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…
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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…
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…
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,…
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 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…