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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Tuesday, January 6th, 2015
Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Sulaiman Abba, on Tuesday warned politicians, against bad conduct during the 2015 general elections, saying he would not hesitate to deal with any of them who flout the electoral rules as stipulated in the Electoral Act. The IG, represented by the Commissioner of […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Friday, December 26th, 2014
Abuja – Reports from across the country so far, have indicated that the Christmas has been celebrated without any ugly incidents, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, has said. Abba, who spoke to newsmen on Thursday at the Jabi Lake Resort after he patrolled round the FCT, expressed delight for the incident free celebration. […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Friday, December 26th, 2014
BY LAIDE AKINBOADE ABUJA – Policemen yesterday, disrupted, the protest organized by #BringBackOurGirls, BBOG, movement as they distributed fliers to motorists to remind them of the plight of the 219 Chibok girls still in Boko Haram captivity. The policemen numbering about 20 barricaded the Shehu Shagari Way, Abuja with their vehicles at the junction to […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Tuesday, December 16th, 2014
-Punch The police have arrested other six cops at the scene of the torture of a couple in the Lekki area of Lagos State. A police source told PUNCH Metro on Tuesday that the policemen were being detained at the state police headquarters in Ikeja to explain their role in the incident. Our correspondent […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Friday, December 12th, 2014
Grace, Lagos CP, Cornelius Aderanti and Ejeh The police in Lagos have said the 29-year-old photographer, Ejeh Smith, who was brutalised by a policeman attached to the Ikoyi Police Division along with his wife, Grace, was drunk on the night of the incident. The police authorities added that the couple engaged the policeman in […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Wednesday, December 10th, 2014
Ejeh; Grace | credits: Samson Folarin There has been widespread outrage at the action of a policeman, Dada Ogunsanya, who allegedly brutalised a photographer, Ejeh Smith and his wife, Grace, in the Lekki area of Lagos State. Among those that called for the sanction of the officer was a human rights lawyer, Femi Falana […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police, Ondo, State News
Saturday, December 6th, 2014
By Dayo Johnson ELEMOSHO-For leading an illegal duty, a Police Inspector and three other police officers are in soup in Ondo state Police Command. The four police officers with two drivers and a cash officer are being detained and quizzed for embarking on an illegal duty by escorting a bullion van conveying an unspecified amount […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature, Nigerian Police
Friday, November 28th, 2014
Speaker, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal | credits: File copy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to summon the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, to explain why he should not be jailed for disobeying the court order. Tambuwal accused Abba of consistently disobeying the court […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Thursday, November 6th, 2014
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a Divisional Police Officer, Mr. Oladipo Afolayan, for allegedly raping a woman in his office. The development comes a few months after another Lagos DPO, Mr. Adekunle Awe, was arrested for allegedly raping a woman, Idowu Akinwunmi, in his office at the Onikan Police Division. PUNCH Metro learnt […]
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Borno, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
The Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Suleiman Abba, said on Wednesday that the Borno State Government had donated 40 vehicles to the police. Abba said this while addressing officers and men of the Borno State Police Command during an official visit to Maiduguri. He said the donation was part of the ongoing Police Reform Programme of […]