The Nigeria Police Force has paraded 48 suspects arrested for various crimes such as kidnapping, armed robbery, cybercrime, and cattle rustling. Parading the suspects in Abuja, police spokesman, CP Frank Mba said the suspects – comprising 47 males and one female – were arrested in different parts of the country at different times. Some of … Read more
A motorist on Thursday knocked down a police officer off a bridge into a canal while trying to escape arrest in Lagos State. The incident happened around the army resettlement centre in the Oshodi area of the state. Read also: Abdulrasheed Bawa: Important Facts To Know About New EFCC Chairman The driver of the Toyota … Read more
Unknown gunmen have claimed the lives of four policemen on Wednesday at Nkpologwu, in Aguata local government area of Anambra State. Eko Hot Blog gathered that they also took the rifles of the deceased away after killing them at a checkpoint in the community and the police patrol vehicle at the checkpoint was set ablaze … Read more
Nigerian Senate has approved N11,352,457,101.70, which is the budget for the Nigeria Police Trust Fund in the 2020 fiscal year. Senate made the approval on Wednesday, following consideration of the harmonized report of the Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs. The implementation of the NPTF 2020 budget would lapse on the 30th … Read more
The Police Command in Abia has killed four suspects and arrested eight others over the attack on the Abayi Police Station in the early hours of Tuesday in Abia. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He said the command has also recovered arms … Read more
Lagos State Judicial Panel of Restitution and Inquiry set up to investigate cases of police brutality has requested the presence of the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammad Adamu. Eko Hot Blog understands that panel summoned the IGP over a petition by one Adewale Adewuyi, whose 26 acres of farmland was allegedly seized by police in 2013. … Read more
Youths suspected to be tricycle riders, on Monday, clashed with police operatives at Gyadi-Gyadi court road in Kano. The police had fired shots in the air to disperse the youth who were trying to enforce a strike action declared for the tricycle operators in the state. The youths, while trying to ensure all riders complied … Read more
Troops of the Nigerian Army have on Monday arrested 20 suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Imo State. EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the arrested IPOB members, who are made up of 16 men and 4 women, have all been handed over to the Nigerian Police force. The latest development was … Read more
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Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, says only the National Assembly could make state police a reality. El-Rufai, who was one of the speakers, said this on a live broadcast tagged ‘The Fierce Urgency of Now: Tactics and Strategies to Pull Nigeria from the Brink,’ on Friday. He further asked the Federal Government to … Read more
Police have arrested a senior official of Kano Hisbah after he was allegedly caught with a married woman in a hotel in Kano. The Kano State Hisbah Corps is a religious police force in Nigeria’s Kano state responsible for the enforcement of Sharia. Hisbah officers regularly arrest unmarried people caught in hotels and people breaking … Read more
Delta State Police Command has confirmed the death of two officers by gunmen, along Ugbolu-Illah road in Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Ali, confirmed the killing while speaking to journalists on Tuesday in Asaba, the state capital. He said that the police however killed two of … Read more
A suit seeking to stop Mohammed Adamu from parading himself as the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has been dismissed by Federal High Court in Abuja. In motion exparte with suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/106/21 filed by Maxwell Opara, a legal practitioner, the plaintiff wanted the court to issue a restraining order stopping the police chief from posing … Read more
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has directed the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu to investigate the alleged harassment of protesters who were arrested during last Saturday’s botched protest at the Lekki Tollgate. Eko Hot Blog gathered that the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, made this known on Monday while speaking with journalists … Read more
A man identified as Clifford Woko has accused the police of compromise after alleging that a reported case was transferred to Zone 16, Bayelsa State, to pervert the cause of justice. Eko Hot Blog gathered that Woko had filed a complaint of attempted murder against a vigilante group, the Onelga Security Peace and Advisory Council, … Read more
Protesters arrested by the police at the ongoing demonstration at the Lekki Toll Plaza are being denied legal representation, sources who are privy to the development have disclosed. A motley crowd of unfazed marchers showed up on Saturday morning at the Lekki Toll Plaza in defiance to government’s Stern warning of grave repercussions should they … Read more
Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan, says personnel of the command will track down and apprehend the abductors of a reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority in Port Harcourt, Chidiebere Onyia, who was kidnapped by gunmen on Tuesday. Similarly, the state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists has demanded Onyia’s immediate and unconditional … Read more
The abductors abandoned their captives when security operatives closed in on them, Police has said The foreigners fell ill while in captivity The Osun State Police Command, on Tuesday, said it has rescued three Chinese workers kidnapped last week in the state. The Chinese nationals were abducted and their police escort killed on February 1 … Read more
Arrest The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr Hakeem Odumosu said this in a statement signed on Tuesday by the command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi. The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested 58 suspects in its effort to restore normalcy to the Agarawu, Ita Faaji, Igbosere and other areas on the Lagos … Read more
In recent times, rape cases across the country have been on the upsurge, raising concern over a possible solution concerning security. This has called for the enhancement of security, with defiling cases among the minors hitting a milestone. Twist of fate has ensued in Kiambu after a police officer got jailed for defiling a minor. … Read more