Policeman killed, others injured after robbers invade Anambra State

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The commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State was yesterday thrown into confusion as armed robbers stormed the popular Ochanja main market, robbing traders of their money and other valuables.

It was learnt that as the robbery operation was in progress, the heavily armed gunmen shot repeatedly into the air to scare away traders but a team of policemen led by DPO of the Central Police Station, Mr. Tope Fasugba and his Fegge counterpart, Mr. John Mark, intervened and opened fire on them.

Unfortunately, during the gun duel, stray bullets hit three persons while one of the police officers who came to calm the situation died in the process.

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Nigeria Police College expels 500 recruits for theft, forgery

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The Nigeria Police College has confirmed that about 500 recruits, have been dismissed for various offences.

A Deputy Commissioner of Police, Adekunle Oladunjoye, who is the Acting Commandant of the College, revealed this during the graduation of 4,484 recruits in Kaduna on Friday.

The offences committed by the recruits included forgery, stealing, health challenges and indiscipline.

“The recruit intake Batch 1/2011 course was inaugurated in October 2011.

“They were sent in by the various Police Commands in northern Nigeria catchments areas such as Kano, Jigawa Kaduna, Zamfara, Katsina, Niger, Nasarawa, Plateau and the FCT.

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Aluu 4 trial stalls after prison officials fail to produce suspects

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The 13 people arrested for the October 5th murder of four students of the University of Port Harcourt were meant to appear in court yesterday Thursday December 20th but the trial was stalled due to the failure of prison officials to produce them in court.

At the resumed hearing yesterday morning, the prosecutor told the court that the accused persons were in the court cell, but could not be brought in because of shortage of prison personnel. Yes, they actually said that! Shortage of prison personnel? Does that even make sense? The prosecutor also said he was yet to receive any advice on the matter from the Director of Public prosecution to whom the case file was referred.

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10 dead, eight injured in Bauchi-Gombe road accident

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At least 10 persons have been confirmed dead and eight others seriously injured in a fatal auto accident that occurred along Bauchi–Gombe federal highway on Friday.

Confirming the incident in Bauchi, the Acting Sector Commandant of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mahmud Kachalla disclosed that the unfortunate accident occurred when a Volkswagon Golf car, a Honda and a motorcycle had a head-on collision in Alkaleri town, some kilometers away from Tsohuwar Gwaram village in Bauchi state.

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“Nkiru Sylvanus’ family disobeyed us and paid N8 million ransom to kidnappers” – Police

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Mr. Adisa Bolanta, the Commissioner of Police in Imo State, has revealed that the family of Nkiru Sylvanus, parted with the sum of N8 million, before the kidnappers released her yesterday.

Bolanta confirmed to newsmen today in Owerri, that despite repeated warnings from the police, they went ahead and negotiated with her abductors.

He said that the family of the Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Affairs, eventually paid the sum. However, he added that the State Police, recovered N7 million and returned it to the family.

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Traffic police officers fight over bribe money in Abuja

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It was a Theatre of absurd at the Ademola Adetokumbo area of Wuse 2, Abuja on Thursday when two Traffic Police Officers on duty were engaged in a serious brawl, scaring motorists, as many were forced to make a U-Turn in order to avoid having their wheel screen smashed by the two angry police officers.

The Officers who were simply identified as Mr. Ishaku, a police Constable and Mr. Ewema Pesters were on duty in a busy junction located immediately after City Park with other Traffic Police Officers where they got engaged in a heavy fight.

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Kidnappers Release Nkiru Sylvanus & Kenneth Okolie

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Good news reaching us is that Nollywood actress, Nkiru Sylvanus and former Mr Nigeria, Kenneth Okolie who were kidnapped on Saturday in Owerri have been released by their captors. Nkiru, who is also a special assistant on public relations to the Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha and Kenneth were kidnapped at a place where they were taping an episode of a public relation’s show, “Inside Imo” somewhere close to the famous Concord Hotel, Owerri. Vanguard reports that they were released on Thursday night.

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Nigerian Police bars SSCE & Third Class Degree Holders from Recruitment

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To join the Nigerian Police as a Constable, you would need to have an academic qualification higher than a Secondary School Certificate and to become an Inspector, a Third Class Degree would no longer be accepted as the minimum entry option has now been reviewed.

This was noted by the Commissioner and Chairman, Public Affairs Committee of the Police Service Commission, Comfort Obi, yesterday in Abuja. She explained that the commission had reviewed the recruitment process into the police.

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Two Nigerian Teenagers get Life Sentences for the Murder of a 17 Year-Old in the UK

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Kwame Ofusu-Asare

“Everyone gets stabbed, everyone gets shot. Everyone dies, everyone goes to jail, that’s how life is.”

That was the chilling statement made by Nathaniel Okusanya, 19 who along with his friend, Nelson Idiabeta, 18, killed Kwame Ofosu-Asare, an innocent 17-year-old student in March this year after mistaking him for a rival gang member. At the time of the murder, Okusanya was 18 while Idiabeta was 17.

Kwame just happened to be “in the wrong place at the wrong time” and was stabbed 14 times in the back in a ‘cowardly and merciless’ murder by the two young men.

According to Daily Mail, the pair were members of the TN1 gang – Trust No One – out to avenge one of their member who was stabbed by a rival gang member from the GAS gang – Guns and Shanks – just hours earlier. They had toured housing estates in Brixton to find rival gang members and came upon 17-year-old Kwame and his friend, who had nothing to do with any gangs. He was a sixth-form student who moved to London from Ghana in 2002.

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Secondary School Students in Ogun State narrate how their Principal Conducted Unauthorized Virginity Tests on Them

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The Principal of a Secondary School in Ogun state, Olufunke Oladeojobi, has been quizzed by the police for allegedly conducting virginity tests on some students in her school.

Without seeking the consent of the parents and guardians of the students, she called in a nurse and jointly carried out virginity tests on a group of 10 students last week Monday.

Punch reports that the principal and the nurse whose name could not be ascertained allegedly dipped their fingers into the pupils’ private parts. After the exercise, which took place at the principal’s office, each of the pupils was given an exercise book.

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