Police

UNN final year student just committed suicide over MMM Nigeria?

The school and the police have launched an investigation into the tragic death.

Man, 29, poses as Police IG, defrauds Saudi Arabian doctor

A 29-year-old suspect, Ekperebuike Akadonye has been apprehended by the police for allegedly impersonating the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, and defrauding his victim on the Internet.

14 Nigerian police officers dismissed for misconduct

The Nigerian police force has announced that as many as fourteen policemen have been dismissed by the police force for varying forms of misconduct.

Rivers State Deputy Governor calls for rearrest of 5 men who drugged and raped 15-year-old girl

Rivers State Deputy Governor, Dr. Ipalibo Banigo, has directed that five suspects who were released despite being accused of raping a 15-year-old girl be rearrested and taken into custody.

Senate charges Police, FG on disturbing increase in jungle justice in Nigeria

Nigerian lawmakers have taken turns in condemning acts of jungle justice in the country, citing the recent increase in lynching as an indication that the people were losing confidence in the government.

“Shi’ites have no freedom to do whatever they want” – Kano State government kicks

As far as Shi’ites continued to throng the streets and disturb peace in Kano, the state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje says the police would be left with no choice but to employ brutal force in dispersing the protesters.

Police arrests 28 suspected teenage cultists in Delta

Twenty-eight suspected teenage cultists known as the ‘Future Trigger Boys’, who are allegedly responsible for allegedly carrying out deadly operations in some public secondary schools in Asaba have been arrested by the Delta Police Command.

Lynching of criminals in Nigeria; A heartbreaking account of victim who lost brother to robbery attack

In his reaction to the recently lynched teenager in Orile, Lagos, Harrison narrated the traumatic experience his family have had to endure, after his 20-year-old brother was stabbed to death in January for not giving up his phone to his attacker.

Two-year-old girl shot in the head in Police/Shi’ites clash in Kano

A two-year-old girl is reportedly one of the casualties of the brutal clash between the police and protesting Shi’ites in Kano on Monday.

Women, children, policeman die in fresh Shi’ites/Police clash in Kano

A fresh clash between policemen and some protesting Shi’ites in Kano has left as many as nine persons, including women, children and a policeman, dead.

Nigerian social media user, @Baudex arrested for attempting to swindle billionare Femi Otedola

Sources claim Oyedepo, 23, sent threat and blackmail messages to the complainant and other high profile Nigerians through a website, naijagistlive.com, demanding huge sums of money.

Emefiele: N15m cash, soldiers, others on display as police parade CBN governor’s wife’s “kidnappers”

They initially wanted N1.5 billion before releasing the CBN governor’s wife.

Corruption, $2 million, unholy estates, other reasons DSS raided Nigerian judges

“Credible intelligence revealed that one Judge had Two Million United States Dollars ($2,000,000 USD) stashed in his house.”

Raid on judges “full blown dictatorship” – Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa

“I believe that the hidden motive of all these is traceable to the power tussle between leaders of the ruling party.”

Nigerians react: So Governor Wike is the “corrupt” judge’s gate man?

Governor Wike may have been manhandled but not everyone is impressed.

Wike: DSS “manhandle” Rivers governor during nationwide raid on “corrupt” judges

“They cocked their guns and threatened to shoot me. I have never seen that before.”

Black Lives Matter in Naija Too! By Tony Ogunlowo

In other countries extra-judiciary killings by the police are taken very seriously but not in Nigeria.

Woman, 22, sets pregnant housewife ablaze in Bauchi

According to the suspect she had a relationship with the husband of the victim, a Mustapha Ayodele, for three years, but he jilted her and married the victim.