Police in Lagos have dragged one Onifunto Ogunsola to court for assaulting her co-tenant. Ogunshola, a 35-year-old business woman, was arraigned before Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday for allegedly pouring boiled rice water on her neighbour. Ogunshola, who has been charged with assault by the police, pleaded not guilty and denied any wrong doing. … Read more
Nigeria Police Force on Saturday arrested 237 persons for violating the government’s 12am to 4am curfew imposed to curtail the spread of coronavirus. Lagos police boss Hakeem Odumosu said he led the Friday night operation and pounced on some deviant night clubs where two hundred and thirty-seven (237) violators were arrested. Read Also: Police Rescue … Read more
Police confirm Kidnap The Police Command in Zamfara has confirmed the kidnap of six children of one Alhaji Sani Gyare and one other in Kadauri village, Maru Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Shehu Mohammed, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Gusau. … Read more
– By Bashorun J.K. Randle The United Nations has been overwhelmed with complaints that Nigeria is fast becoming a police state which is somehow incongruous with the self-evident and glaring insecurity all over our beloved nation. The current Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres who is a seasoned politician (he was formerly the Prime … Read more
Police, Firearms The Police Command in Oyo State has decried the rate at which unlicensed firearms are being used by some people in the state. This was disclosed by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, in a statement issued on Tuesday in Ibadan, Eko hot blog gathered. Fadeyi said that the … Read more
Three brothers have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for killing a security guard. Okiki Mulero 23, Micheal Mulero 21, and Joseph Mulero 17, reportedly committed the offense on Friday, December 25, 2020, by beating to death a So-Safe corps officer at the OGD Estate Asero, Abeokuta. The Police Public Relations … Read more
Ogun State Police Command has chosen to continue with the investigation into the allegations against the Commissioner for Environment, Abiodun Abudu-Balogun. Ekohotblog gathered that the Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, had ordered that the case be transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department at the Police headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, the state capital. The Police Public … Read more
Mrs Jumoke Babalola-Oludele, sister of the Deputy Minority Leader, Oyo State House of Assembly, Mr Sunkanmi Babalola, has been set free by her abductors after being in hostage for 2 weeks. Mrs Babalola-Oludele who was abducted by three unknown gunmen around Oniguguri junction, beside Lion of Judah, Iyana Church, Monatan area of Ibadan on Dec … Read more
The family of Suleimon Olufemi, a Nigerian, has appealed for the forgiveness of their son from the Saudi Arabian authorities. Suleimon who has been on death row for 18 years was said to have gone for a lesser hajj in Saudi Arabia in 2002 where he was accused alongside others of being part of a … Read more
Kaduna State Police Command says it has apprehended persons behind a planned sex party in the state. Ekohotblog gathered that the debauchery and explicit event which was meant to hold on December 27, 2020, starting from 8 pm, at a discreet location had been publicised on social media. According to the details and specifics of … Read more
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Oyo State, SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, on Wednesday, says the state police command is making frantic efforts to ensure the rescue of the farmer, Oluwole Agboola, who was reportedly abducted on Monday. Ekohotblog gathered that Agboola who was allegedly kidnapped by six gunmen dressed in Army uniform owns a piggery and … Read more
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Police Apex Igbo sociocultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has decried the recent promotion of police officers by the Police Service Commission (PSC), describing it as the highest provocative degree of marginalisation. Ohanaeze made this known in a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media to the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emeka … Read more
Oyo State Police Command, on Friday confirmed the abduction of Jumoke Babalola-Oludele, a sister to one of the members of the State House of Assembly, Sunkammi Babalola. Eko Hot Blog understands that Babalola is currently representing Egbeda State Constituency in the Assembly. The victim was said to have been kidnapped on Monday at Monatan area … Read more
The killing of an unarmed African-American man by police in the US city of Columbus, Ohio sparked a fresh wave of outrage this week against racial injustice and police brutality in the country. Andre Maurice Hill, 47, was in the garage of a house on Monday night when he was shot several times by a … Read more
At least three police officers lost their lives when gunmen stormed the residence of Alfred Avalumun Atera, chairman of Katsina-Ala local government area of Benue state. Eko Hot Blog gathered also among those killed during the attack were civilians. Catherine Anene, police public relations officer in the state, who confirmed the unfortunate incident, said the … Read more
The Nigeria police force says it has at its disposal an intelligence that some criminals are strategising on how to unleash terror on religious houses and worshippers centers in the state during the yuletide season. Eko Hot Blog reports Hakeem Odumosu, commissioner of police in Lagos, disclosed this at briefing on Wednesday. He was responding … Read more
Prosecution The Police Command in Plateau says it will arrest and prosecute anyone caught violating COVID-19 protocols aimed at curtailing the spread of the virus during the Christmas and New Year celebrations in Plateau. ASP Ubah Ogaba, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Jos. … Read more
Ahead of the festival celebration, the Nigeria Police Force, Kogi State command, has banned the use of fireworks in the State. The Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Ayuba Edeh Ekpeji disclosed this while briefing the senior officers of the Command at the Police State Headquarters, Lokoja on Monday. This was contained in a statement issued … Read more
The Adamawa State Police Command said it has arrested nine suspected kidnappers and rescued two victims in the state. A statement issued on Monday by Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Yahaya Nguroge, said the suspects were in possession of locally-made guns and other dangerous weapons. According to the police spokesman, the suspects were … Read more
A police sergeant in Port-Harcourt has shot dead a civilian following an argument between the two. Eko Hot Blog gathered that he incident happened at Elelenwo Divisional Police Headquarters on Friday night. The police officer, who was said to be drunk, shot the victim, identified as Abiodun Jimoh, after an argument ensued over check-point bribery … Read more