Police cashiers are to be arraigned for fraud after an audit at the Ministry of Police Affairs uncovered about 107,000 ghost workers in the Nigeria Police Force. According to sources, millions of naira are to be recovered following the conclusion…
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Nigeria Police Watch is a crowd-sourcing platform that enables citizens challenge and publicize indiscretions by police personnel.
Policeman shoots driver over N20 bribe
By Akinwale Aboluwade Residents of Omi-Adio community, Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State on Wednesday protested against the shooting of a truck driver by a riot policeman for allegedly refusing to give him a N20 bribe. Eyewitnesses told our…
Nigerian government under fire for not acting on extrajudicial murder of boy who questioned police extortion
The Federal Government has come under intense criticism for refusing to take action on the reported killing of a 20-year-old Emmanuel Victor by a police officer at a checkpoint in Yenagoa, Bayelas State recently. Victor was shot dead after…
Oyo, Lagos residents want police to call corrupt Inspectors Damina Yahaya, Jeremiah to order
A resident of Okeho in Oyo State, who gave his name as Akin, has called on the police authorities in the state to caution one Damina Yahaya, a police officer attached to the police formation in the town. In an…
Fayemi calls for prosection of policemen who killed 27-year-old lady
Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has called for the immediate prosecution of the policemen allegedly responsible for the death of a 27-year-old lady, Miss Tayo Abe, shot dead at a family farm in Orin-Ekiti on Oct. 20. The late…
Police in Ekiti shot her siblings, killed Tayo and shot six others protesting her killing
By Sulaiman Salawudeen Some policemen in Ido-Ekiti, Ido-Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State, yesterday killed a girl, Tayo Abe, and injured eight others. Among the injured were two of Tayo’s siblings, who were on their father’s farm when policemen invaded…
Bayelsa policemen kill boy for criticizing extortion at checkpoint
Written by Mike Odiegwu Forlorn and depressed, Mrs. Grace Victor stared at the sky. The woman, who hails from Rivers State, has yet to come to term with the reality that the killing of her son, Mr. Victor Emmanuel, on…
Police officers encourage sale of indian hemp in Abuja, says resident
Submitted via phone number +234706130…. Good day Nigeria Police Watch. I am writing to report an unfortunate development in a particular community in Abuja to you. There is this guy who sells indian hemp in a community in Mararaba, on the…
Police kill okada rider over traffic offence
By George Onah Port Harcourt – One person was shot dead and another critically injured, yesterday, by policemen in Ikom Local Government Area of Rivers State over traffic offence. The incident resulted in widespread protest and restricted the movement of…
Alarming police extortion along Ilesha-Ife-Akure expressway
Alarming police extortion along Ilesha-Ife-Akure expressway The rate at which the police in Ilesha-Ife-Akure expressway extort money from motorist is alarming. Please the police authorities should do something about it. Oluwasogo
100,000 police officers carry handbags for wives of moneybags and politicians
Over 100,000 out of the 330,000 police officers in Nigeria are attached to “few fortunate” individuals – to carry handbags for their wives, chairman of Police Service Commission has revealed. The chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), DIG Parry Osayande…
Nigeria Police boss, Ringim, says bail fees charged at police stations are illegal
The Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, has stated that it is illegal for police officers to demand and collect money from families of locked up suspect for their bails. Police officers frequently demanding bail fees to release locked up…