The Lagos State Police Command has debunked claims that Monalisa Osayi, arrested for assaulting a Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) official on 7 December 2024, is a police officer. The command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday. He stated that Osayi was arrested and prosecuted by the Ajah Division of the Lagos State Police Command for …

A trigger-happy operative of the Delta State Police Command has allegedly killed a 17-year-old for shooting a knockout in Ozoro, Isoko North Local Government Area. An X user, @SabuDaniels, in a post on Sunday, shared two videos: one showing the lifeless body of the victim in a pool of blood and the other depicting youths transporting the deceased on a …

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man, Bukola Olabode, who allegedly defrauded Point of Sale operators (PoS) and residents of Ihunbo in the Ipokia Local Government Area while impersonating a police officer. According to PUNCH Metro on Thursday, residents apprehended the suspect on Tuesday, and subsequently handed over to officers of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence …

The Motorcycle Operators Union of Nigeria (MOUN), Lagos State branch, has condemned the actions of an irate mob that led to the death of a senior police officer in Lagos. It will be recalled that the incident occurred on 19 October 2024, at WEMPCO Junction, Mobil Road, Agege, when a group of commercial motorcyclists reportedly attacked a police team after …

One police inspector whose identity is yet to be ascertained has been reportedly killed when gunmen attacked quarry workers in Edo State. It was learnt that one other police officer (an orderly) and an expatriate working with the company sustained various degrees of injuries during the attack at Ihievbe-Ogben in Owan East Local Government Area of the state. A resident …

Delta State Commissioner of Police, Wale Abass has promised to bring to book a mobile police officer, who assaulted a female NYSC medical doctor serving at Ogwashi-Uku General Hospital, Aniocha South Local Government Area of the state. The doctor was said to be attending to patients at the hospital when she was assaulted by the yet-to-be-identified police officer, who was …