Sequel to preliminary investigations and recommendations of the Force Disciplinary Committee ( FDC), the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Olatunji Disu has approved the dismissal from service, of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Nuhu Usman who shot and killed 28-year-old Mr. Mene Ogidi last Sunday in Warri, Delta State.

Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) Olatunji Disu on Saturday upscaled his long standing relationship with Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN) as he took time off his busy schedule to host the Association’s members in Lagos.

The last may not have been heard about the raiding of a gymnasium in Warri, Delta State in June 2024 with a subsequent attack on July 28, 2025 by policemen, local vigilante operatives,

Our investigation revealed that on 28th July, 2025 a group consisting of local community leaders, police, vigilante operatives and angry youths raided a gymnasium in Warri named Emoni

The late Mr. Chiedu Alfred Ojeah’s family of Idumu-Osume Quarters at Ubulu-Uku, Delta State has engaged in battle of wits as the first daughter and incidentally the first child of the family has taken two of her younger siblings and an hospital director to court over attempt to deny her participation in the burial of their

A young Nigerian, Mr. Confidence Osakioduwa Ogbeide reportedly involved in bi-sexual activities is now on the run to evade the consequences of same-sex related offences which among other things attract no less than 14 years imprisonment on conviction in Nigeria. His whereabouts is currently unknown.

The ongoing national debate over the establishment of state police continues to generate passionate arguments on all sides. While many Nigerians see decentralised policing as a necessary response to rising insecurity, others urge caution, warning that structural reforms alone cannot resolve the deeper governance and institutional challenges affecting policing in the country.

Following the publication of my article, “State Police Debate: Lessons from Professor Etannibi Alemika,” Professor Chijioke Uwasomba of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, shared reflections that offer a valuable historical perspective on how policing once functioned in Nigeria. His comments, informed by his experience as the son of a police officer who served during what many remember as the more professional era of the Nigerian Police, remind us that Nigeria once had a policing system that was deeply rooted in local communities.

 The long-standing clamor for State Police in Nigeria has transitioned from a theoretical debate to a policy priority. With the recent resolution by the 36 State Governors and the strategic appointment of an 8-man committee by the Inspector General of Police, Tunji Disu, the nation stands at a crossroads. The goal is clear: to move away from a colonial-era, unitary policing model and toward a decentralized system that reflects Nigeria’s federal reality.

Barely forty-eight hours after some concerned indigenes of Aboh Ogwashi-Uku community in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State called on the Inspector General of Police and Delta State Governor to order the immediate withdrawal of police personnel from their land, the same group (names withheld) has called security agencies in the State to urgently intervene as total break down of law and order is quite imminent.

The people of Aboh Ogwashi-Uku community in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State have pleaded with the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to order the immediate withdrawal of police personnel deployed to assist a Chinese businessman in invading and claiming people’s land in the community.