Tag: POLICE
Soyinka knocks police, says herd of cattle attacked property
Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has criticised the police for playing down the invasion of his house in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital on Tuesday...
Yoruba man’s cows strayed into Soyinka’s residence – Police
Police in Ogun have said the cows that strayed into the compound of Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka are owned by a Yoruba man...
Teacher accused of killing three policemen in Benue
A teacher Mernyi Christopher accused of killing three policemen in Benue State has been remanded in a correctional centre.
A Magistrates’ Court in Makurdi on...
4 police inspectors arrested in Lagos for extorting from teenage boy
Police in Lagos say they have arrested four police officers who allegedly harassed and extorted N70,000 from a 16-year-old student on Wednesday at NGAB...
Confusion as police fail to bring Sowore to court
The ruling on the bail application filed by publisher of Sahara Reporters Omoyele Sowore has been stalled owing to his absence in court.
Mr Sowore...
Police insist on investigating Ogun commissioner accused of sexual harassment
Police in Ogun have said they would proceed with investigation into the sexual harassment allegations against the Commissioner for Environment Abiodun Abudu-Balogun.
Ogun police spokesperson...
Policeman who ‘rejected N864m bribe’ considers resignation
A policeman who received an award in 2020 for rejecting a total of N864 million bribe in three years has considered resignation from the...
Three police officers shot dead in Benue
Police in Benue have said that unknown gunmen attacked and killed three police officers at the residence of the Katsina-Ala Local Government chairman Alfred...
Policemen strip motorist in Rivers, vandalise vehicle
A group of policemen stripped a bus driver identified as Emenike in Ada George area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Monday over alleged...
Cross River police commissioner dies five months into office
Cross River State Commissioner of Police Abdulkadir Jimoh has passed on at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital.
Unconfirmed reports say he died on Friday...