By Paul Orude A nursing mother detained at Soro Police station in Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi State has allegedly been raped by a police constable. Hafsat Manye was allegedly raped twice by one Constable Halilu attached to the…
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MTN staff petitions Nigeria police chief over police extortion, corruption in Ojo/Alimosho
Inspector General of Police Dear Sir, I write to inform you of the abuse of office/uniform of some policemen who stand on the road along Iyana-Iba – Igando – Isheri road (Ojo/ Alimosho LGA) in Lagos state. These uniformed men have turned themselves to…
Nigeria police arrest two suspects for stealing N11.7m meant for their salary
Two persons have been arrested in connection with the theft of over N11.7 million police salary, from the vault of a branch of the Nigeria Police Force Micro-Finance Bank, at Police College, Ikeja, Lagos. State Police Command spokesman, Mr. Samuel…
Robbers gun down police anti-robbery boss, daughter
Armed robbers in the early hours of Monday shot dead Mr. John Ibizugbe, the head of the anti-robbery section at Area F Command, Lagos and his 22-year-old daughter, Bola. PUNCH METRO learnt that Ibizugbe, an assistant superintendent of police,…
Police salary stolen from police bank
Hopes of scores of policemen in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, to receive their September salaries were dashed this morning as the N11.7 million meant for their salaries has been stolen. Lagos-based P.M.NEWS reports that the money was stolen from the Nigerian…
Hungry police officers collapse at independence parade
Three police officers, one of them a woman, collapsed during the 51st Independence anniversary celebration at the Government House, Lafia, Nasarawa State, on Saturday . The police officers were on parade with their colleagues when they collapsed one after…
Police officers and their talents for sniffing N20, N50 notes
There is something exotic about the smell of money. The naira, especially, has its own allure which drives even supposed men of reason (judges, for instance, are knowledgeable and men of reason) insane. But it appears that only men of The…
Businessman sues police chief, drunk corporal for N500million over alleged shooting
By Gabriel Enogholasee An Agbor-based business man, Michael Obi, has instituted a N500 million suit before a Federal High Court in Benin, against the Inspector General of Police and five others, over alleged breach of his fundamental right to…
These police officers are busy taking bribes, extorting motorists along the Ekiti – Abuja route today
A passenger travelling in an ash-coloured Peugeot 505 GR saloon car is watching from his back-seat position how police officers on roadblocks are forcing his driver to pay between 50 and 60 naira illegal tolls. Although almost all the officers,…
Court Stops Proscription Of Peace Corps By Police
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday declared the proscription of the Peace Corps of Nigeria by the Nigeria Police as null and void. The Chief Judge of FHC Justice Ibrahim Auta, who delivered the judgment, said that the police had not given…
These police officers get heavily drunk on duty then extra- judicially murder or mistreat citizens
KRocks Hotel, Jos. 8:46 pm, Sat 24 September 2011. Two police officers wearing winter jackets on their uniforms hurried in with AK 47 rifles dangling from their shoulders. They marched directly to the outdoor bar, as if on cue.…
Police sack 10,000 officers over bribery, extortion
By Kunle Olasanmi and Raphael Ede Police authorities in Abuja have said that about 10,000 corrupt policemen have been dismissed from service from 2005. This is coming as a report claimed that the police in the South-east region make about N1.2…