Three police officers attached to the Bayelsa state command have been arrested and given an orderly room trial in connection with the last Sunday murder of Victor Emmanuel in the state. Victor was on Sunday murdered in cold blood before…
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Ijaw group berates Nigeria police IG’s silence on murder of Victor Emmanuel
Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, has described the failure of Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, to respond to the killing of 20-year-old Emmanuel Victor by a policeman at a check-point in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, last week, as an embarrassment to…
Reps’ committees to investigate extrajudicial murder of Victor Emmanuel
By Victor Oluwasegun and Dele Anofi, Abuja Members of the House of Representatives yesterday expressed their displeasure at the interception and arrest of some indigenes of Osun State from gaining access in to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by men of…
Abuja police molest female journalist over photos
Men of the Nigerian police force attached to the task force of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) on demolition exercise at Wuse area of the city on Wednesday molested a female journalist for taking photos of the demolition exercise.…
Police cashiers to be arraigned for fraud
Police cashiers are to be arraigned for fraud after an audit at the Ministry of Police Affairs uncovered about 107,000 ghost workers in the Nigeria Police Force. According to sources, millions of naira are to be recovered following the conclusion…
Nigerian government under fire for not acting on extrajudicial murder of boy who questioned police extortion
The Federal Government has come under intense criticism for refusing to take action on the reported killing of a 20-year-old Emmanuel Victor by a police officer at a checkpoint in Yenagoa, Bayelas State recently. Victor was shot dead after…
Police officers encourage sale of indian hemp in Abuja, says resident
Submitted via phone number +234706130…. Good day Nigeria Police Watch. I am writing to report an unfortunate development in a particular community in Abuja to you. There is this guy who sells indian hemp in a community in Mararaba, on the…
100,000 police officers carry handbags for wives of moneybags and politicians
Over 100,000 out of the 330,000 police officers in Nigeria are attached to “few fortunate” individuals – to carry handbags for their wives, chairman of Police Service Commission has revealed. The chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), DIG Parry Osayande…
Nigeria Police boss, Ringim, says bail fees charged at police stations are illegal
The Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, has stated that it is illegal for police officers to demand and collect money from families of locked up suspect for their bails. Police officers frequently demanding bail fees to release locked up…
Police ransack The Nation’s Abuja office
Police detectives Wednesday morning ransacked the The Nation’s Abuja office following the arrest of four editors of the paper on Tuesday. Two of the arrested editors, Managing Editor, Northern Operations, Yusuf Alli and Head of Abuja Bureau, Yomi Odunuga…
Police raid Nigeria newspaper, arrest 4 journalists over story on Obasanjo’s letter to President
LAGOS, Nigeria — Police in Nigeria raided a newspaper office Wednesday after detectives arrested four journalists over the publication of a purported letter from the nation’s former president instructing its current leader to fire government officials. Police descended on…
Police officers and their talents for sniffing N20, N50 notes
There is something exotic about the smell of money. The naira, especially, has its own allure which drives even supposed men of reason (judges, for instance, are knowledgeable and men of reason) insane. But it appears that only men of The…