Protests have taken place in several cities, with demonstrators demanding that SARS, a police unit accused of extensive abuse and extortion, be abolished. President Muhammadu Buhari says he has instructed…
Police
by Dyepkazah Shibayan The federal government has approved N13.3 billion for the take-off of community policing in the country. According to Laolu Akande, spokesman of Vice-President Yemi Osibanjo, the nation’s…
COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor (DRM) calls for an end to police violence and abuse against persons with disabilities and their family members
The COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor Coordinating Group express their alarm about increasing police violence against persons with disabilities in the context of the pandemic, and are calling on governments around…
Graduate Disabled In The Line Of Duty Begs Government For Assistance
A graduate of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Steven Alao has cried out to the government to assist him get back to his normal life after a life threatening injury he…
Police begins recruitment of constables, bar persons with bow legs, knock knees, others from applying
By ENIOLA AKINKUOTU, Abuja The Nigeria Police Force has commenced nationwide recruitment of constables. The NPF, however, barred persons with bow legs, knock knees, bent knees, and gross malformation of…
A unit of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) charged with the enforcement of the COVID-19 stay-at-home has arrested the General Overseer of Jesus Reign Family Church, Pastor U Uden.…
COVID-19 Riots In Kastina: One dead in Katsina as rioters raze police station over restriction on congregational prayer
Ninety suspected rioters said to be linked to the burning of a police station and the official residence of the Divisional Police Officer’s official residence at Kusada, in Kusada Local…
‘The plaintiff could not hear gunshots as he is deaf but avers that the shooting was done unlawfully and wrongfully’ A deaf man shot by soldiers during opposition riots on…
Police in the Northern Region have appealed to health facilities, herbalists and individuals in the region, to report anybody who comes to them with gunshots wounds for treatment to the…
Disabled man sentenced to 4 years in prison after four attempted stowaways
A 27-year-old physically challenged man has been sentenced to 4 years in prison in hard labour by the Tema District Court in Ghana for attempting to stow away on four…
Woman absconds after giving birth in Anambra hospital •Man who raped 11-year-old deaf girl in police net
Anambra PPRO, SP Haruna Mohammed A statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Haruna Mohammed, said that police operatives attached to Juvenile and Welfare Unit, Osumenyi Division,…