A law graduate, Benkingsley Nwashara, who rescued a 2-year-old girl abandoned by a mentally-ill mother in Enugu State, has narrated how three female police officers allegedly refused to help when he brought the child to the station. Recall that Nwashara rescued the child at a market in Agbani town, in Nkanu West Local Government Area of the state in June 2022. The child was battered by heavy rainfall a day earlier while market women made no attempt to …
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Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Calabar, Prof Florence Obi has revealed some of the measures taken to address the sexual harassment crisis rocking the law faculty of the institution. Recall that the Dean of Faculty of Law, Prof Cyril Ndifon was suspended after some law students embarked on a protest, accusing him of sexually harassing them. Speaking during an interview with Channels Television on Saturday, August 26, Prof. Obi said that the management of the school …
Embattled afrobeat star, Seun Kuti’s sister, Motunrayo has shared a video showing how family members treated police officers who came to search the singer’s house after he slapped one of them. Seun Kuti was spotted at the gate of his house in handcuff as the policemen tried entering. The security operatives were stopped by the singer’s family who insisted on searching them before granting them access to his house. They had their way and the police officers subsequently …
The Edo State Police Command has arrested a Navy officer, Ibrahim Adamu, 25, and an officer of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Abdullahi Abdulwahab 26, over alleged armed robbery and car snatching. Spokesperson of the command, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, who paraded the suspects on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, said they were arrested in Ekpoma by a crack team of the command based on credible information. According to the PPRO, the suspects attacked the driver of an unregistered C300 Mercedes …
Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped a Very Important Person (VIP) after attacking his convoy along East-West road in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The assailants also shot dead a driver and a personal aide to the VIP, who were in one of the vehicles that was part of the convoy. It was gathered that three police officers attached to the VIP, also sustained serious bullet wounds and are receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital. The identity …
Nine police officers have been dismissed over their roles in the botched strike by rank and file of the institution. The police officers’ dismissal was approved by Inspector-General (IG) Alkali Usman and they comprised of two inspectors, five sergeants and two constables. They are: AP/No. 245800 – Inspector Nanoll Lamak; AP/NP 287568 – Inspector Amos Nagurah; F/No. 271367 – Sergeant Onoja Onuche; F/No. 442680 – Sergeant Franklin Agughalau; and F/No. 495378 – Sergeant Emmanuel Isah. Others are F/No. 508168 – …