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Lagos chief’s murder: DPP indicts police inspector.

The Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions has indicted Inspector Dikko Usman of the Nigeria Police Force and others in the murder of Chief Fatai Jubril, the Baale of Lotu community in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of the state. PUNCH Metro also learnt on Monday that the officer had been dismissed from the force and charged in court. The indictment of the inspector was detailed in the DPP’s advisory addressed to the Assistant Inspector General...

Months after being transferred across Nigeria, police personnel are still awaiting their inconvenience allowance and other entitlements, with many also lacking accommodation, SaharaReporters has learnt.   Female officers are particularly hard hit, struggling to balance work and family responsibilities amid economic hardship.   Sources reveal that promised government palliatives have been withheld, exacerbating the situation.   They warned that the massive police force reorganisation, involving widespread transfers, may have devastating consequences for the affected officers’...

Police nab ex-convict, others for killing PoS operators

The Ekiti State Police Command says its operatives have arrested an ex-convict, Omowaye Ayodele, and two other suspects – Ojo Temidayo and Busarí Lookman, who confessed to killings and kidnappings of Point of Sales operators in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. This was according to the state Commissioner of Police, Adeniran Akinwale in a statement issued by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, and made available to journalists on Sunday. The CP...

Ondo bizwoman’s killing not swept under carpet – Police

The Ondo State Police Command has said the case of a businesswoman who was killed last week is not swept under the carpet as it is being insinuated in some quarters. The late 54-year-old woman, Olakunbi Adene, was found dead in her residence located at the Oda Road Area of Akure, the state capital, last week Sunday. PUNCH Metro gathered that the deceased’s lifeless body was found on her bed in a pool of blood,...

Police hunt killers of seven Imo community heads

The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, has assured the public, particularly the residents of the Umucheke community in Onuimo Local Government Area of Imo State, that the command under his watch will leave no stone unturned in ensuring that the killers of the seven community heads who are also Eze Umucheke’s cabinet members are all arrested and brought to justice.Danjuma said this in a release signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP...

Police to conduct autopsy on Justice Ajumogobia daughter’s body

The Lagos State Police Command has said an autopsy will be conducted on the remains of Aribemchukwu, the slain daughter of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia. PUNCH Metro reported that the deceased, popularly called Chuchu, was killed in her Parkview Estate residence in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State. Although a family source said she was killed Tuesday night, her lifeless body was discovered on Wednesday morning outside the gate of her residence. Her three domestic workers...

Ayoola Babalola was released around 3 pm on Sunday.   A journalist, Ayoola Babalola who was arrested by policemen during the nationwide #EndBadGovernence protests against poor governance in Abuja has been released.    Ayoola Babalola was released around 3 pm on Sunday.   “Yes, I have been released. I was released around 3 pm on today (Sunday). The detention lasted for over 24 hours, but I’m home now,” he told SaharaReporters. “I am grateful to...

Lenin was reportedly arrested by the DSS at around 2 a.m. on Monday in his home in the Apo area of the FCT. The operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested Michael Lenin, one of the key leaders of #EndBadGovernance protests in the Federal Capital Territory.   Lenin was reportedly arrested by the DSS at around 2 a.m. on Monday in his home in the Apo area of the FCT.   Damilare...

Police deny killing teenager while dispersing protesters in Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh has said his men were not responsible for the death of a teenager in the Kubwa area of the FCT. In a viral video, a man claimed that police, while dispersing protesters, shot dead a teenager in the Kubwa area. However, the FCT command spokesperson , Josephine Adeh, in a statement on Saturday said police officers deployed to the area were not given lethal arms that...

Police barricade Abuja stadium with vehicles

After dispersing protesters, security operatives have blocked the entrance of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.   PUNCH Online earlier reported that security operatives dispersed protesters demonstrating in front of the national stadium.   Shortly afterwards, while the protesters and journalists were trying to reconvene, security operatives dispersed them from the facility with gunshots.   Our correspondent, who is currently at the venue, reported that the security operatives aimed at protesters and journalists who ran...