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Over 200 Irate Lagos Youths Attempt To Lynch 2 Police Officers

Over 200 Irate Lagos Youths Attempt To Lynch 2 Police Officers

July 28, 2022 10:33 am

It has been reported that there was a bit of turmoil in Lagos when over 200 irate youths on Wednesday had made an attempt to lynch two policemen in Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos.

It was also reported that the police have to shoot one of them to save their lives.

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It has also been gathered that a team of policemen had effected an arrest in Ibeju Lekki and on getting wind of the arrest, irate youths in the area moblised to rescue the arrested suspect. On getting to

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#EndSARS: Government Continues The Clampdown Of Promoters

#EndSARS: Government Continues The Clampdown Of Promoters

November 17, 2020 9:44 am

Even as many notable Nigerians and organisation calls on government to stop the persecution of #EndSARS protesters, report has said that Policemen attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Lagos on Monday filed an application at the Yaba Magistrate Court demanding for court order to detain one of the #EndSARS protesters, Eromosele Adene, for an extra 30 days.

Eromosele was said to have been taken to the state police command headquarters after being arrested from his Ikeja home about 10 days ago. He was detained at the SCID in Panti and was subsequently flown to Abuja to Abuja …

End SARS: Police Lament Killing Of Officers As Protests Continue

End SARS: Police Lament Killing Of Officers As Protests Continue

October 16, 2020 8:34 am

The killing of Policemen with their rifles stolen is trending in Delta State. The latest is the killing of a Mobile Policeman, Inspector Gbadura. He was killed at a filling station in Etuwewe junction along Deco road in Warri on Thursday night about 9 pm.

The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya in a text message confirmed the report this morning.

She said, ‘True, you already have the same details I have.’

This is coming after a Policeman and a civilian were recently killed at Eku Community in Ethiope-East Local Government Area.

Another Mobile Policeman was also …

American Man Teaches Pitbull Dog How To Drive

American Man Teaches Pitbull Dog How To Drive

March 31, 2020 12:03 pm

Policemen in the U.S. State of Washington were dumbfounded on Sunday when they pursued a car for hit-and-run offence only to find that a female pitbull dog was behind the wheel.

They also found there was a man on the passenger seat teaching the dog how to drive.

Police pursued the man after receiving calls about a driver hitting two vehicles in an area south of the capital Seattle and then speeding away.

State trooper Heather Axtman said the emergency services subsequently got multiple calls about a car traveling erratically at more than 100 miles per hours (160 kilometers per …

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Armed Men Attack, Matchet Policemen On Duty

January 11, 2020 1:11 pm
Suspected armed men have attacked, matcheted and injured some Policemen and carted away their arms in Asaba, the Capital of Delta State, Nigeria.

The Policemen were said to be on “Routine stop and search duty” when the incident occurred on Friday, January 10, THISDAY can report.

The armed men who had laid an ambush in the area inflicted serious injuries on the Policemen before carting away their rifles.

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It was learnt that the injured Policemen are being treated in an undisclosed hospital.

When contacted for comments, the Delta State

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Policemen Caught On Camera Extorting Money [VIDEO]

December 17, 2019 2:35 pm

Armed Policemen from Orerokpe Divisional Headquarters have been caught on video camera allegedly extorting money from a Commercial tricycle operator and other motorists at Oha Junction along the Eku/Abraka road in Delta State.

In the video, a policeman was seen demanding for One Hundred Naira.

He was given Five Hundred Naira note which he collected and gave the commercial tricycle operator four hundred naira change in return.

The video was captured by a Chattered Accountant based in Warri, Mr. Edesiri Irhirhi on Monday, December 16 and was sent to Our Correspondent in Warri.

According to Irhirhi, “On my way

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Theft In Bayelsa Government House: Policemen Arrested

December 7, 2019 2:48 am

Three policemen, four personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, and one maintenance staff attached to the office of the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Bayelsa State Government House, Mrs. Ebizi Ndiomu-Brown were on Thursday arrest over alleged involvement in the theft of ₦ 3.5 million from the office.

The alleged theft, which reportedly occurred on Wednesday night, was discovered on Thursday morning with the safe where the cash was kept reportedly vandalised.

Sources close to the office of the Deputy Chief of Staff confirmed that the office where the money was kept, which had …

Justice Nwosu-Iheme: How ‘Uniformed Policemen’ Abducted Me

November 21, 2019 4:15 pm
  • Says her abduction not pre-planned
  •  ‘Madam justice, you have broken the internet, we thank God for providing you for us’, her abductors told her

Appeal Court Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme, who was abducted in Benin City last month and recently regained her freedom after about 14 days in captivity, has narrated how six “uniformed policemen”, who parked their Hilux vehicle on bad stretch of a road in Benin City, abducted her and killed her police orderly, according to a report in The Source Magazine.

Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme was abducted on October 30, 2019 at about 11.30am in Benin City. Her security …

Gunmen Kill 2 Policemen, Rifles Taken Away

November 13, 2019 6:05 am

Two Policemen were in the wee hours of Tuesday killed by gunmen at Otuogidi community, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

The hoodlums reportedly caught the Policemen unawares close to the Bayelsa State College of Health Technology, Otuogidi, attacked them and took away their rifles.

One of the officers died on the spot while the other one who survived the attack and made it to the hospital later died.

Preliminary investigations according to Police sources revealed that the gunmen were in search of guns to be used to disrupt Saturday governorship election.

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IG Deploys 35,000 Additional Policemen For Kogi Polls

IG Deploys 35,000 Additional Policemen For Kogi Polls

November 7, 2019 7:17 am

The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has deployed additional 35,000 policemen to Kogi State to ensure “visibility policing ” of lives and property before and during the November 16 governorship election in the state.

The Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of operation in the state, Mr. Kayode Ayilara, announced this in Lokoja, the state capital, wednesday.

The police chief disclosed this while responding to concerns raised about the neutrality of the police in the coming election at an event organised by a non-governmental organisation, ‘Search For Common Ground’.

He said that the deployed policemen will arrive the …

Man Gets Six-Month Jail Term For Stoning Policemen

November 4, 2019 3:33 pm
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates Court on Monday sentenced a 30-year-old unemployed man, Sulaimon Agboola, to six months in Kirikiri Correctional Facility, Apapa, Lagos, for stoning police officers on duty.
Chief Magistrate M.O. Tanimola sentenced Agboola after he pleaded guilty to five counts of conspiracy, unlawful society, assault, breach of the peace and possession of hemp.

Tanimola, however, gave the convict an option to pay a fine of N40, 000.

Earlier, the Prosecutor, Inspector Aondohemba Koti told the court that the defendant conducted himself in a manner likely to cause

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NFVCB officials now SPY Policemen to fight piracy

NFVCB officials now SPY Policemen to fight piracy

August 4, 2019 12:08 am

Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has trained officers of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) as Supernumerary (SPY) Police to enhance its fight against unclassified, pirated films and video works.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 14 of the trained officers were decorated, after completion of the course with different ranks by CP Ajani Olasupo, Commandant of the Police College Ikeja (PCI) Lagos State.

SPY Police are engaged for specific security functions within a restricted jurisdiction or operational space.

The Nigeria Police Act provides guidelines for their establishment and grants them the powers, privileges and immunities enjoy by …

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