Nigerian Police

Gruesome murder of Lagos female lawyer: IGP suspends killer-ASP

Following the gruesome murder of a Lagos female lawyer, Mrs Bolanle Raheem on Christmas day, the killer-Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Drambi Vandi,...

Three days after, Police name ASP who murdered Lagos female lawyer

Three days after the murder of Lagos female lawyer, Mrs Bolanle Raheem, the authorities have finally revealed the identity of the killer police...

Extortion/searching of phones: Seven police officers lose their jobs

Seven policemen have been dismissed by the Imo State Police Command over alleged extortion and checking of phones of a citizen at a...

DCO’s assault, sexual harassment of policewoman: IGP orders probe

Following the leaking of a video on the social media showing a dehumanized and battered policewoman in Osun State by her immediate boss,...

In a fit of rage, ASP fatally stabs another ASP

In a spurt of anger, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) has fatally stabbed a fellow ASP in Argungu, Kebbi State. The brawling...

Breaking: Tafa Balogun, 11th Inspector-General of Police is dead

The 11th Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mustafa Adebayo Balogun, is dead. Born on August 25,1947 in Ila Orangun,  Osun State, the late...

Alleged perjury: Court grants CSO’s request for Tinubu’s prosecution

The alleged perjury case against the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,  may start any time from now as a Federal...

16-year old boy’s eyes plucked by ‘friend’ in Bauchi

A teenager, Uzairu Salisu, has had his eyes plucked out by his ‘friend’ in the Dutsen Jira area of Yelwa area, Bauchi State....

BREAKING: Owo Catholic Church attack: Perpetrators apprehended

The suspected perpetrators of the gruesome attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State which left more than 40 worshippers including...

Brutality: Journalist floors Police, GTB at Appeal Court

The Appeal Court in Abuja has affirmed the judgment of the High Court of Federal Capital Territory in a fundamental human rights enforcement...

Stampede at Port Harcourt church palliative distribution to needy claims 31 lives

Death toll in a Port Harcourt church outreach programme stampede which occurred on Saturday morning has hit 31, Persecondnews reports. The outreach programme...

BREAKING: Sacked EFCC boss, Magu, elevated from CP to AIG

Police Commissioner Ibrahim Magu, the sacked Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),  has been promoted to the Assistant Inspector-General of...

CSP Adejobi confirmed as Force spokesman

The appointment of CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi as the Force Public Relations Officer has been confirmed. Adejobi had a long stint as Police Public...

Policemen planned strike: IGP orders implementation of new salary structure

In apparent bid to stave off policemen’s strike, the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, on Wednesday ordered the immediate implementation of...

Police DIG, Joseph Egbunike, head of Abba Kyari probe panel, slumps, dies in office

  Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), Joseph Egbunike, who headed the Special Investigation Panel set up to investigate the suspended Deputy Police Commissioner,...

Poisonous salt in circulation in Lagos, two businesswomen nabbed

  Two businesswomen, who allegedly repackaged industrial salt for human consumption, have been hauled up before a Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The accused,...