Court awards N50m damages to IPOB activist, Ngozi Umeadi against the police, declares her detention illegal ―Lawyer

A High Court sitting in Gudu Judicial Division, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria, has awarded N50 million damages against the Nigerian police for arresting and detaining an activist of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mrs. Ngozi Umeadi. Nnamdi Kanu’s defence lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, who hailed the judgement on Thursday, said the court also ordered […]

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Tonto Dikeh petitions the police, says ex-lover Kpokpogri threatens to release her nude pictures

Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh has dragged her boyfriend Prince Kpokpogri Joseph to the police headquarters accusing him of extortion, blackmail, threat to life and intention to  release her nude pictures. A petition written by her lawyer and dated 10 September was leaked by news platform QED on Wednesday. DailyTrust also reports that Tonto in her […]

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Autopsy on salesgirl killed at Lagos Yoruba nation rally says she was shot, contradicts police claim

The salesgirl who was allegedly killed by a stray bullet during the Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos on July 3, Jumoke Oyeleke, died from a missile injury, according to the report of an autopsy conducted on the remains of the 25-year-old on Monday. Reporters on July 3 had put her age at 14, maybe because […]

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Police probe killing of German-based Nigerian allegedly by military men in Imo

The Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr Abutu Yaro, says the police have directed an in-depth investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr Uguchi Unachukwu, who was allegedly killed on May 31 in Imo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deceased was shot dead near Sam Mbakwe Airport during a […]

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Police and Gulak’s ‘onions assassins’, By Abimbola Adelakun

The so-called investigation by the Nigeria Police Force over the assassination of former presidential aide, Ahmed Gulak, is highly unsatisfying. Their synopsis of what transpired is riddled with so many holes and hardly sensible. The NPF’s reports are customarily frustrating to read. They are habitually riddled with typos and flawed logic. Read their statement describing […]

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NECO Registrar died after a brief illness, not assassinated —Police

Claims that the Registrar of the National Examination Council (NECO), Prof. Godswill Obioma was assassinated by unknown gunmen in Minna, are not true, the Niger State Police Command have said. The command said, the late NECO Registrar’s family had formally announced that he passed on after a brief illness at the National Hospital in Abuja. […]

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Police nab 21-year-old Nigerian man for alleged over N2 billion investment fraud

The Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigerian Police in Lagos, has arrested the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Brisk Capital Limited, Dominic Ngene Joshua, for allegedly diverting over N2 billion in investor funds. The 21-year-old was arrested following petitions from some of the investors he allegedly scammed in cash and cryptocurrency trading. The suspect […]

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See how a wife invited Police to eject her Nigerian husband from their matrimonial home in London (Video)

The video below is about Nigerian man living in the UK with his wife and according to the clip, they have biological children. Usually, husband and wife do quarrel and that was what happened in this case as it happens elsewhere all around the world. The difference in this one is that Police officers were […]

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Akpan, 20-year-old suspected killer of job seeker, paraded by police (Photos)

Uduak Frank Akpan, the principal suspect in the gruesome murder of job seeker and graduate of Philosophy, Iniubong Umoren, was paraded alongside his father, before newsmen at the Akwa Ibom State Police Headquarters, Uyo today, May 14. Rumor was rife online on Thursday, May 13, that Akpan had committed suicide. To dispel the rumors, the […]

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12-year-old girl caged and starved for 8 months by her guardians, rescued by Police in Nigeria (Photos)

Police operatives in Sokoto state have rescued a 12-year-old girl, Joy Emmanuel, caged for eight months by her guardians identified as Bassey and Esther Emmanuel at their home in the Sokoto Cinema area in Sokoto North Local Government Area, Nigeria. According to reports, Joy was locked up and deprived of food because of her unstable […]

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Police arrest man in Nigeria for possessing one condom with fluid in it

A man has been arrested after he was found with a condom containing sperm. The brother of the arrested man had gone on Twitter to complain about his brother’s arrest. He wrote in his tweet: “SARS AT SARS ROAD has been holding my brother since yday night that they saw him with condom. He slept […]

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Police nab five Ekiti University students during cult initiation

Five suspected cultists who claimed to be students of the Ekiti State University (EKSU) have been arrested during a cult initiation ceremony. Ekiti State Police Command’s spokesperson, Sunday Abutu, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, April 26, said the suspects were arrested during the initiation rite held in a bush behind the school campus […]

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Nigerians blast the Police for giving 4 armed officers to guard one ex-BBNaija housemate (Photo)

Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has been rebuked seriously by Nigerians after a viral picture of Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) former housemate, Terseer Waya, popularly known as Kiddwaya, with their officers surfaced online. BBNaija’s Kiddwaya on Wednesday shared pictures on his Instagram page where he had about four police officers with guns as his escorts in […]

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CCTV captured staff stealing money at Oye-Ekiti bank robbery -Police

Commissioner of Police of Ekiti State, CP Asuquo Amba, stated on Friday that the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, had ordered a thorough investigation into Thursday’s armed robbery attack on the Oye Ekiti branch of a bank and the Oye Police Division. Amba, who said there was a close similarity between the armed robbers’ […]

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Davido’s hype man is wrong for parading ladies who accused Davido of impregnating one of them —Police

Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, has faulted Edward Ijah, the sidekick of popular musician, Davido, for handcuffing and parading the two women who accused Davido of impregnating one of them. Davido’s hype man, known as Special Spesh, had posted a video on Instagram showing the two women, Helen and Susan, handcuffed and […]

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Police, DSS and soldiers barricade CORE symposium venue where Soyinka, Falana billed to speak

Police officers, men of the Department of State Services (DSS) and Nigerian soldiers on Monday morning stormed the venue scheduled for the consultative assembly between members of the Coalition for Revolutionary (CORE) movement and notable activists in Nigeria. The event which was expected to hold on Monday at the Logos Centre, Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos, was […]

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Nigerian soldiers killed three police officers, freed kidnap kingpin —Police

Nigeria Police has accused some unidentified Nigerian soldiers of shooting to death three police officers and a civilian while several other officers were also injured during the attack along the Ibi-Jalingo Road, Taraba State, Nigeria. The police officers, led by ASP Felix Adolije of the Intelligence Response Team, reportedly came under attack while taking a […]

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Nigerian lawmakers, police, judges most corrupt, -Transparency International

Transparency International has released a survey showing that the police, legislature and the judiciary are among the most corrupt institutions in Nigeria. The TI, in the publication of the 10th edition of the Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) – Africa, on Thursday, said corruption in African countries was hindering economic, political and social development. In Nigeria, […]

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Nigeria’s National Assembly mace snatchers’ case not closed — Police

15 months after two suspected thugs allegedly led by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, (now senate deputy president), invaded the Senate chamber and snatched the mace, the police have yet to conclude their investigation into the incident. According to Punch, the police had been treating the incident as a cold case, believing new information could lead to […]

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