Ogun govt, police disagree on virginity test

The Ogun State Government and the police on Sunday disagreed over the delay in police investigation of the principal of Ajuwon Senior High School, Ajuwon, Rev. Olufunke Aladeojobi, who allegedly conducted virginity tests on pupils of the school. A senior police officer attached to the Ogun State Police Command, who spoke on the condition of […]

Daughter exposes father whose gang killed four policemen

A17-year-old girl identified simply as Simi has exposed the hiding place of her robber father to the officials of the Special Anti Robbery Squad, Lagos State Police Command. Her father, Ife, was the alleged leader of a 10-man robbery gang that killed four policemen in Ajah during a robbery operation two weeks ago. THE PUNCH […]

Pandemonium as Police, Naval men clash in Lagos (Shame on all of you)

BY IFEANY OKOLIE LAGOS — THERE was pandemonium in Apapa area of Lagos State, weekend, when some armed naval personnel and policemen from Area B Police Command clashed. Two policemen allegedly sustained injuries, police patrol vehicles and an Armoured Personnel Carriers, APC, were allegedly destroyed. Vanguard gathered that the incident occurred last Friday, after a […]

Police college: PDP chieftain asks FG to probe IGs since 1999

BY BEN AGANDE ABUJA—A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Muhammad Murtala, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to summon police chiefs from 1999 till date to explain the rot in police formations across the country with a view to ensuring that those responsible for the sorry state of the Police Force are […]

Opinion: Nigeria Police as a metaphor

JANUARY 25, 2013 BY CHIDO ONUMAH (CONUMAH@HOTMAIL.COM) 4 COMMENTS Chido Onumah | credits: The media buzz last week was President Goodluck Jonathan’s “unscheduled” visit to the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos. As a public relations stunt, it was a huge success. But beyond the razzmatazz, TV cameras and punditry lies the need for a deep national […]

Senate orders Police to submit five-year financial records

The Senate’s Public Accounts Committee has directed the Nigerian Police authorities to submit to it the records of appropriation and implementation of the budgets on the Nigerian Police College in the last five years. Chairman of the committee, Senator Ahmed Lawan, told our correspondent in a telephone interview on Thursday, that the committee would commence […]

Pastor charged with arson in police barracks

*It is false; police burnt my church- pastor WARRI- THE founder and general overseer of Truth Ground Prophetic Ministry International Inc., Ogbe Layout, Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area, Delta State, Pastor Thomas Emmanuel Joshua, has been arraigned in court for allegedly setting ablaze a store in the Ebrumede Police Barracks, Effurun. He was charged to […]

Minister, IG on collision course over police funds

Minister of Police Affairs Caleb Olubolade and the Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Abubakar may be on collision course over the decay in the police colleges and the control of police funds, it has been revealed. Our correspondent also learnt that the duo might be summoned by President Goodluck Jonathan to explain the poor conditions of […]

Rot at Police College: Senate, EFCC to probe ministry, formations

THE rot, recently discovered in the welfare scheme of Police College, Ikeja may have elicited a comprehensive probe into the budgets of the Ministry of Police Affair and police formations, over the years. Already, the Senate has iniated moves to look into the books of the ministry, with a view to ascertain the integrity of […]

POLICE COLLEGE SURPRISE VISIT: ‘Why are you treating people like poultry…’ – Jonathan

By Jide Ajani Apparently embarrassed by what he saw at Nigeria’s Police College, on last Friday, President Goodluck Jonathan could not but lament openly, asking why people were being subjected to a treatment fit for chickens in the poultry. The unscheduled visit by Jonathan was a rare one and it afforded the nation’s number one […]

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