Nigeria Police Force
Yemisi Opalola, a thorough-bred police officer and a mother
Yemisi Opalola, a thorough-bred police officer and a mother By Oluwaseun Omolola The profession, Police Force might have been bastardized to some extent on the faces of Nigerians but I know of an officer who is worthy of emulation. She is Yemisi Opalola. A lot has been said about Osun State Police PRO, Yemisi […]
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Man expresses shock after policeman delivers lost wallet to him
Man expresses ‘shock’ after police officer delivers lost wallet to him By Timothy Agbor, Osogbo A Mobile Police man, simply identified as Sergeant Samson has been commended by Nigerians for delivering a lost wallet to the owner and also refused to accept a token given to him in appreciation of the gesture. A Facebook user, […]
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Police authorities debunk alleged plan to go on strike
Police authorities debunk alleged plan to go on strike TIMOTHY AGBOR, OSOGBO The leadership of the Nigeria Police Force has described as fake, news making the rounds that its rank and file were planning to embark on strike over poor working conditions. A statement issued on Monday by the Acting Force Public Relations Officer, CSP […]
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Gunmen attack travellers in Osun, kill one as Police launch manhunt
Gunmen attack travellers in Osun, kill one as Police launch manhunt By Ekene Agbor, Osogbo Some yet to be identified gunmen have killed one passenger and left two others injured during an attack on a bus in Osun State. The gunmen, suspected to be herdsmen fired gunshots and ambushed the vehicles plying Osogbo/Ibokun road in […]
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Man demands N10m compensation for being attacked by police officer
Man demands N10m compensation for being attacked by police officer By Ekene Agbor, Osogbo A petitioner, Chief Jelili Adegoke Raheem, has appealed to the members of Osun Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality, Human Rights Violations and Related Extra Judicial Killings to prevail on the police to compensate him with a sum of N10million […]
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Parents of Osun boy chased to death by Police demand N5b compensation
Parents of Osun boy chased to death by Police demand N5b compensation By Timothy Agbor, Osogbo The parents of the late Idris Ajibola who was allegedly chased to death by yet-to-be-identified police officers have demanded the sum of N5 billion as compensation for the death of their son, Idris Ajibola. They said the compensation is […]
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Osun Police reveal how corporal was killed by 3 DSS operatives as family cries for justice
Osun Police reveal how corporal was killed by 3 DSS operatives as family cries for justice By Ekene Agbor, Osogbo The Osun State Police Command has narrated how a Corporal, Rauf Fawale, 35, was beaten to death by three officers of the Department of State Security (DSS) in the state. The deceased policeman, father of […]
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Man approaches Osun panel of inquiry 28 years after Police officer killed brother
Man approaches Osun panel of inquiry 28 years after Police officer killed brother By Ekene Agbor, Osogbo A man, Elder Joseph Adekola Oluyide, on Friday approached the Osun Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality, Human Rights Violations and Related Extra Judicial Killings to seek justice for his brother that was allegedly murdered by a […]
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Police are cog in Nigeria’s wheel of progress – Osun Judicial Panel of Inquiry
Police are cog in Nigeria’s wheel of progress – Osun Judicial Panel of Inquiry By Ekene Agbor, Osogbo The Osun Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality, Human Rights Violations and Related Extra Judicial Killings on Friday said that evidence brought before it by petitioners since it was constituted had shown that the Nigeria Police Force […]
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Yuletide: We’ve sensitised officers, men on civility, international best practices – Osun CP
Yuletide: We’ve sensitised officers, men on civility, international best practices – Osun CP By Ekene Agbor, Osogbo In order to ensure that these Christmas and New Year celebrations are devoid of cases of Police brutality and extra-judicial killings, the Osun State Police Command has trained it’s officers and men on how to be civil […]
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