…We’ve to be alive first before combating crime …Return to normalcy will be gradual …As criminals take advantage of police absence Dayo Johnson, Akure; Ola Ajayi, Ibadan; Umar Yusuf, Yola; Marie-Therese Nanlong, Jos; Rotimi jomoyela, Ado-Ekiti and Ozioruva Aliu, Benin Barely a month after the #EndSARS protest against police brutality which turned bloody with loss […]

Men and women of the Nigeria Police Force are willing and capable of protecting the rights of the people, as they have excelled while on international duties. However, the harsh environment, condition and the Force as currently structured, makes it difficult for them to perform their duties well. This was the submission of the Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, Tony Ojukwu, who added that “majority of police officers are very willing to do their job.”

Two persons, including a motorcyclist, were Thursday killed after gunmen attacked a bank’s bullion van in Lagos. It was gathered that the incident occurred along Addo Road, by Blenco Supermarket in Ajah, Eti-Osa East Local Council Development Area (LCDA), when gunmen in milk-coloured Sienna opened fire on the bullion van around 3p.m. This is just […]

The Lagos State Government says it will continue to support the families of police officers who lost their lives during the recent “EndSARS” protest in the state. The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, gave the assurance on Wednesday in Alausa when the executives of the Police Officers Wives Association (POWA) visited him. Hamzat […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong 1, 850 inspectors in the Nigeria Police Force, NPF have appealed to the Police authority to take advantage of the general agitation for reform in the Police to revisit their earlier suspended promotion exercise saying there cannot be any genuine reform when professional personnel are discarded after going through a rigorous promotion […]