The talented defender was reported to have been killed by an officer of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) in the state. In a statement on Saturday, Oladimeji Oshode, Remo Stars media officer, said the incident happened at about noon along Sagamu road. According to him, [...]
The Nigeria police has announced a workshop to train its public relations officers (PROs) on how to reinvent the image of the institution. Frank Mba, police spokesperson, announced this in a statement issued on Monday. The four-day workshop, Mba said is “in line with the impassioned quest of the Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu,NPM, mni for reinventing the image of [...]
Two students of the Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) and a policeman have been reportedly killed in a clash between the police and students. The students who were protesting insufficient supply of electricity had marched to the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) substation in Oye Ekiti, barricading the express road. The protesters reportedly vented their anger on Bisi Fayemi, first lady of [...]
If anyone is looking for a perfect illustration and confirmation of the “coming anarchy” in Nigeria, that person needs not look farther than the on-going conflict and crisis of mutual distrust between the Nigeria Police and the Nigerian Army. Turn away, for a moment, from Boko Haram (Nigeria is still unable to find a solution to the menace of terrorism), [...]
The Nigerian army says the police officers killed by its men were mistakenly taken as kidnappers. On Wednesday, the police had accused the army of killing three of their personnel while freeing a kidnap suspect. Reacting in a statement, Sagir Musa, army spokesman, said the refusal of the policemen to stop at the checkpoints prompted the action of the soldiers. “The attention of [...]
Abiola Ajimobi, governor of Oyo state, says there is a need for the creation of state police in order to fight crime effectively. He said this on Wednesday while hosting Leye Oyebade, the assistant inspector-general of police (AIG) in charge of zone 11. "I am one of the pioneer advocates of state police," he said. "There is nowhere in the world where crime [...]
The police have released tips for motorists to abide by when approaching a security checkpoint or when flagged-down by police officers. In a series of tweets, the police urged motorists to be polite when answering questions put to them by the officers and shouldn’t dare or challenge an armed security man to a duel. “Endeavour to slow down your vehicle. It [...]
A magistrate's court in Lagos has ordered that Olalekan Ogunyemi, the dismissed police officer who killed Kolade Johnson, be kept at Ikoyi prison. AO Salawu, the magistrate, gave the order when Ogunyemi was arraigned before him on Friday. He said the dismissed officer will remain in the prison, pending advice from the state director of public prosecutions (DPP). Kehinde Olatunde, the prosecutor, had [...]
Ogunyemi Olalekan, a police inspector involved in the killing of Kolade Johnson, has been dismissed from the force. Olalekan was found guilty after an orderly room trial that started on Monday. A stray bullet had hit the deceased during a raid by the anti-cultism unit of the police command at Onipetesi, Lagos-Abeokuta road on Sunday. Following a nationwide outrage, the police had identified Olalekan [...]
In one of the videos circulated online hours after Kolade Johnson was shot dead by policemen, the deceased was seen cooking in a kitchen as music blared from speakers in the background. Shouts of "K Low", his nickname, rented the air while he stirred a pot of soup. During a visit to 1 Beeco street, Onipetesi, Mangoro, Lagos, residence of the deceased, [...]
Angry youth have shut down the Onipetesi axis of the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway in Lagos over the killing of a yet to be identified man by operatives of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS). A Twitter user, who posted a video about the incident which happened on Sunday, said the man had gone to watch football when he was hit by a stray [...]
Nasiru Gawuna, Kano state deputy governor, was arrested by the police on Monday for alleged electoral misconduct. Mutari Sule Garo, commissioner for local government, was also arrested for the same offence. They were accused of disrupting the collation of governorship election results at Nassarawa local government area of the state. Garo and Gawuna were reportedly rescued from an aggrieved mob before they were subsequently picked [...]
Abdulrahman Dambazau, minister of interior, has blamed Ibrahim Idris, former inspector-general of police (IGP), for the strained relationship between the police and his ministry. The minister was speaking on Tuesday in Abuja when Mohammed Adamu, acting IGP, paid him a courtesy visit. Dambazzau said the ministry enjoyed a cordial relationship with the police during the tenure of Solomon Arase, a former IGP, [...]
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