Nine suspected kidnappers arrested by Police in Ekiti forest

Operatives of the Ekiti State Police Command, Nigeria, have arrested nine suspected kidnappers allegedly terrorising the state. Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, CP Moronkeji Adesina, who disclosed this in a statement issued by spokesperson of the command, ASP Sunday Abutu, on Tuesday, May 2, said the suspects were arrested in a forest at Ago Aduloju […]

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Police parades Nigerian police officer who assaulted and shot at travelers in viral video

The Edo State Police has paraded the police officer who assaulted travelers and shot in their direction in a viral video. The video went viral yesterday and caused outrage. Following the outrage, it was revealed that the police officer involved and his team members have been arrested. However, Nigerians were not satisfied and asked for proof. The […]

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#EndSARS panels are illegal, as States can’t probe military and police ―Keyamo

Nigerian Minister of State for Labour and Employment, and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Festus Keyamo, has faulted the judicial panel of inquiry set up to investigate cases of police brutality and SARS-related abuses across the country, saying it is illegal. While responding to a question about the position of the government specifically regarding a […]

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9 arrested as police bust notorious kidnap syndicate in Ekiti

The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested members of a notorious kidnap gang including a dismissed policeman, Ayo Samuel and one Johnson Apotire, who impersonates herdsmen due to his physical resemblance to Fulani men. Briefing newsmen on Wednesday, spokesperson of the command (PPRO), ASP Sunday Abutu, who represented the State Commissioner of Police, Tunde Mobayo, […]

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Police trail man who allegedly kills girlfriend, stuffs her body in fridge

Police operatives are on a manhunt for one Frank suspected to have killed his girlfriend and stuffed her body in a refrigerator at Ho-Fiave, the Volta Region, Ghana. Volta Regional Police PRO (PPRO), DSP Efia Tenge, who confirmed the incident on Monday, November 22, said: “The police in Ho received a wired report about a […]

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Police arrest prophet for raping 8-month pregnant woman in Nigeria

Operatives of the Ondo State Police command in Nigeria have arrested a prophet identified as Festus James for allegedly raping an eight-month-old pregnant woman at Agbabu village via Ore, in Odigbo council area of Ondo state. Parading the suspect before newsmen, the spokesperson of the state police command, Funmi Odunlami, said the prophet who came […]

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Police arrest 2 suspects who lured woman from Lagos to Oyo, beheaded her, dismembered her body

Oyo State Police Command, Nigeria, has arrested two suspected ritualists, Ismaila Wasiu and Mutairu Shittu who allegedly murdered a woman identified simply as Mujidat. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Adewale Osifeso, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, October 27, said the suspects were arrested following credible intelligence received from residents of Ayekale, Saki Area […]

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Police disperse Lekki tollgate #EndSARSMemorial protesters with teargas (Photos)

Operatives from Nigerian Police Force, Lagos command, on Wednesday fired teargas to disperse protesters at the Lekki tollgate. Nigerian youths had converged on the Lekki tollgate to mark the first anniversary of #EndSARS protests in the country. Firing of teargas by the police led to some of the protesters running helter-skelter. Two protesters were earlier […]

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Sanwo-Olu signs Bill prohibiting media parade of suspect by police in Lagos State

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday, October 5, signed the Lagos State’s Administration of Criminal Justice (Amendment) Law (ACJL) 2021. The ACJL was first passed in Lagos State in 2007 and amended in 2011 to ensure the fundamental rights of suspects and persons that come into contact with the justice system, as enshrined in […]

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Police seize two children from their mom, handed them over to their dad, comedian Nedu

Policemen attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, Lagos, have seized two children from their mother, Uzoamaka Ohiri, the ex-wife of comedian Chinedu Ani, a.k.a Nedu, and handed them over to their dad, the comedian, according to Punch. It was learnt that in a letter of invitation with reference letter CR:3000/LSX/D10/Vol.3/71 which […]

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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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