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A Facebook user, Segun Oyenubi, recently shared photos of how a  3-year-old boy who  was allegedly beaten to stupor by his teacher in school. He posted with this caption:  ”This boy is 3yrs old,beaten ‘red and yellow’ by his teacher in school this afternoon for not telling her he wants  to go to the toilet, thereby urinating and  defecating on his body.  Just wondering the kind of mother she will become later. Is it right to treat a child this way for such reasons?” See photos below: The teacher has since been arrested.

The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, on Friday de­clared that the wanted Niger Delta militant leader, Mr Gov­ernment Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, would be arrested. A Lagos Federal High Court had issued bench warrant against Tompolo over his re­fusal to make himself available in court on allegation of diver­sion of public funds slammed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The ex-militant who is fac­ing a 40-count charge, is being tried alongside the ex-Director General of Nigeria Maritime Safety Agency, Mr Patrick Ak­pobolokemi, in connection with the alleged diversion of a sum of N45.9 billion in the ex­ecution of contracts. Fielding questions from reporters during a tour of the Ekiti Command on Friday, the IGP said, “we are looking for Tompolo and my men are on his trail. We will arrest him any­where we sight him,” he said. On the issue of the warrant of arrest issued against the em­battled secretary of the Peoples Democ...

The police service commission (PSC) has urged Nigerians to disregard media reports against its chairman, Mike Okiro by an online news platform.  Sahara Reporters had on Friday, February 5, accused the PSC boss of appointing one Emmanuel Ibe as the acting secretary of the commission in December, 2015 against the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria.  Describing the report as “an act of revenge,” the spokesman of the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, who spoke with us noted that owner of the medium was arrested for rape during his university days while Okiro was serving as an Area Commander.   He said: “The commission is tempted to believe that the owner of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore who has not had a particularly decent past may be on a revenge mission against Mike Okiro.” “It is known to the commission that as a student of the University of Lagos Sowore was arrested, detained and charged to court for rape of a female student when Okiro, was a...

The police in Lagos have arrested six persons for allegedly disturbing the peace of residents of Olaomibiyi Street, Ogba, during a church service.  The members – Ngozichukwu Onyebuchi (44), Clement Eromosele (26), Chukwudi Akwegbu (26), Chibuzor Chukwu (18), Godspower Enudi (21) and Okorie Livonus (36) – were arraigned in a Lagos Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ogba.  They were accused of converting a residential apartment to a church. We learnt that the landlord and residents of the building where the defendants gathered to worship had complained that the congregation caused noise pollution whenever they prayed.  They were said to have cautioned the worshippers to lower their voices, but the members reportedly declined.  We gathered that the church was reported to the police at the Pen Cinema division, who arrested the six members on January 14 during Sunday service, while the others were said to be at large.  They were brought before a ...

The Police Service Commission has warned police officers on escort duty with Very Important Persons to desist from carrying their handbags and umbrellas, describing it as an insult to the Nigeria Police Force.  The commission also said it would henceforth arrest police operatives on illegal escort duty, adding that its workers would soon be deployed in airports and on the highways to apprehend errant policemen.  The Chairman of the commission, Chief Mike Okiro, who said this at a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja, said it was an insult to the police uniform for cops to engage in “domestic duty” or carry handbags for VIPs.  He stated that any policeman caught doing domestic chores would be sanctioned. According to him, the PSC has worked out a blueprint of the class of dignitaries that should enjoy special police protection with specific duties of the policemen spelt out.  He said, “You will all agree with me that this issue of policemen...

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 986 police officers and appointed Mr Emmanuel Ibe as its acting Secretary. This was contained in a statement issued by commission’s Head, Press and Public Relations, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, in Abuja on Tuesday. The statement said these decisions were taken at the commission’s 14th plenary meeting held in Abuja. Some of the beneficiaries are CP Shuaibu Gambo who is now Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), while DCPs Jonah Mava, Olusola David, Titus Lamorde, Chika Maidama and Abdullahi Ibrahim are now Commissioners of Police. The statement said 16 Assistant Commissioners were elevated to the rank of Deputy Commissioners, 21 Chief Superintendents to Assistant Commissioners and three Superintendents to Chief Superintendents. Nine Deputy Superintendents moved to Superintendents and 931 Assistant Superintendents move to Deputy Superintendents.