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…
Driver arrested for allegedly raping 78-year-old woman (Guardian)
Another remanded over seven-year-old child’s defilement The Lagos State police command has arrested a commercial bus driver, simply identified as Jelili, for allegedly raping a 78-year-old woman in an isolated area at Adeniyi Jones, Lagos State. The old woman was…
Police arrest man accused of attempting to kidnap boy (Guardian)
Undercover operatives have arrested one Sikiru Tanimowo over an alleged attempt to abduct a four-year-old boy at Okokomaiko area of Lagos State. The operative also rescued the boy identified as Abu Yusuf, from his abductor. The suspect was said to…
Buhari warns Police against torture, extra-judicial killings (Guardian)
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Wudil, Kano State, warned the police against acts that could bring the community in conflict with them. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja,…
Cracks in June – Tam Fiofori
Generally, as now; when things are tough and hard and the social climate tense; cartoonists pierce through the overhanging doom and gloom and offer the instant sunshine of laughter to ease the burden and defuse tension. Nigerian newspaper cartoonists have…
My life as a female gang leader (Refinery29)
With gang related crimes on the rise, this could easily have happened in Lagos Nigeria. Growing up, I was part of a neighbourhood group of three girls and four boys, which we didn’t call a gang. We’d look out for…
Police not involved in Akwa Ibom House of Assembly crisis, says CP (Punch)
The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, Musa Kimo, has denied direct police involvement in the state House of Assembly crisis which started on November 19. Kimo said this on Wednesday while addressing newsmen on another crisis which occurred on…
Police clash with protesters over petrol costs (StandardMedia)
Police firing tear gas and water cannons clashed in Paris on Saturday with thousands of protesters angry over rising car fuel costs and President Emmanuel Macron’s economic policies, the second weekend of “yellow vest” protests across France. As night fell,…
After two days, police vacate Akwa Ibom Assembly (Guardian)
The Nigeria Police have ended their two-day siege of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly. The new development comes less than 24 hours after the Senate President, Bukola Saraki ordered the police to vacate the premises and allow legislators to…
