Three police officers attached to the Bayelsa state command have been arrested and given an orderly room trial in connection with the last Sunday murder of Victor Emmanuel in the state. Victor was on Sunday murdered in cold blood before…
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Ijaw group berates Nigeria police IG’s silence on murder of Victor Emmanuel
Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, has described the failure of Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, to respond to the killing of 20-year-old Emmanuel Victor by a policeman at a check-point in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, last week, as an embarrassment to…
Reps’ committees to investigate extrajudicial murder of Victor Emmanuel
By Victor Oluwasegun and Dele Anofi, Abuja Members of the House of Representatives yesterday expressed their displeasure at the interception and arrest of some indigenes of Osun State from gaining access in to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by men of…
Police extrajudicially kill seven in Akwa Ibom
The police in the Eket Division in Akwa Ibom State today shot and killed seven kidnap suspects in circumstances that remain unclear, according to our sources. Reports by SaharaReporters, a New York-based news portal, indicate that the suspected kidnappers…
Abuja police molest female journalist over photos
Men of the Nigerian police force attached to the task force of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) on demolition exercise at Wuse area of the city on Wednesday molested a female journalist for taking photos of the demolition exercise.…
Police cashiers to be arraigned for fraud
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…
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…