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Police Shoot Hong Kong Protester At China's 70th Birthday

Protester Shot By Hong Kong Police At China’s 70th Birthday

October 1, 2019 9:30 am

Hong Kong police shot a pro-democracy protester on Tuesday as the city was lashed by its worst unrest of the year, hours after China celebrated 70 years of Communist Party rule with a massive military parade.

It was the first such shooting in nearly four months of increasingly violent protests and threatened to strip the spotlight from China’s carefully choreographed birthday party, designed to underscore its status as a global superpower.

While President Xi Jinping took salutes from some 15,000 troops in the capital, pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong threw eggs at his portrait, with tens of thousands of people …

Police accuse lawyer of plot to kill Kashamu

September 26, 2019 5:44 am

The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday arraigned a lawyer, Bayo Adedokun, before the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Igbosere for allegedly threatening to kill Senator Buruji Kashamu and Alhaji Muniru Ogunleye over a land dispute.

The 30-year-old lawyer was arraigned on four counts bordering on conspiracy, attempted murder and conduct likely to cause the breach of  peace, which he pleaded not guilty to.

The police alleged that Adedokun, in August at Ogombo village in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, hired 10 hoodlums to allegedly kill the complainants, claiming that a land they occupied belongs to his …

Police foil pro-Cuban protest at U.S. Embassy

September 25, 2019 11:20 pm

The planned protest at the U.S. Embassy in Abuja by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)-led coalition against the continued United States of America trade embargo on Cuba could not hold at the embassy.

Representatives of labour unions from African countries and civil society groups had planned to hold protest march on Tuesday at the embassy in Abuja to demand the lifting of trade embargo against Cuba.

But the leaders of the protest revealed that they were advised not to march to the embassy by security authorities.

At the embassy, security was beefed up with the deployment of more policeman …

DSS, Police, IMN set for showdown today

DSS, Police, IMN set for showdown today

September 10, 2019 4:41 am

The Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria Police and the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) yesterday appeared set for a showdown as they traded words over the sect’s planned procession scheduled to take place today.

While the police warned that the planned religious procession by the Sheik Ibrahim el-Zakzaky-led IMN would be considered illegal in view of the fact that the organisation remained proscribed, the DSS alleged plot by what it described as some subversive groups and individuals within and outside the country to undermine national security. It warned that the full weight of the law would be brought to …

How soldiers helped me escape from police custody - Wadume

How soldiers helped me escape from police custody – Wadume

August 21, 2019 7:06 am

Fleeing suspected kidnap kingpin, whose rescue by soldiers led to the killing of three policemen and two civilians in Taraba State, Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume, is back in police custody.

The suspect, who has since been moved to Abuja, was tracked down in his hideout in Kano State, the police said in a statement yesterday.

Wadume, in a video that lasted 40 seconds posted on the Nigeria Police Force official tweeter handle, @PoliceNG, narrated how he was rescued after the soldiers shot and killed the policemen while others sustained varying degrees of injuries.

He said: “I am Hamisu Bala, …

No Igbo boy burnt alive in Kaduna, it’s fake news – Police

August 15, 2019 12:14 am
The Kaduna State Police Command says news circulating on social media that an Igbo boy was burnt alive in Kaduna is absolutely false.The Commissioner of Police, Mr Ali Janga said in a press statement through the Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo on Wednesday in Kaduna.

The statement said the fake news was published on Nairaland Forum, an online Media.

“The writer consciously avoided giving details of the location and name of people involved to paint his fictitious story.

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Family of police inspector killed by soldiers wants justice

Family of police inspector killed by soldiers wants justice

August 14, 2019 10:09 am
Family of one of the police officers, who were murdered by soldiers of the 93 Battalion in Taraba State, has demanded justice over the gruesome murder of their son, Inspector Mark Edaile.The immediate elderly brother of the slain officer, Andrew Edaile, who disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, also called for an independent enquiry by local and international bodies to unravel the death of the officer who has served the nation for 16 years.

He warned that if the Nigerian government fails to carry out a thorough investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice, the family

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Police forced me to sign letter countering my rape -Busola

Police forced me to sign letter countering my rape – Busola

August 7, 2019 10:23 am

Wife of singer Timi Dakolo and celebrity photographer Busola has accused the Nigeria police of forcing her to sign a letter countering her rape allegations against the senior pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly Biodun Fatoyinbo.

“One was holding a gun, and I noticed a second one holding a letter,” Dakolo said in an interview with the Guardian UK.

“They told me they were from IG’s [the inspector general of police] office in Abuja and that I needed to sign this letter and acknowledge it.”

Busola said the letter contained allegations of criminal conspiracy, falsehood, mischief and threat to life …

Police reluctant to prosecute rape offenders, says report

July 26, 2019 12:27 am

A survey conducted by NOIPolls has revealed a decline in the proportion of Nigerians who report rape incidence to the police.

According to the report, this inferred that Nigerians are not satisfied with the level of prosecution of rape offenders in the country when reported to the police.

The report, which was presented in Abuja yesterday, came on the heels of the rising trend of rape cases in the country.

The poll, conducted on July 8, which sampled Nigerians across the six geo-political zones of the country, noted that the issue of rape is prevalent in the country and one …

Police commissioner, others killed in Shiites protest

Police commissioner, others killed in Shiites protest

July 23, 2019 1:18 am

A fresh protest against the continued detention of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, yesterday claimed the life of a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Umar Usman. Usman was struck with a sharp object while trying to pacify the protesters. The police chief who was in charge of operations at the Federal Territory Police Command was taken to a hospital where he eventually died.

The protest by members of IMN, also known as Shiites, which began at the NITEL Junction at Wuse 2, Abuja was disrupted by armed policemen who had cordoned off the road …

COZA Rape Case: Timi Dakolo vows to fight police, Fatoyinbo

COZA Rape Case: Timi Dakolo vows to fight police, Fatoyinbo

July 21, 2019 1:41 am

There are indications that the rape case involving Mrs Busola Dakolo, and founder of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, has taken a frightening dimension following the resolve of Mr Timi Dakolo, the victim’s husband, to defend his wife with his life.

According to a post by Mr Dakolo on his Instagram page on Saturday, the petition sent by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, IGP Special Tactical Squad, Force Headquarters, Abuja, is a sign that all is not well.

He also raised an alarm over the movement of strange men in a white Toyota mini bus around his …

Italy police deal blow to ‘violent’ Nigerian mafia

Italy police deal blow to ‘violent’ Nigerian mafia

July 18, 2019 10:08 am

Italian police said Thursday they had arrested 19 suspected members of a Nigerian mob, including the leaders of a clan which forged alliances with other mafias and violently punished any who rebelled.

In an operation dubbed “Burning Flame”, coordinated by police in Bologna and Turin, over 300 officers carried out arrests and searches in nine cities across northern Italy, from Bergamo to Modena, Parma and Ravenna.

A two-year probe — aided significantly by a man on the inside who fed details to investigators — “has allowed us to destroy much of what, within the Nigerian community, is known as the …

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