Polls: Police ban thugs, Bakassi, vigilance groups in S’East

Twenty three thousand police officers and men, in addition to other sister security agencies have been mobilised by the Nigerian Police to ensure the security of lives and property as well as to ensure successful, credible, free and fair 2011 polls in the South Eastern states. This was stated by the Deputy Inspector General of […]

Withdrawal of Mopol: Banks in Delta close down in protest against IGP order

Bank customers in Delta State went through harrowing experiences, on Wednesday, as financial institutions put their offices under lock and key in protest against withdrawal of mobile policemen attached to them. The mobile policemen were withdrawn in response to the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, and the need for their services in […]

Police foil N160m fraud in Aba

A crack team of policemen from Ndiegoro Police Station in Aba, Abia State over the weekend foiled a fraud of N160 million involving a staff of a new generation bank with its branch on Cameroon Road, Aba and a customer. According to Daily Sun source, another staff of the bank had suspected a fraudulent deal […]

MEND threat: Nigerians should be vigilant — Police

 THE Police have called on Nigerians to be more vigilant in their daily activities. The warning from the Police followed a threat by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, asking Nigerians to steer clear of political gatherings in Lagos, Abuja and Niger Delta. The Force Public Relations Officer, Mr. Olusola Amore, who […]

2011: Police warn politicians against carrying weapon

IBADAN-Ahead of April polls, the Oyo State Police Command has warned  that any politician caught with dangerous weapons during the poll would be  seriously dealth with. Unlike in the past election when the police would need directives from the Independent National Electoral Commission, the State Police Commissioner, Mr. Baba Adisa Bolanta, said the force had […]

Jonathan Not Influencing Me – IGP

The inspector-general of police (IGP) Alhaji Hafiz Abubakar Ringim, at the weekend, said that President Goodluck Jonathan did not in any way influence his running of the Nigeria Police ahead of the 2011 general elections.He also argued that there was no police action that justifiably proved that it was favoring the ruling People’s Democratic Party […]

My Bribe to the Nigerian Police (Parts 1 & 2) – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma, Lagos, Nigeria – Mar. 5, 2011 – Driving from Ojodu, en route, to Ikeja, I turned right from Bank Shonabare Street into Kosoko Road. I did not know that Kosoko Road is a one way street from 2pm to 10 pm, because from where I turned in, there was no sign indicating […]

Reps probe procurement of police equipment

The House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs would begin investigations into the procurement of equipment for the Nigerian Police Force in the 2010 budget, which is expected to lapse on March 31. Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Abdul Ningi (PDP/Bauchi), who disclosed this during the budget defence session of the Police Ministry, said the […]

Police are yet to visit me weeks after they killed my wife – Husband of slain banker

The death of his wife, Doris, an employee of Bank PHB, has not only left a vacuum in Eugene Okere’s life, but also made him a widower with the added burden of bringing up an eight-month-old baby, Chidiebere. He had to engage a nanny to care for the baby who has been exposed to the […]

Policemen injured, 16 arrested as students protest in Ilorin

A peaceful protest embarked upon by students of Kwara origin turned violent on Friday as an undisclosed number of policemen were injured and properties destroyed in the mayhem, which lasted for about two hours. Sixteen suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident, which crippled commercial activities in the entire area. The protesters, under […]

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