A picture of a yet to be identified police officer smoking indian hemp in public have gone viral on social networking sites. The picture appears to have been taken in Port Harcourt. We wish to comment that this is a…
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Nigeria Police Watch is a crowd-sourcing platform that enables citizens challenge and publicize indiscretions by police personnel.
Monitor the police in Anambra elections
Nigeria Police Watch wish to urge Anabrarians to adhere strictly to instructions, especially those emanating from security agencies in the course of Saturday’s elections.
Alert; extortion on Eko bridge – Lagos
There have been a recent outcry by motorists in Lagos who use the Eko Bridge about a ‘new gang’ of police officers extorting money from commuters; mainly people who swerve to the BRT lane to avoid the damaged part of…
Help! Oyo police officers are threatening my life, lawyer writes IG
Jide Jegede –Olawale Omoloye is a former branch chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association. The immediate past chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Oyo Branch, Olawale Omoloye, has written to the Inspector General of Police, IG, Mohammed Abubakar, over…
Nigeria Police dismiss officer for allegedly raping two-year-old girl – Premium Times
Police says it’s a self-cleaning institution. The Nigeria Police Force has frowned at reports that it is shielding the officer who allegedly raped a two-year-old girl, insisting that he had been dismissed from the force.
CLEEN Foundation commences ALTUS police station visitors’ week 2013
The Altus Global Alliance and its member organization in Nigeria, CLEEN Foundation announces the commencement of the Altus’ Annual Police Station Visitors’ Week (PSVW) 2013.
Girl, 7, witnesses father’s murder by police officer – Punch
Less than one month after six-year-old Mariam Adeniji, saw the killing of her father, Rafiu, in the Mangoro area of Lagos state, another police officer on Saturday, shot to death a father of three, Azeez Omotosho.
A Nigerian police officer has been arrested in connection with an armed raid – on a police station.
A Nigerian daily, Punch, said the officer was carrying 29 rounds of live ammunition when he demanded access to a force motorbike at the station in the south-western city of Ibadan. When the vehicle inspection officer refused, the disgruntled cop…
Police abandon trigger happy cop’s victim in hospital – Daily Trust
Family members and friends of Joseph Martin, a man allegedly shot on the leg by a mobile police officer, Oludare Ariyo, on October 19, 2013, complained yesterday that he has been abandoned at the Nigerian Air Force Hospital along Airport…
Senate directs police IG to prosecute police officer who raped 2-year-old – PREMIUM TIMES
Senate President Mark expressed disappointment over the failure of the police to provide information on the cause of action it took since the incident was reported The Senate has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, to prosecute Cpl.…
An open letter to the IGP of police by Mmaku Newsmasters; how police charge N20-30,000 on bail
I wish to use this medium to appeal to the Nigeria police force to come to the aid of Mmaku community in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu state. Some officers of the Nigeria police force from State Criminal Investigation…
Police extortion at Lagos air port
Nigeria police officers in conjunction with Custom officers, NDLEA officers, and quarantine officers are busy harassing and extorting money from travellers departing Muritala Mohammed Airport Lagos (MMA). If they happen to find out one is carrying native Nigerian food like…