A human rights group, the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law ( a.k.a Intersociety) has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to terminate the appointment of Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, for detaining, without trial, two…
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Activists demand sack of police boss over illegal detention of citizens
A human rights group, the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law ( a.k.a Intersociety) has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to terminate the appointment of Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, for detaining, without trial, two…
Understanding Nigeria Police parlance
By John Ukah The Nigeria Police has the primary responsibility of protecting life and property. Undoubtedly and in the light of the rising state of insecurity, the agency needs to be restructured or reformed to meet present-day challenges. The rising…
Understanding Nigeria Police parlance
By John Ukah The Nigeria Police has the primary responsibility of protecting life and property. Undoubtedly and in the light of the rising state of insecurity, the agency needs to be restructured or reformed to meet present-day challenges. The rising…
Police sergeant charged to court for bank robbery, another on the run
The suspected members of a killer-gang arrested early in the week by detectives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery unit, SARS, Ikeja, over series of bank robbery operations in Lagos metropolis have been charged to court and remanded at the maximum…
Police sergeant charged to court for bank robbery, another on the run
The suspected members of a killer-gang arrested early in the week by detectives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery unit, SARS, Ikeja, over series of bank robbery operations in Lagos metropolis have been charged to court and remanded at the maximum…
Four Policemen Arrested For Bank Robbery
The police in Lagos have arrested four men suspected to be policemen on suspicion of armed robbery, Lagos-based THE PUNCH is reporting this morning. The suspects, the newspaper gathered, were arrested on Monday after successfully robbing a commercial bank at…
Four Policemen Arrested For Bank Robbery
The police in Lagos have arrested four men suspected to be policemen on suspicion of armed robbery, Lagos-based THE PUNCH is reporting this morning. The suspects, the newspaper gathered, were arrested on Monday after successfully robbing a commercial bank at…
The Sorry State Of Our Police
By Nwachi Odommiri If I were to reform the Nigeria Police Force, I would start from their uniform. In secondary school, uniforms were the pride and pageantry. Most students could be defined by the shape their uniforms were in. There…
The Sorry State Of Our Police
By Nwachi Odommiri If I were to reform the Nigeria Police Force, I would start from their uniform. In secondary school, uniforms were the pride and pageantry. Most students could be defined by the shape their uniforms were in. There…
Policeman runs amok, kills colleague
It was a bizarre spectacle in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, on Monday as a police officer went berserk and shot his colleague at close range, killing him instantly. Clement Amachi, a police corporal from Ohanku in Ukwa East Local…
Policeman runs amok, kills colleague
It was a bizarre spectacle in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, on Monday as a police officer went berserk and shot his colleague at close range, killing him instantly. Clement Amachi, a police corporal from Ohanku in Ukwa East Local…