It was a “Black Christmas” in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital following the inadvertent killing of a police officer by a fellow policeman during a gun duel between the police and suspected cultists. An eyewitness who preferred anonymity told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday that the incident occurred on Christmas day at […]
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The Police officials arrested seven persons in Onitsha, Anambra State for selling illegal mint naira notes. Commissioner of Police, Mr Garba Umar, who paraded the suspects before journalists, said the suspects were engaging in an act that was illegal and punishable under the Central Bank of Nigeria act. Umar said the suspects were arrested in
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Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Tuesday, December 12, promoted its Youth Ambassador and Mavin recording artiste, Korede Bello to the rank of the Superintendent of Police. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Jimoh Moshood, announced Mr Bello’s promotion during the Police Accountability forum organised by the Korede Bello Initiative which held at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja,
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Adeniyi Oyedeji A coalition of different social groups on Monday stormed the streets of Ibadan to demand the outright reformation of the entire Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), unit across the country. The groups were seen moving around in Ibadan with different placards labeling the SARS as a ruthless and inhumane unit of the police force.
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Ifeoluwa Dada The Police Command in Osun on Monday said it has arrested one Joseph Mark, a 25-year-old undergraduate of the Adekunle Ajasin University (AAUA), Ondo, who beheaded his mother on Sunday. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the command, DSP Folashade Odoro, told newsmen in Osogbo that the incident happened at about 6:30 am,
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The Lagos Commissioner of Police, Mr Imohimi Edgal, has given commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as okada, in the state three days to register with any of the two relevant associations or risk arrest. Edgal gave the directive on Saturday during an emergency meeting with the leadership the commercial motorcycle operators as part of measures to
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Two United States police team in Detroit have engaged each other in a brawl after an operation to arrest drug dealers and their customers failed. Detroit Police Department has in the meantime commenced internal investigation into the incident as it wondered why two different precincts should engage each other on an east side neighbourhood. Trouble
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A number of pupils from the Official Language School in the city of Matay in Minya spent the night on Wednesday at the Court of Matay awaiting public prosecutors to interrogate them over a police officer who stormed their school and assaulted them. Dozens of students’ parents and the school management accused a police officer,
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The Police in Enugu State have nabbed nine suspected serial rapists, specialised in raping female members of a church at the outskirts of Enugu. The Spokesman of the command, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, a Superintendent of Police, disclosed this in a statement in Enugu on Sunday. Amaraizu said that the arrest was made possible by a
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Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Sunday morning abducted a new couple, Moses Yakubu, his new wife, best man, chief bridesmaid and some family members in Akunnu Akoko in the Akoko North East Local Government Area of Ondo state. According to a source, the new couple who were heading to Akure, Ondo state capital, from Okene, Kogi state, for
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