The police in Lagos have arrested four men suspected to be policemen on suspicion of armed robbery, Lagos-based THE PUNCH is reporting this morning. The suspects, the newspaper gathered, were arrested on Monday after successfully robbing a commercial bank at…
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The Sorry State Of Our Police
By Nwachi Odommiri If I were to reform the Nigeria Police Force, I would start from their uniform. In secondary school, uniforms were the pride and pageantry. Most students could be defined by the shape their uniforms were in. There…
Policeman runs amok, kills colleague
It was a bizarre spectacle in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, on Monday as a police officer went berserk and shot his colleague at close range, killing him instantly. Clement Amachi, a police corporal from Ohanku in Ukwa East Local…
Nigerian police plead not guilty to killing Boko Haram leader – AFP
ABUJA — Five Nigerian policemen pleaded not guilty Tuesday to killing an Islamist leader following a 2009 uprising by his group, a case some say is aimed at persuading militants to halt a wave of attacks. The officers, arraigned at…
How a top police officer bullied and victimized me after I offered him service – Citizen Gabriel
By Onifade Gabriel Some police officers are bullies. They don’t pay for goods they procure and services rendered to them. They rather threaten their victims (civilians – whose interest I believe they are paid to protect) and intimidate them with…
Police extortion and illegal roadblocks in Port Harcourt
By Ukari Obene Some members of the Nigeria Police Force have continued to mount illegal road blocks on the streets of Port Harcourt with the sole purpose of collecting N50 from innocent and law abiding motorists. These policemen do not…
Police brutality, bribery caught on camera
This video provides concrete evidence of the brutality and corruption for which men and officers of the Nigeria Police are notorious. The cop in this clip was just busy extorting monies from motorists and brutalising those who failed to pay…
Amnesty International probes murder of Citizen Uzoukwu by Nigeria Police
The Amnesty International (AI) is investigating human rights abuses against residents of the South-south state of Bayelsa by the Nigeria Police’s anti-crime security outfit, (OFT) in the state. Specifically, it is probing the circumstances surrounding the death of Tochukwu…
Court slams N2.5m fine on police chief over unlawful detention of pastor
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, to pay Pastor Emeka Ebuta the sum of N2.5million as damages for his unlawful arrest and detention by officers of the Nigeria Police. The…
Amnesty International exposes police brutality in Nigeria
Police in Nigeria carry out hundreds of extra-judicial killings every year and only those who can afford to pay bribes can guarantee their safety from execution or torture, according to Amnesty International. The human rights group says many of their…
Nigeria police makes U-turn, says headquarters explosion not suicide bombing
The Nigeria Police have reversed themselves on their earlier claim linking last Thursday’s bomb explosion that rocked their headquarters in Abuja to a suicide bomber. Briefing journalists at the Force Headquarters earlier today, the Inspector General of Police, Hafiz…
Police murder three in oil-rich Ogoni
Anti-riot police officers in Nigeria have shot dead three indigenes of Ogoni in the oil-rich Niger Delta region after angry youths protested the officers’ use of excessive force in arresting residents of Zor-Sogho, a village in Khana Local Government area.…