The Police on Tuesday, arraigned five men before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, over alleged breach of public peace and unlawful assembly. Shakiru Olaleye, 28; Kadir Raif, 25; Taiwo Itehinola, 28; Aribire Babatunde, 30; and Badejo Oluwafare, 30; are facing…
Examination malpractice: Police arrest 10 students in Ogun for assaulting teacher
The Police Command in Ogun on Sunday in Abeokuta said its men have arrested a group of 10 Senior Secondary School (SSS) students alleged to have assaulted a teacher. SP Omolola Odutola, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Ogun,…
Repeat squatter with “witch’s cauldron” cites religion in property standoff, attacks cop
A woman convicted of squatting in 2015 while claiming her religion protects her from eviction was evicted again last week in North Carolina in an incident where she is said to have punched a police officer. After an eviction notice…
India’s transgender people demand inclusion in police forces
It has been a trying day for Nikita Mukhydal, a transgender woman from the western Indian state of Maharashtra who is fighting for the inclusion of transgender people in the state police force. Dressed in camouflage attire, she led a…
Police arraign man, 46, for allegedly raping teenager
The Police in Lagos State on Tuesday arraigned a 46-years-old, Victor Yabugbe, for allegedly defiling an 18-year-old girl. The police charged, Yabugbe, whose address was not provided with rape, before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court. He, however, pleaded not guilty…
Police arrest 7 kidnappers, rescue man in Southern Afghanistan
Afghan police on Monday arrested seven kidnappers and rescued an abducted man in the southern Helmand province. The provincial information and culture directorate in a statement said “the provincial police personnel launched a series of special operations. “It arrested seven…
Tinubu sacks Service Chiefs, IGP, Customs CG
President Bola Tinubu has sacked the Chief of Defence Staff, all the nation’s Service Chiefs, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Baba Alkali, as well as the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali. Secretary the…
UK ex-police watchdog chief charged with raping teenage girl
British prosecutors have authorised sexual offence charges against Michael Lockwood, the former director general of the Independent Office for Police Conduct, according to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). The charges authorised on Friday against Lockwood are six counts of indecent…