The Nigeria Police Force has completed the training of operatives of its Community Police and Special Constabulary in Lagos State. The training of the officers was done at the Police Training School in Ikeja, where the passing-out parade also took place. Lagos State Governor, BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU, was represented at the ceremony by his Chief of Staff, TAYO…
The Center for the Defense of Human Right has accused the Lagos State Police Command of wrongful detention of one SHOLA ASELEBE. Lasgidi FM’s NAJITE ATIRENE gathered that ASELEBE was arrested by soldiers around Ketu and handed over to the police on New Year’s Eve last Thursday. The CDHR claimed that ASELEBE was arrested as he was…
The streets of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, returned to life, Monday, January 4, 2021, after the Christmas and New Year celebrations. This followed the return of the government task force to enforce a ban on street trading, illegal markets and motor parks, which comes with a new task force. Operatives of the task force are…
The Oyo State Police Command has raised alarm over the speed at which some people are quick to take the law into their hand. This follows the increasing number of mob attacks leading to the loss of life of persons caught in alleged crimes in the state capital, Ibadan. The Police Command said such cases have become…
A Police Inspector has been arrested and put on Orderly Room trial for allegedly killing a commercial tricycle operator in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The Rivers State Police Command spokesman, NNAMDI OMONI, confirmed the arrest of the Inspector after riots broke out in the Rukpokwu area of Port Harcourt where the incident happened. Superintendent ONOMI said the…
PDetectives from the Lagos State Police Command have tracked down and arrested four suspected armed robbers in Kaduna State after robbing a man in the Bariga area of Lagos. The suspects are JUNIOR MICHAEL, PIUS EKO, SAMSON YUNANA, and DANIEL YAKI, who are between eighteen and twenty-two years of age. The State Police Command spokesman, OLUMUYIWA ADEJOBI,…