Four officials of the Rapid Response Squad (RSS), a special anti-robbery arm of the Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, were on Thursday night arrested for allegedly dispossessing a Bureau De Change operator of 20, 000 pounds (about…
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Nigeria Police Officers can’t survive without bribes, commissioner confesses to US officials
Nigerian police officers cannot survive without bribe money from roadblocks to supplement their income, a Wikileaks cable quotes the commissioner in charge of Operations Force Headquarters, John Haruna as saying. The leaked United States cable quotes John telling US…
Nigeria Police Watch road trip exposes police officers’ intense corruption
In Nigeria, it is a public secret that the police mount roadblocks daily to extort drivers and other road users. Police authorities in the past accepted it is a menace and attempted to cub it, but till date it…
Nigerian Police Inspector Investigated For Allegedly Raping 15-Year Niece
Police authorities in Zamfara State have commenced investigation into an allegation of rape levelled against a police officer, Abdullahi Ibrahim, attached to the Maradun police division. A police source who craved anonymity told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the suspect…
Police disrupt Ogun governor’s event with tear gas
By Kehinde Akinyemi Hell was let loose Tuesday in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, as a careless canister of tear-gas released by a member of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) caused a stampede among the mammoth crowd at the inauguration…
Strange but true: honest policeman returns N7 million paid into his account in error
In Nigeria where statistics show almost 90 percent of police officers will request a bribe from you before any form of service is rendered, Oyibo Shuaibu, a Superintendent of Police in Akure, the capital city of Ondo…
Nigeria Police opens up: “We lack training, bomb dogs, explosive detectors to check terrorism”
The Nigeria Police lack the capacity to check the current wave of terrorist bombings across the country, the top hierarchy of the force has admitted to American officials in Abuja. A recently leaked US diplomatic cable, made available…
Drunk policemen kill three at funeral
By Austin Ogwuda A burial ceremony ended in fiasco at the weekend in Delta State when four armed policemen engaged to provide security during the occasion got drunk and opened fire indiscriminately, killing three persons on the spot. The policemen,…
Police detain teenage housewife in place of fleeing husband
By Amina Alhassan & Misbau Bashir When 17-year-old old Najaatu Salisu got married to Malam Janaidu Hashimu two weeks before the start of the just-concluded Ramadan, little did she know that her freedom was in danger. Though she is…
“Police ignored complaints about my son who threatens to kill me and use his mother for ritual”
Baldwin Ujor lives with his family in Karu, a suburb of Abuja. He however has lost peace at home because one of his sons grew recalcitrant since 2003. Mr. Ujor says he has had a long running battle with his…
Attorney General prescribes psychiatric tests for police officers
The Attorney General of Kaduna State, Jonathan Adamu, has advocated that the government subjects every police officer to psychological and psychiatry test every six months to cut incidents of extra-judicial killing by the police who should be our symbol of…
Nigerian police barracks in terrible state of disrepair
By Joshua Bassey Have you ever visited some of the Nigerian Police barracks? If you have not, you need to take time out to visit one closer to you. You will be amazed at what you will see. Dilapidated buildings,…