Following protests by some Civil Society Organisations in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, a journalist with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Daniel Ojukwu, who was abducted by the Intelligence Response Team of the Inspector General of Police has regained freedom. Ojukwu regained freedom on Friday after 10 days in police captivity. FIJ disclosed this on Friday on its website. …

The Chief Executive Officer, Emy Cargo and Shipping Services Limited, Emeka Okonkwo, aka E-Money is under investigation at the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex, Alagbon, over an alleged N1, 209,200,000 dispute with a vehicle dealing company, Autocorp Limited, in Lagos State. A police source who is privy to the case but pleaded anonymity told PUNCH Metro that Okonkwo and the aggrieved …

The authorities of Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere Ekiti, have expelled two female students for bullying a colleague. The development followed the outcry that trailed the video of two female students assaulting another female student of the institution on social media. This was as the Commissioner for Police in Ekiti State, Mr Adeniran Akinwale, said on …

The Ondo State Police Command, on Sunday, said it had begun an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of one Mr Alaba Abe, who is one of the ward campaign coordinators of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The late Abe was among Aiyedatiwa’s campaign coordinators during last Saturday’s All Progressives Congress governorship primary in Ondo State, which Aiyedatiwa won. Abe, popularly …

The retired Commissioner of Police (CP) in Anambra State, Aderemi Adeoye has recounted how he fought the dreaded Niger Delta militants, the Book Haram terrorists in the North East and the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB), insurgents in the South East and survived all of them without a scar. Speaking during his pullout ceremony at the Alex Ekwueme Square in …

The Police Recruitment Board set up by the Police Service Commission (PSC) to midwife the ongoing recruitment into the Constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has confirmed 20 centres for the medical screening of successful and shortlisted applicants. The development followed the just-concluded computer-based tests (CBTs) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Over 400,000 Nigerians …

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun is set to convene a summit aimed at addressing police housing in the country. The IGP said the summit is meant to boost the welfare of police personnel. A statement yesterday in Abuja by Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO) Olumuyiwa Adejobi, an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), said the summit will hold at …

The Nigeria Police Force has again warned against jungle justice as it affects the effective administration of justice. According to a statement on Monday by Force Public Relations Officer, Assistant Commissioner Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the act could be detrimental to the smooth dispensation of justice in recorded cases in our dear country. Adejobi said: “It is pertinent to understand that the …

At least 50 persons, some of them children from neighbouring African countries, were, yesterday, rescued from a duplex on Omola Road, in the Edemola area of Epe, Lagos. News filtered around Epe and the entire Lagos State that the rescued persons, foreigners, were kidnapped and kept in the kidnappers’ den, pending when ransom would be paid for their release. However, …

No fewer than 16 pregnant ladies and eight children, were rescued when police operatives busted a ‘baby factory’ in Aba, the commercial city of Abia State. According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Moureen Chinaka, the raid occurred on Thursday night. According to police, the raid followed credible information about the unpatriotic activities going on at the ‘baby factory’. …