There seems to be a deliberate attempt by the police in Nigeria to polish their reputation as another police officer has been videoed sharing gifts to occupants of a motorised rickshaw. This time around, it wasn’t cash that was shared but bags of rice.The latest image-boosting move comes in the aftermath of earlier videos showing an officer in Delta State handing out cash gifts to passengers in a ‘keke’ and another in Lagos doing likewise for occupants of a minibus...

State police, not community policing, will be used to combat Nigeria's escalating insecurity, according to former President Olusegun Obasanjo.When the leadership of the National Association of Ex-Local Government Chairmen in Nigeria paid him a visit in Abeokuta, Obasanjo made the idea.The delegation was led by pioneer National Chairman, Hon. Albert Asipa, according to a statement by spokesman Kehinde Akinyemi.Obasanjo praised the body's founding, adding that some of...

Sequel to the news that went viral that the police personnel in Delta state has killed a mother and her child while pursuing a suspected yahoo boy, the Police has now officially denied the news in a press release.The statement reads:The Delta State Police Command wish to put the records straight in respect of the ugly incident that occurred today being 20/1/2021 at about 13:40hrs along PTI Express Way in Effurun, Uvwie LGA of Delta State where a multiple fatal motor...