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Headlines, Kwara, Nigerian Police, State News
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
The Enugu State Police Command on Tuesday said it had raided criminals’ hideouts and made random arrests in its investigations of the murder of Kwara State police commissioner, Mr. Chinweike Asadu, last Saturday. The Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Tonye Ebitibituwa, who announced the arrests declined giving the number and identity of those arrested. […]
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Headlines, Kwara, Nigerian Police, Raw Politics, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, March 3rd, 2013

ENUGU-Tragedy struck in Enugu Saturday night when the Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chinwike Asadu, was shot dead by unknown gunmen. His police orderly, Aloha Olaniyi and Driver, Oliver Omeh, who were with him at the time of the incident sustained serious bullet wounds and are said to be lying critically at the National […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
By Austin Ogwuda, Asaba THE Federal high court holden at Asaba, has ordered the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to pay the sum of N10m as exemplary damage following the brutalization and illegal detention of a 14-year-old secondary school student sometime in 2011. The student, Amanda Atigbi of Saint Paul’s Grammar School, Ebu in Delta State, […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Thursday, February 28th, 2013
BY SUZAN EDEH Bauchi — The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar yesterday donated N9.8 million to families of policemen who lost their lives while in active service, as well as those who sustained various degrees of injury while fighting Boko Haram in Borno and Yobe States. Distributing the cheques to the next-of-kins […]
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Nigerian Police
Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
BY AUSTIN OGWUDA ASABA — DELTA State Police Command said it has arrested 12 suspects in connection with violent clash that occurred at a college premises last Friday, which led to the death of a 23 year-old-man. State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Famous Ajieh, who stated this while appraising the activities of the […]
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Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Thursday, February 14th, 2013
IN a move to reposition the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Abubakar, has redeployed 33 Commissioners of Police (CPs] A statement issued by the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, said the police boss charged the affected officers to show dedication and efficiency. The statement reads: ‘’The Inspector General […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police, Oyo, State News
Thursday, February 7th, 2013
THE mystery surrounding the whereabouts of a 36-year-old woman, Kafilat Lateef, has been unravelled by the Oyo State police command, as five suspects have been arrested for allegedly killing her for ritual purpose. The suspects, who were arrested in Oyo town, were Gbenga Taiwo (35), Afeez Kareem (38), Lukman Ganiyu (30), Mohammed Saheed (45) and […]
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National Politics, Nigerian Police, Top Stories, Women Politics
Monday, February 4th, 2013

Men of the Anti Bomb Squad of the Nigerian Police Force on Monday, detonated a device believed to be Improvised Explosive Device in front of the Nipost Office in Area 10, Abuja. LEADERSHIP gathered that the IED, contained in a parcel with N100 postage stamp, was addressed to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister […]
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EFCC Politics, House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Nigerian Police
Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
…demand stiffer punishment for Yusuf, others BY OKEY NDIRIBE & EMMAN OVUAKPORIE ABUJA — IRKED by public condemnation of the judgment on Mr John Yakubu Yusuf and others undergoing trial for the over N38 billion Police Pension scam at the FCT High Court, Abuja, the House of Representatives, Wednesday, asked the Economic and Financial Crimes […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Nigerian Police
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013

Surprise pervaded a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja on Monday when a director of the Police Pension Office, Mr. John Yusuf, was handed down only a two-year jail sentence for conniving with others to defraud the office and pensioners of N27.2bn. Yusuf admitted to stealing N2bn of the money. But he would not spend […]