Policemen at the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department, Musiliu Smith Street, Yaba, are investigating a teenage mother, Blessing Ukie, for allegedly killing her newborn baby. PUNCH METRO gathered that Blessing, a native of Mbaise in Imo State and an orphan, came to Lagos shortly after her father’s burial to work as a housemaid. She […]
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, on Monday announced that the police had arrested some suspects in connection with last Friday’s bombing of the United Nations office building in Abuja. The IGP, however, did not mention how many suspects were arrested or the identity of the suspects. Rather, he said President Godluck Jonathan […]
Abuja – Justice Ugochukwu Ogakwu of an Abuja High Court, yesterday, ordered Inspector- General of Police, IGP, Hafiz Ringim, to pay N500,000 as compensation to one Garshon Nyengonum for unlawful detention. He gave the order while delivering judgment in a suit filed by Nyengonum against the IG and FCT Commissioner of Police, Michael Zuokumor. Nyengonum […]
The Nigeria Police yesterday came under severe attack following the unprovoked clampdown on members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and their leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike and the attempt to arrest Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu’s wife, Bianca, as cross-section of Ndigbo described it as an affront to Igbo race. […]
PLATEAU State Commissioner of Police, Mr Emmanuel Dipo Ayeni, has disclosed that two men of the Military Special Task Force (STF) deployed in the state to maintain peace were arrested in connection with the abduction of Pa Michael Obi along with seven others. The state commissioner of police, who stated this while handing over Pa […]
Villagers from nine communities of Oloke Alli in Ijebu-east Local Government Area of Ogun State, the boundary between Oyo and Ondo states have cried out over alleged killing and maiming of residents by a group of hoodlums. Led by their traditional ruler, Baale Titilayo Odusanya, the affected communities, which include Oloke Alli Central, Owode Alli, […]
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 More Stories on This Section It is no longer news that Akwa Ibom State Police Command broke record last Tuesday when it decorated a total of 308 Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) recently promoted from the legion of inspectors whose progress in the force had been stagnated for years. What could […]
The Nigerian Police Command in Anambra State has dismissed the trigger-happy police sergeant who, eight days ago, shot and killed a 26-year-old youth, Mr. Onyeka Agupudo in Agulu, Anaocha Local Government of Anambra State. His dismissal came just as Agulu youths under the aegis of Agulu Youth Development Empowerment Committee (AYDEC) petitioned the Inspector-General of […]
A man believed to be the supplier of chemicals used in making explosives has been arrested by the Borno State Police Command, following investigations by detectives. Mr. Simeon Midenda, Commissioner of Police in-charge of Borno Command on Friday disclosed this while addressing the press on the efforts of his command to unravel the identity of the suspected […]
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