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Police, Military Worst Enemies Of Media In Nigeria – MRA

December 18, 2024December 18, 2024 Ganiyu Amodu

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) says security agencies, including the police, military and intelligence services, have consistently been the worst enemies of the media in Nigeria in recent years, accusing them of being responsible for the highest number of attacks against journalists in 2024. MRA stated this in its annual state of media freedom report for 2024 released on Tuesday. In the 137-page report, titled ‘Media Freedom Under Threat: The State of Media Freedom and Journalists’ Safety in Nigeria 2024’, MRA noted that out of a total of 64 attacks against…

Student Dies During Anti-Fuel Price Hike Protest, Police Begin Probe

September 9, 2024 Ganiyu Amodu

The Kwara State Police Command said it has commenced investigation into the death of a 21-year-old student of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Qoyum Abdulyekeen Ishola, during the protest against the increase in the pump price of petrol. The National Diploma 2 student died during the hike in the cost of petrol by students on Wednesday. Ishola, who was studying Electrical/Electronics Engineering, was allegedly killed by the police in mysterious circumstances in the Fate area of Ilorin, the Kwara State Police Command. Speaking on the incident in a statement on…

Teenager Raped Inside Lagos Police Station, Officer On The Run

July 13, 2024 ADEOLA YUSUF

A 17-year-old girl has alleged that she was raped inside Ogudu Police Station in Lagos State. The suspect, a police officer, had promised to help the teenager retrieve her stolen phone. Instead, he locked her in his office, threatened her with a gun, and raped her. The victim’s mother, Mrs. Aramide Olupona, has accused the police of trying to cover up the allegation. She said, “The suspect’s wife and family have come to my shop to plead with me, but what about my daughter who was raped? The Area Commander…

Police Declare Socialite Wanted For Cyber-stalking, Murder

May 13, 2024May 13, 2024 Ganiyu Amodu

The police have declared a Lagos socialite Dorcas Adeyinka wanted over alleged cyber stalking and murder. In a gazette published on Sunday, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) urged the public to “arrest and hand over the suspect to the nearest police station or the office of the IGP Monitoring Unit, Force Headquarters, Abuja.” According to the police, the wanted Adeyinka is a blogger from Ekiti State/Ibadan, Oyo State, with tribal marks. READ ALSO Man Who Received First-Ever Modified Pig Kidney Transplant Dies Segun Olatunji: Hero Or Villain?, By Bolanle BOLAWOLE…

Police Arrest 71-Year-Old Landlord For Impregnating Tenant’s Teenage Daughter

May 9, 2024 ADEOLA YUSUF

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a septuagenarian landlord, identified simply as Adesina, for allegedly defiling and impregnating his tenant’s 14-year-old girl (name withheld) at Akegbeyale Street in Ifesowapo Akute, Ifo Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered the septuagenarian suspect was caught on Tuesday while having sexual intercourse with the 14-year-old girl at about 10:15pm in the house bathroom. According to reports, the minor was said to have made her way to the apartment’s bathroom to take a shower and a few seconds later,…

Police Display Body Of Slain Notorious Cult Leader 2Baba

February 23, 2024 Ganiyu Amodu

The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the death of a notorious cult leader, Gift Okpara, also known as 2 Baba, the prime suspect in the murder of a former Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada Division, Bako Angbashim, in September last year. While briefing journalists on Friday, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Tunji Disu, said the feat was achieved following a four-month manhunt by the Force, and its sister security agencies. Governor Siminalayi Fubaran had promised an N100m reward for whoever was able to provide useful information leading…

Nigerian Police Inspector Declared Wanted For Murder

February 6, 2024 Ganiyu Amodu

The Anambra State Police Command has declared one Inspector Audu Omadefu wanted for murder. This was disclosed in a press statement issued by the command’s spokesman DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, on Tuesday. Ikenga urged members of the public with information on his whereabouts to report to the nearest police station. Although, details of the murder and when, where and how it was committed was not disclosed, but the command assured all that any information given shall be treated with utmost confidentiality. READ ALSO Wife Of Slain Kwara Monarch Releases From Kidnappers’…

Police Adopt Technology To Curb Crime, Extortion Among Personnel In Bayelsa

February 1, 2024 Ganiyu Amodu

The Bayelsa State Police Command on Wednesday said it had deployed technology to combat crime and check extortion amongst its personnel. It said the strategy is aimed at sustaining the peace and security in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa capital, and its environs. The Spokesman of the command, Musa Mohammed, made this known during an interactive session with newsmen at the Earnest Ikoli Press Centre in Yenagoa. Mohammed, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, said the police had deployed the drone technology to monitor crime and check some excesses of police personnel during…

Police Speak On Abuja Explosion

January 25, 2024 Ganiyu Amodu

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has reacted to reports of an explosion in the Maitama area of the Federal Capital Territory. In a series of tweets via X on Wednesday, some residents attributed the incident to a bomb. But the FCT police command in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, said the incident was as a result of an overheated metal refuse bin. “The FCT Police Command hereby wishes to update the public on an alleged explosion on 24/01/2024 at about 1145 hrs, near a…