The police have the responsibility to conduct ‘stop and search’ on any property or a personal belonging that they have reasonable suspicions that it is a subject of crime. If it is not a subject of crime, they can’t hold…
Police uncover arms factory in Ebonyi (Independent)
Ebonyi state police command on Wednesday said it has discovered and destroyed an arms making factory in the state. This is even as it recovered a cache of 146 prohibited/illegal firearms and assorted ammunition that were hitherto in possession of…
Police recover over 200 firearms in Lagos (Punch)
The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday said it had recovered more than 200 illegally acquired firearms from individuals and suspected hoodlums in the last seven months. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Edgal Imohimi, made the disclosure at a…
Police Inspector allegedly brutalises woman who recorded him assaulting another man (Punch)
A police inspector allegedly assaulted and detained a woman for recording him while he beats up “an innocent man”. According to the Anne Bibi, who posted the incident on both her Instagram and Facebook pages, Inspector Lawal Murtala of the…
Buhari orders payment of soldiers, police, others on IPPS platform (Guardian)
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the armed forces, police and paramilitary’s officials to be enrolled in the Integrated Personnel and Payment System (IPPS). The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, disclosed this at an interactive session with the Nuhu Danburam-led…
IG suspends withdrawal of Policemen from VIPs (ThisDay)
The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Ibrahim Idris, has suspended by one month, the withdrawal of policemen attached to VIPs across the country. The suspension of the order, which was billed to be immediate, when announced last Monday, followed Idris’ meeting…
