Eight killed as police, Boko Haram clash in kano

Four suspected members of Boko Haram were killed in Kano State in bloody shootouts between the members of the sect and the police, while a total of 14 members arrested. The sect killed four Police officers, while one officer was injured in the bloody operations that rocked the state in the past few days. Police […]

DIG’s death in hotel: Suspect flown to Abuja

The female Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), who was said to be the guest of the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police in-charge of investigations, Mr. Ganiyi Ali Dawodu, at the time of his death, has been flown to Abuja for questioning. Dawodu died in a hotel room in Lagos, after he represented the Inspector […]

Ogun Police parade 6 Sagamu robbery suspects, 11 others

By GBENGA ARIYIBI ABEOKUTA – Ogun State police command yesterday paraded 17 suspected armed robbers including six members of the armed robbery gang that allegedly struck banks along Akarigbo road Sabo, Sagamu in  the state last month. The state police Commissioner,Nicholas Nkedeme, told newsmen  in Abeokuta that, his men   have apprehended six  members of  the […]

Ehindero’s Bombshell: The “Great” Nigerian Police, no match for Boko Haram

  -Sun Former Inspector General of Police [IGP], Mr. Sunday Ehindero, said at the weekend that the Nigerian Police, as presently constituted, lacks the operational capability to combat the rising crime wave and insecurity, especially the insurgence of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram. He gave this stunning verdict in an exclusive interview with Daily Sun […]

Nigeria needs more secure borders – Minister

Minister of Police Affairs, Navy Capt. Caleb Olubolade (retd.) File copy       The Minister of Police Affairs, Navy Capt. Caleb Olubolade (retd.), has said the nation needs to secure its borders more than ever before. The minister said this in an interview with journalists at Ipoti-Ekiti in Ijero Local Government Area on Saturday […]

Robbers kill 4 policemen at divisional HQ

Four policemen met their untimely deaths yesterday in Kogi State when armed robbers opened fire on them right in front of the divisional police headquarters in Okene, The robbers were said to have come for a reprisal attack following the arrest of the driver and their vehicle a fortnight ago. It was said that policemen […]

Police dock car dealer over alleged N1.8m fraud

LAGOS: A car dealer, Henry Usifo, was on Monday charged before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, with the alleged fraud of N1.8 million. Usifo, 33, is standing trial on a two-count charge of stealing and fraud. The prosecutor, SP. Eshiet Eshiet, said that the accused collected the money from one Mr Anthony Okoye […]

Drunken police officer shoots hotel steward in Kano

A Deputy Superintendent of Police, Emeka Ubani, attached to the 35 Squadron in Jigawa State is now explaining the circumstances surrounding the shooting of an employee of a hotel, where he lodged. The victim of the riot policeman, Friday Onwuka, a steward in the hotel is currently in critical condition at the Aminu Kano Teaching […]

Lawmaker accuses policemen of Bribery

By  DAUD OLATUNJI ABEOKUTA — A member of Ogun State House of Assembly, representing Ado-Odo Ota constituency II, Olusola Bankole, has accused some policemen attached to Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State of taking bribes during the recent environmental sanitation exercise. Speaking on the floor of the House, during a plenary session, held yesterday, […]

Ondo Police parade suspected kidnapper, ex-convict

By DAYO JOHNSON AKURE—AN ex-convict Segun Ojo and a suspected kidnapper Tolulope Adedayo have been arrested and paraded by the Ondo State Police Command. Speaking yesterday in Akure, the state Police image maker, Adeniran Aremu, said that the ex- convict who had served a 14-year jail term was arrested for stealing. Aremu added that Adedayo […]

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