The Nigeria Police Force is worried over the discovry of a gas pistol( Spyder Victor) recovered from a robbery gang in Lagos. The gun, the first of its kind in Nigeria, was recovered from a suspected robber on Eko Bridge. The police said they were still studying the gun to know how it came into the country, and why the gang decided to go for the make. Unfortunately, the prime […]
The Bayelsa state caucus in the House of Representatives has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to set up an inquiry into the police killings and maiming of innocent citizens of Opu-Nembe community in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa state. Briefing Parliamentary reporters at the National Assembly in Abuja, member representing Brass/Nembe Federal Constituency, Marie Enenimiete Ebikake condemned the unprovoked killings alleging that it may not be unconnected with […]
The Minister of Police Affairs, Senator Ibrahim Gaidam has charged everyone in the Ministry to embrace innovations and propose new ideas that will ensure a safer and secure environment in the Country. He gave the charge at a meeting with the Minister of State for Police Affairs and the top management team of the Ministry when he assumed office in Abuja. The Minister emphasized the importance of unity, collaboration, and […]
The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun has met with Police Managers in Abuja to brainstorm on ways to strengthen the Force operational strategies to improve Service delivery. The IGP who noted that the meeting was also to give room for a comprehensive review of the nation's state of security said the Force under his leadership had been able to achieve great successes in its fight against insecurity. According […]
Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has said that the use of police uniforms by skit maker, Abdulgafar Ahmad, aka Cute Abiola, for entertainment is not illegal. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, had on Thursday, said the comedian would be prosecuted for violating the provisions of the law “with regards to the use of uniforms”. But the human rights lawyer in a statement on Friday disagreed with the police […]
Scores of commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as Okada riders, on Thursday morning, stormed the palace of the Ayangbure of Ikorodu, Oba Kabir Shotobi, to protest alleged extortion and illegal arrests by officers of the Nigeria Police Force. The protesters, who blocked the road in front of the palace, said they wanted the king and the government to intervene and stop the police from arresting and extorting money from them. Some […]
RE: ALLEGED WRONGFUL DISMISSAL: POLICE AUTHORITY REVIEWS, UPHOLDS EARLIER VERDICT ON DISMISSED KWARA OFFICERS As Review Panel Recommends Officers’ Prosecution for Conspiracy, Theft, False and Malicious Publications against NPF The Nigeria Police Force wishes to address a viral video featuring two dismissed police officers, Sergeant Shola Akano and Corporal Babatunde Glorious, from the Kwara State Police Command and a follow-up publication in the Punch Newspaper of June 2, 2023, in […]
A 33-year-old woman, Olufunmilayo Erioluwa, who was accused of assaulting a policeman and later freed by a court, has said she was made to suffer over a dog. According to the hairstylist, she was unjustly detained and remanded in the Kirikiri Custodial Centre because the dog owner was connected to the police. She was released on June 27 after 44 days in prison. She expressed gratitude to a human rights […]
Operatives of the Ebonyi Police Command has killed two hoodlums, who were allegedly enforcing sit-at-home, in the state. Sit-at-home in the South-East is a brainchild of the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra to protest the continued detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The hoodlums were said to have shot sporadically into the air within the Okposi area in the Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, while trying to enforce […]
