“My name’s Akinremi and I am writing this petition against Area-M Police Station, Idimu Lagos State. There are officers in that police station who do absolutely opposite of the police job. The level of embarrassment and harassment that these people…
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Nigeria Police Watch is a crowd-sourcing platform that enables citizens challenge and publicize indiscretions by police personnel.
Indiscrimate police raid in lagos
Between 7 and 8 pm yesterday friday August 23, police officers in two hillux vans bearing Gowon Estate Police Division raided a public drinking spot (Onome’s joint) at Akowonjo. They ordered all customers numbering about 9 into their vans and…
Female police officer caught demanding A N100 bribe from bus driver arrested- LPPRO
Following a video clip of the female Nigerian police officer caught demanding a bribe of N100 from a bus driver in Lagos which went viral on the internet earlier this week, the Lagos State Police Command said it has arrested…
Nigeria Police Watch Calls for sack of another Police Officer Caught on Tape Extorting Money from Bus Driver
The Nigeria Police Watch has asked the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, to dismiss a female police officer caught on tape extorting N100 bribe from a motorist in Lagos. “This kind of bad eggs have no place in a…
Nigeria police officer kill hustling FUTA student in Lagos
A Nigerian police officer, on Thursday, in Ikorodu area of Lagos killed a student of the Federal University of Technology, Akure – FUTA – for allegedly disobeying the Lagos transport law. The victim, Kunle, aka Ifa, was hustling with the…
Harnessing the power of social media in the fight against low level corruption
By Idamwenhor Enayaba, Abuja The Nigeria Police on Tuesday 6th August announced via its Facebook page that the police officer attached to the Lagos State Command Motor Traffic Division (State MTD) caught on tape demanding bribe has been arrested and…
Drunk Police Officer Opens Fire on Friends Injuring Many, Renders Man Impotent- Gistmania
A 34 years old driver named Tayo Ajasa, have sustained injuries from a deadly bullet spray by a drunken police officer, in Lagos, reports say. The incident took place at about 11P.m. on August 5, 2013. The victim is said…
Nigeria Police Officer ‘mistakenly’ Kill Custom Officer in Lagos
Nigeria Police Watch Calls for Thorough Training of Nigeria Police Officers following the accidental death of a Custom Officer in Lagos due to Police carelessness. Port operations at the Tin-can Island Container Terminal (TICT) was, on Thursday 15 Aug. 2013,…
Nigeria police officer incapacitates suspected robbers in Ogun- PremiumTimes
A police sergeant, Lawal Garba, on Thursday rode on a motorcycle to pursue a gang of suspected armed robbers; and incapacitate them. The suspected robbers had entered Abeokuta, the Ogun State Capital through Adigbe-Obada Oko road, off the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway,…
Police to manage own pension scheme- Tribune
In an effort to correct the inefficiency in the police pension fund administration, the Nigeria Police has organized a three-day training workshop for officers on the pension desk. The workshop is aimed at training the police pension desk officers to…
AIG Links High Casualties in Police to Fraud – AllAfrica
The Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police, Zone 6 Command with headquarters in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, Mr. Jonathan Johnson, Tuesday linked the high number of policemen now dying in the force to fraudulent activities being practised in…
Grumblings in Police Barracks Over N5,500 Deductions- Vanguard
Due to the grumblings by officers, rank and file of the Nigeria Police Force across the country over what they termed forced deductions of N11,000 from their salaries (N5,500 each in June and July) by the leadership of the force…