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…
Imohimi Edgal remains Lagos Police Commissioner (Guardian)
There was mild drama on Tuesday afternoon as the new Commissioner of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, came to take over from Imohimi Edgal only to be told that the scheduled handover would no longer hold. Edgal had been transferred from the…
Police arrest two, declare NURTW chieftain wanted after violent Lagos APC rally (Channels)
The Lagos State Police command has arrested two suspects in connection with the violence that broke out at the flag-off of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship rally in Lagos, on Tuesday. The police have also declared wanted, one of…