The police in Abuja have charged Senator Ademola Adeleke with certificate forgery. He was charged this morning at an Abuja magistrates’ court. Adeleke is also the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, in the election held…
Argue with police and blame yourself! – Lucia Edafioka
Police brutality is so rampant in Nigeria such that almost everyone I know has a sad story to tell. But until these things happen to you or around you, they seem like fleshed up stories. I was at Sabo at…
My husband beat his girlfriend and I am begging her to forgive us
Life is funny; sometime it spits in your face and sometimes it takes you over a curve and you smile. I am in the hospital not to visit a friend o, the person I am visiting with all these packed…
Strike: Hundreds of passengers stranded at Nairobi airport (Aljazeera)
Hundreds of travellers were stranded at Nairobi’s international airport as a strike prompted by a labour dispute grounded flights and riot police were deployed to disperse striking workers. With flights grounded since midnight on Tuesday, passengers were advised on Wednesday…
Ayobo attack: Lagos police arrest nine suspects (Punch)
The police in Lagos say they have arrested nine persons who allegedly attacked their men in the Ayobo area of the state. The spokesman for the state command, Chike Oti, also denied an online publication alleging that one of its…
Police to strengthen security in Lagos (Nation)
Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police coordinating the 2019 general elections in the Lagos State David Folarinwo has unveiled plan by the police to strengthen security to ensure a hitch-free governorship and House of Assembly elections. This is coming after…
As Nigerians decide, police allay fear of raid in Lagos (Guardian)
The social media space, particularly WhatsApp was abuzz on Wednesday evening with a broadcast message: “They just informed us from the state command that there is going to be general raiding tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday night from 8:00p.m. throughout Lagos…
Police burst ritualists’ den, arrest two suspects in Ekiti (Guardian)
Ekiti State police command has burst a ritualists’ shrine in Odo, a suburb of Ado Ekiti, the state capital and arrested two suspected ritualists. The Commissioner of Police, Asuquo Amba, who led a team of officers and journalists to the…
It was Alfa that killed Messiah but now we are all in trouble
We all lived in the same house, here in Ibafo. Alfa, that was what we called him. Though not his real name, we called him so because he was a Muslim cleric and then there was Messiah. He is an…
Five times retiring IGP Ibrahim Idris was in the news for the wrong reasons (Guardian)
In compliance with the Nigeria Police Service Commission, Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris on Tuesday retired from active service after reaching the statutory retirement age of 60. Ibrahim Idris was appointed IGP position by President Muhammadu Buhari…
