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Nigerian Policemen, Soldiers Mount Roadblocks, Harass Abuja Residents Over ‘One-Million Man’ Protests 

5 months ago1075 min

Armed policemen and soldiers on Saturday mounted roadblocks within and outside Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) subjecting residents and passersby to untold harassment and humiliation. Nigerians had vowed to stage a one-million man protest Saturday to mark the end of #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests scheduled between August 1st-10th. The protests have been sustained despite the clampdown and killings of harmless protesters by the security agents in many part of the country under the watch of President...

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Adegboruwa Asks Tinubu Govt To Hold Accountable Policemen Who Injured, Shot Dead Nigerian Protesters

5 months ago1297 min

Human rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, has urged Nigerians to sustain their support and solidarity for peaceful protests as a crucial step towards freeing the nation from the grip of hunger, hardship, and poor governance inflicted by the elected officials.    In a statement released on Thursday, Adegboruwa emphasised the resilience of a united people, asserting that collective action would overcome “even the most formidable obstacles, including suppression, threats, intimidation, and harassment perpetrated by the...

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Nigerian Policemen Brutalise Premium Times Reporter During #EndBadGovernance Protest In Abuja

5 months ago1082 min

Speaking to SaharaReporters, Mohammed said, he was filming the chaotic scene when the police began tear-gassing protesters, who responded by hurling back the canisters.  Some police officers have attacked and injured Yakubu Mohammed, a PREMIUM TIMES reporter, during the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest in Abuja on Thursday.  The officers struck Mohammed with the butts of their guns and batons, causing him a head injury.  Speaking to SaharaReporters, Mohammed said, he was filming the chaotic scene when the...

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Two policemen, driver killed as gunmen abduct ex-Rep, children
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Two policemen, driver killed as gunmen abduct ex-Rep, children

5 months ago974 min

Two police orderlies attached to a former House of Representatives member, Joan Onyemaechi and her driver were on Tuesday evening killed when bandits abducted her and her children in Asaba, the Delta State capital. PUNCH Metro gathered that the gunmen stormed Onyemaechi’s church, King Jesus and I, located at Ogajifo Street off DSB Road and shot the two police orderlies and her driver before whisking the former lawmaker and her children away. Sources from the...

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Gunmen kill four policemen, PoS operator in lmo
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Gunmen kill four policemen, PoS operator in lmo

5 months ago874 min

Gunmen on Monday evening killed four police officers on a stop-and-search checkpoint along the Owerri-Onitsha road in Imo state. An eyewitness who claimed to be a resident of Irete in Owerri West Local Government Area of the state told PUNCH Metro on the condition of anonymity that fear couldn’t allow him and others to ascertain how many civilians were also shot. He said, “The gunmen stormed one of the popular hotels where the police checkpoint...

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Policemen allegedly lead land grabbers to demolish property in Delta
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Policemen allegedly lead land grabbers to demolish property in Delta

5 months ago2609 min

No fewer than 30 policemen have been accused of leading hoodlums suspected to be landgrabbers to demolish the property of a real estate company in the Okpanam community, in the Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the armed policemen and the landgrabbers, who were said to be acting on the order of a landgrabber identified simply as Okeke, aka Ogidi, invaded the premises with bulldozers around 1 am to...

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BREAKING: Kidnappers Attack El-Rufai Estate In Abuja, Shoot Resident, Exchange Fire With Policemen

5 months ago932 min

SaharaReporters gathered that the incident happened in El-Rufai Estate in the Bwari Local Government Area of the Territory around 2am, on Wednesday.  A man simply identified as Nathaniel has been reportedly shot by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers after an attempt to kidnap him was foiled by operatives of the Nigerian police in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.     SaharaReporters gathered that the incident happened in El-Rufai Estate in the Bwari Local Government Area of the...

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BREAKING: Lawless Policemen Led By DPO Invade Abuja Hotel By Midnight, Arrest All Staff, Guests, Demand N500,000 Bail For Each Person

5 months ago51710 min

Nigerian policemen led by the Divisional Police Officer of Gwarinpa in Abuja, Babale Hamza Galadima, in a gestapo manner have invaded Hotel VIMA in the 1st Avenue area of Gwarinpa, arresting all occupants and destroying properties in the hotel.   SaharaReporters obtained videos of the destruction left by the policemen during the incident which occurred on Sunday night at about 11:30pm.    The pictures and Close Circuit TV videos on Monday showed doors and room...

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