Detention: Naira Marley, Sam Larry Sue Magistrate, Police, Demand Compensation

  Embattled Nigerian musician, Abdulazeez Fashola, professionally known as Naira Marley, and his associate, Samson Eletu, aka Sam Larry, have sued Lagos State magistrate, Adeola Olatunbosun, and the police. The duo filed a fundamental rights suit before the Federal High Court in Lagos, to challenge their continued detention over the death of singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad. Sam Larry and Naira Marley are demanding N20m damages each from the defendants. In the suit filed through their lawyer, Olalekan Ojo (SAN), they urged the court to declare that their continued detention at the Homicide Section of the Lagos State

You can’t arrest Atiku’s supporters, court restrains Rivers Govt, Police, DSS, others

Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has restrained security agencies and Rivers State Government from arresting key supporters of the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alh. Atiku Abubakar, in the state. Justice A.T Ibrahim issued the order against the police and the Department of State Services (DSS) following a motion ex parte filed by some members of the PDP in the state. The appellants accused the Rivers State Government of harassing and intimidating their supporters in the state. The Atiku Support Organization had alleged that 30 of its members were arrested in the GRA axis of

Police, hunters comb Ondo forest for abducted travellers

The Ondo State Police Command on Friday confirmed the abduction of four persons in the state by terrorists. The hoodlums on Thursday kidnapped the victims who included a traditional chief in Ikare Akoko, Akoko North East Local Government Area of Ondo State, Mukaila Bello. It was gathered that Bello, who was said to be the head of Iku Quarters in the ancient community, was abducted with three others. The other victims are Mr Adeniran Adeyemo, Mr Bashiru Adekile and another person identified only as Chief Gbafinro. A source noted that the victims were kidnapped along the Ago Panu area of

By |August 6th, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments

Police, Amotekun After Criminals On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

IN response to the agitations and fears of people plying the Lagos-Ibadan highway over attacks by kidnappers, Ogun State Police Command has assured the general public that it has mapped out strategies to outrun the kidnappers and flush them out of their axis of operation. The axes included Ogunmakin, Onigaari and Ishara where three victims were kidnapped on Sunday morning. Responding to the move by the command to curb the renewed kidnap attacks, the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi said that the command was not just starting operation along Lagos-Ibadan Highway. “We have been everywhere along the

By |January 18th, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments

Nigerians are afraid of police than criminals – Gbajabiamila

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has declared that the 9th House is committed to overhauling policing in Nigeria. The Speaker stated that Nigerians are scared of police than criminals. Gbajabiamila stated this in his opening remarks at the resumption of the House following a two-month holiday. He commended the President for signing the police reform act into law. He added that the Nigeria Police force as presently constituted had failed to meet expectations of Nigerians. “Two weeks ago, His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, signed the Police Reform Act into law. The Act is the first

By |September 29th, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments

Buhari signs police 2020 bill into law

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has signed the Nigeria Police Bill 2020 into law. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this on Thursday in a statement titled, ‘President Buhari asserts to Police Bill, 2020.” Adesina said the President had in a memo dated September 16, 2020, communicated his assent to the bill to the National Assembly through the Clerk of the legislature. The statement reads partly, “The Act repeals the Police Act Cap. P19. Laws of the Federation, 2004, and provides for a more effective and well organised Police Force, driven

By |September 18th, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments

Why explosion rocks Akure – Ondo Police Command gives reasons

The explosion that occurred along Akure-Owo expressway, a few kilometres from the Akure metropolis was caused by  a truck legally conveying a consignment of explosive materials to a quarry company in Edo State, Starnews NG has gathered. Addressing newsmen on Saturday, the Ondo State Police command, through the commissioner of Police, said the explosives were duly escorted by Men of the Police Ordinance department but that unfortunately, the vehicle conveying the explosives developed a fault and they tried to move away from residential areas to address the fault.  According to him, they noticed smoke was coming out from the vehicle’s

By |March 28th, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , |1 Comment

Just In: Police impose curfew in Bayelsa

The Bayelsa State Police Command on Friday announced a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Uche Anozia, announced the curfew during a press briefing on Friday. Get the latest news at your fingertips by Downloading our news App via Google Play Store Anozia, who briefed the press alongside heads of other security agencies in the Government House, Yenagoa, said the curfew would begin on Friday and end on Sunday. He said the curfew would hold between 8 pm and 6 am during the period. Anozia further said that the decision followed the violent protests that rocked

By |February 14th, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments

Police Arrest Two for Treating, Supplying Drugs to Bandits

The police have arrested two people for allegedly giving medical treatment and supplying drugs to bandits in the Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State. Mariga LGA is one of the areas of the state where bandits and kidnappers have been operating for almost one year leaving several people  killed, many others rendered homeless and scores of heads of cattle rustled. Habila Abel Julius 25 years old and Abdullahi Garba were apprehended by security operatives after administering injection on some of the bandits. It was gathered that the bandits had approached the duo at their chemist where they presented them

By |February 8th, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments

Suspected herdsmen hack three policemen to death in Delta

Suspected herdsmen have allegedly hacked three policemen to death along Ugbolu -Illah road, Oshimili North L.G.A, Delta State. The Nation gathered that the incident occurred Tuesday at police check-point along the road. An eyewitness said the three policemen were attempting to stop a motorcycle carrying two men who refused to stop “One of the policemen pulled out his gun to threaten them yet they refused to stop and eventually he released the gun but the bullet did not penetrate and immediately they stopped and moved towards the policemen. “They shot two policemen and one of the herdsmen pulled out a

By |February 5th, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments
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