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Nigeria Police Watch is a crowd-sourcing platform that enables citizens challenge and publicize indiscretions by police personnel.

CLEEN Foundation presents Victoria Island Police Station with the 2012 Altus Regional Award for the Best Police Station in Africa

An award presentation ceremony was organized by the CLEEN Foundation in Lagos to recognize and honor Victoria Island police station for emerging the top police station and regional winner of the Police Station Visitors Week (PSVW) 2012 in Africa. The…

This is to draw the attention of the police and other relevant security operatives to the Apongbon Bridge, Marina Lagos state. Some hoodlums keep terrorising the area without fear of apprehension. They have made it a point of duty to…

Nigeria police, traffic officers engage in public brawl in Gombe– PREMIUM TIMES

Nineteen people were feared injured in the brawl. About 19 Traffic Marshals working for the Gombe State Government on Tuesday sustained various degrees of injuries in clashes with a group of police officers in the state Babaji Dunama, General Manager…

Two Female Nigerian Police Officers Caught On Tape Extorting Money From A Driver May Get Fired– Sahara Reporters

Two Nigerian female police officer attached to the Traffic Unit of Makinde Police Station, Mafoluku, Lagos, caught on camera demanding and receiving a bribe of N100 from a commercial driver along the Apapa-Oshodi expressway in Lagos will soon know their…

Police stray bullet kills teenager in Kafanchan- Premium Times

The police spokesman said investigations into the incident were ongoing. A teenager, Suzana Alamagani, 18, of Zakwa Area, Kafanchan, Kaduna State, was on Friday killed by a stray bullet when the police attempted to disperse protesters at Kafanchan High Court.

Imoke Reiterates Need for State Police DailyTrust

Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has said that except the Nigeria Police Force is completely overhauled and broken into different sub-security groups, including state and community police, the insecurity in parts of the country will not be contained.

Nigeria police officer’s bullet kills 60-year-old Deejay, wife demands justice PUNCH

Wife of a 60-year-old deejay, Adamson Bello, who was killed last Sunday by a stray bullet fired by a policeman attached to the Okokomaiko Police Division, Lagos State, has called for justice. Modinatu, 50, said the police did not only…

Driver takes own life over police extortion– Daily Trust

A 30-year-old commercial bus driver in Kaduna has killed himself leaving a note in which he said he decided to end his life over alleged police extortion. Sunday Igwe took insecticide when he could not bear incessant police arrest and…