A former Senator for Enugu North Senatorial District between 1999 and 2007, Senator Fidelis Okoro, has dragged the Police Service Commission, the Nigeria Police Force and the Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, before the Abuja division of the Federal High Court, over the alleged killing of his son, Mr John Chukwuemeka Okoro, by a police officer, Mohammed Yusuf.
The 31- year-old late Chukwuemeka Okoro, was alleged to have been shot by a policeman in Gudu area of Abuja on August 11, 2014
According court documents, the incident occurred when the deceased, who just came back from London then where …
To sidestep the ban, pro-democracy candidates re-billed Saturday’s gathering as a rally for local elections later this month, which does not require the same approval for smaller assemblies.
Protesters on Saturday clad in black ski masks and “Free Hong Kong” T-shirts streamed into Victoria Park in Causeway Bay, a busy shopping district, brandishing international flags and election
The Kaduna Police said they had arrested a notorious kidnapper and rescued eight victims, including a 13-year-old boy.
Yakubu Sabo, spokesman of the command, said in a statement on Friday that the arrest of the notorious kidnapper led to the rescue of the eight victims in different locations of the kidnappers’ den.
He said the operation took place on Tuesday and Thursday, adding that the notorious kidnapper whose name was given as Mustapha Ibrahim, is assisting the police in investigation.
Sabo said the victims were rescued at Rigasa and Narayi, both in Igabi and Chikun
Local Government Areas of Kaduna …
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command yesterday said they have rescued fifteen inmates chained in a prayer house being used as detention camp.
The police in a statement signed by the command spokesman, Bala Elkana , Deputy Superintendent of Police said they acted on information from a reliable source to rescue the inmates.
According to him, “A team of detectives from Isheri Osun Police Station led by the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Chike Ibe stormed a prayer House used as detention camp at No 26 Alafia Street, Oriofe Ijegun Isheri, where the Prophet, Sunday Joseph Ojo ‘m’ 58years old …
Belgian police say they have found 12 people “safe and well” in a refrigerated lorry, one week after 39 people lost their lives in a similar vehicle that had travelled to Essex via continental Europe.
The migrants were discovered in the back of a fruit and vegetable lorry on the motorway, near the Flemish town of Oud-Turnhout, in the early hours of Wednesday. Police said they found 12 adult men: 11 Syrians and one Sudanese citizen.
“Yesterday evening we received a call from a lorry driver near Oud-Turnhout who suspected that there were people in his refrigerated lorry,” Sarah Frederickx, …
Santiago, Chile – Gabriel del Campo said he was peacefully protesting in the small square of a quiet Santiago neighbourhood last week when things quickly turned violent.
“It was very peaceful. Lots of families,” he told Al Jazeera, adding they were taking part in a “cacerolazo”, a non-violent form of protest where crowds bang pots and pans.
Before long, police forcefully entered into the crowd, throwing tear gas, he said.
“There were children, babies – I was next to an old man with a walking stick” he added.
To protect those around him, Del Campo said he kicked a smoking
President Muhammadu Buhari has cautioned officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force against harassing young people in their bid to arrest `yahoo criminals.’ Buhari handed down this warning in his keynote address at the opening ceremony of the Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers on Monday in Lagos.
The theme of the retreat is “Repositioning the Force for the Challenges of Effective Policing in the 21st Century.’’ Represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Buhari said that the service the police force rendered was one Nigerians could not do without as it was the closest to the grassroots.
According …
Maigana disclosed that the lawyer went to the GRA Police Station in Maiduguri metropolis on Friday, to secure the release of his client in detention at the post.
He alleged that the lawyer was detained on the orders of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Mr Bulama Usaini, for over 13 hours for allegedly engaging the
An off-duty NYPD housing cop assaulted his wife during an argument inside their Brooklyn home, police said.
Cops from the 83rd Precinct in Bushwick took Police Officer Manuel Cantor-Alonso into custody about 2 a.m. Saturday after his wife called 911 and said her husband had attacked her, police said.
The two were in the middle of an argument when the 38-year-old officer pushed her to the ground and kicked her, said cops. The woman was not seriously harmed.
Cantor-Alonso, a 12-year NYPD veteran, was charged with assault. His arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court was pending Saturday.
The Police in Niger have arrested five suspects for alleged kidnapping and armed robbery in Rafi and Mariga local government areas of the state.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Alhaji Usman Adamu, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Thursday.
Usman said on Oct. 18, one Alhaji Ibrahim Garkuwa of Tashan Kare reported at Kagara Police Division that some hoodlums who were armed with machete, stick and dressed in female Hijab (Muslim females gown) and face mask, invaded his house at Tashan Kare.
He said the criminals attacked Garkuwa’s wife and daughter, inflicting
Officers raided two addresses late Wednesday in County Armagh, which are believed to be linked to the truck driver, a 25-year-old man from the UK-ruled province, according to multiple reports.
Investigators have said the man — named in the media as Mo Robinson from the Northern Irish town of Portadown — was arrested on suspicion of murder and remained in custody on Thursday.
The dozens of corpses were found
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The Nigerian Police has uncovered plots by suspected thugs of political parties in Bayelsa State to wear Army and Police uniform to cause crisis during the November 16 governorship election.
The Deputy Inspector- General of Police, Operations, Mr Abdulmajeed Ali who stated this during a stakeholders meeting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, disclosed that leaders of political parties in the state have been placed under surveillance.
He said the Police would not tolerate attack on staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and ad-hoc electoral officials warning that the Police would ensure those hell-bent on fomenting trouble would not …
