Nigerian Police
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,...
Horrendous crime: 4 Secondary School students under 20 years, kill, dismember girlfriend, roast head for ritual in Ogun
In Abeokuta, Ogun State, another horrendous crime has been committed by some secondary school students, who after snuffing a...
At last, FEC approves 20% salary raise for Nigeria Police
Almost a year after #EndSARS protesters demanded improved welfare and increased salary for police, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved...
Nov. 2 Gestapo invasion of Justice Odili’s residence: 15 people arraigned
About 43 days after some security and Federal Ministry of Justice personnel raided the Abuja official quarters of Supreme Court Judge,...
Breaking: Two men arrested at Lekki Toll Plaza, hauled into Lagos State Task Force Black Maria
Persecondnews reports that scores of battle-ready, heavily armed police and other security agents had taken over the plaza as early as 5.00...
I used her hands for money-making soap, ritualist in police net confesses
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Two men are currently cooling their heels in police net in Kwara over the alleged beheading and cutting...
After months of respite, high-profile kidnappers relaunch attack on Ogun State, seize Swiss expatriate, driver, kill staff.
The several months of breather enjoyed by residents of Ogun State, gunmen appear to have resumed their dastardly attacks in the state...
Acting IGP Alkali Baba confirmed
Barely two months after his appointment as the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Alkali Baba, was on Friday confirmed. The Police Council presided over...
Corruption allegation: International human rights groups condemn detention of Nigerian anti-corruption crusader
The arrest and detention of a leading Nigerian anti-corruption activist, Olanrewaju Suraju of HEDA, one of the first non-governmental groups to expose corruption...
Gunmen ravage Owerri prisons, state police headquarters, free hundreds of prisoners
Unidentified gunmen have launched a devastating attack on a correctional facility (prisons) in Owerri, Imo State Capital, torching it and freeing about 1,...
Chinese national escapes domestic servants’ attack in Lagos, forced to transfer huge sums to their accounts
A Chinese national living in Lagos has escaped death by a hair’s breadth when two of his domestics held him hostage in...
Man tortured to death in Benue over missing goat
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A man identified as Ordue Akume, was tortured to death on Tuesday over a missing goat in Lessel...
Man stabs ex-lover for failing to refund money spent during dating
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh In Adamawa State, a man, Enoch Adamu, has stabbed his ex-lover over failure to refund N85,000 expenses he...
Hunter becomes the hunted: Notorious Abuja kidnapper kidnapped by another kidnapper
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Even among criminals they get masters and superiors. This played out in a case of an Abuja notorious kidnapper,...
Dare-devil hoodlums ambush, shoot DPO, abduct four policemen
For a dare, some hoodlums in Ogun village have shot a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and also abducted four policemen after a...
