In a significant development on Thursday, the Nigerian Senate issued a directive to the Police Service Commission and the Nigeria Police Force, mandating them to recruit a minimum of 10 candidates from each of the 774 local government councils across the country. The directive is to be incorporated into their annual recruitment processes, as declared ...

  In a distressing account of professional duty turning perilous, Mr. Felix Ashimole, an Abuja-based legal practitioner and co-publisher of award winning legal blog, KUBWA EXPRESS, has reported a grave threat to his life while representing his client, Mr. Henry Alokam, at the Byazhin Police Station. In a letter addressed to Mr. Chukwuka Ikwazom SAN, ...

  In the world of law enforcement, staying informed and updated is not just a choice; it’s a necessity. The Nigerian police, like every other law enforcement agency, requires constant training and continuous legal education to keep up with emerging legal trends in society. The Nigerian Police Force was established by section 214 of the ...

Elijah Anthony, a 17-year-old student in Plateau State, has been detained by men of the State Police Command for reportedly murdering his neighbor’s five-year-old kid after receiving N400,000 in ransom from the victim’s parents. Anthony, a Senior Secondary student at Manret High School in the Angul D village of Plateau State‘s Jos South Local Government ...

Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the spokesperson for the Nigeria Police Force, disclosed on his X handle a few hours ago that filing a complaint at any police station in Nigeria is totally free. This information was shared in response to a claim made by a Nigerian man that he was asked to pay for stationery when he ...

A Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Monday convicted and sentenced a suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi, who killed a Lagos lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, to death by hanging. Justice Ibironke Harrison sentenced him after finding him guilty of the murder of the pregnant lawyer. The judge held that ...

The Lagos State High Court has sentenced Drambi Vandi, who fatally shot Bolanle Raheem, a Lagos based lawyer, to death by hanging. The judge Ibironke Harrison on Monday found the police officer guilty of murder. “The court found the defendant guilty on one count of murder. You will be hanged by the neck till you ...

  The police in Benue State have arrested four persons in connection with the murder of a former President of the Customary Court of Appeal, Late Justice Margaret Igbetar, whose decomposing body was found on the 24th of August 2023. The Commissioner of Police in Benue, Bartholomew Onyeka, who disclosed this while briefing journalists in ...

  Las Vegas police have arrested a man in the deadly 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur. The development is a long-awaited break in a case that has frustrated investigators and fascinated the public ever since the hip-hop icon was gunned down on the Las Vegas Strip 27 years ago. Duane “Keffe D” Davis was ...

    I read with shock the allegations by our colleague Douglas Ogbankwa about the assault and threat to shoot him by some officers of the State Security Service in Benin, Edo City. It is worrisome that law enforcement agents would not only prevent a lawyer from exercising a statutory power to be present while ...

  A Nigerian woman was arrested by the Nigerian Police on Sunday for claiming that a tinned tomato product she bought in a market tasted sugary. The paste, Nagiko tomato mix, is manufactured by Erisco Foods Limited, Lagos. The woman, Chioma Okoli, made the comment in a post on her Facebook page on 17 September. ...

  The autopsy of late Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad has been successfully completed. Benjamin Hundeyin, Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer made the announcement on Thursday night via its X (Twitter) page. “The Police wish to inform the public that the autopsy procedure for Mr. Mohbad has been successfully completed,” ...

Police in Lagos State pointed fingers at the judiciary, saying it was partly responsible for the increase in crime and criminality in the state. The Commissioner of Police Lagos State Police Command CP Idowu Owohunwa hinted at this yesterday, Sept. 18, while parading the alleged killers of the Personal Assistant to Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, ...

  An elderly man identified as Emmanuel Nwagu, who was said to have claimed to be a Commissioner of Police, has been apprehended at the Lagos State Command. The suspect who was dressed in a Commissioner of Police uni­form was said to also possess an identity card when he appeared at the command, purportedly to ...

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, has issued another order to the police to either charge or immediately release Chike Ibezim, who has been in month-long detention over an alleged malicious publication posted online against the immediate-past Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola. The court issued the fresh order on Friday (9 ...

    The Nigeria police have warned against the spread of misinformation and unguarded utterances ahead of the presidential tribunal judgment on Wednesday (today). On Monday, the tribunal fixed Wednesday, for ruling on the petitions challenging the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 election. The Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Peter Obi of ...