Metropolitan Police
4 Dec
The head of the UK's independent police watchdog has quit while facing a police probe into an allegation of historic wrongdoing, the interior minister has said. The regulator has been highly critical of the UK police force, which is attempting to rebuild public trust following a series of high-profile scandals. Home Secretary Suella Braverman announced…
29 Jun 2022
The Senate on Wednesday agreed to send a high-powered delegation of lawmakers to the United Kingdom to see the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who is facing an alleged case of an organ harvesting charge in that country. Senate President Ahmad Lawan made the disclosure at plenary after the Upper Chamber emerged from a…
28 Jun 2022
Nigeria's former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have sued the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), and two commercial banks in a Federal High Court in Abuja. The duo filed the suit before Justice Inyang Ekwo amid an allegation of organ harvesting against them by the United Kingdom…
23 Jun 2022
A UK court denied Nigerian lawmaker Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice bail over a conspiracy to harvest the organs of a child. Arise TV reports that Ekweremadu and Beatrice appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. The "alleged victim is this case is homeless 15 year old boy who was brought to the…
15 Jun 2021
London's Metropolitan Police engaged in "a form of institutional corruption" by denying and even concealing failings in its handling of the unsolved murder of a private investigator, an independent panel said Tuesday. The first objective of Britain's biggest police force was to "protect itself" in its refusal to acknowledge the many failures in the probe…
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2019 Big Brother Naija housemate Khafi Kareem could be sanctioned by the Metropolitan Police in the UK for appearing on the show. The police said Khafi, a 29-year-old constable in the force, is appearing on the reality TV show despite her bosses refusing her permission. The Metropolitan Police said it was carrying out an internal…
5 Mar 2019
British counter terrorism officers are investigating three "small improvised explosive devices" believed capable of starting small fires that were found in separate locations in London on Tuesday. The suspicious packages containing padded envelopes were found at an office block next to Heathrow Airport, the post room at Waterloo station and at offices near London City…
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