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Buhari sends 1000 military force, fighter jet after Zamfara bandits

Ihesiulo Grace 30 July 2018 0

The Federal Government has assembled 1000-strong military force, comprising the Nigerian Army (NA) Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Nigeria Police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to launch fierce attacks on the bandits terrorising the villages and towns of Zamfara State.

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Police present N29m cheque to 51 families of deceased officers

Ihesiulo Grace 14 June 2018 0

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Thursday presented cheque of N29, 836,378 million to 51 families of police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. The Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) of police in charge of Zone 7, Abuja, Mr Taiwo Lakanu, who presented cheque leaves to the beneficiaries in Abuja, said it was […]

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Don’t link me nor Saraki with suspected cultists – Gov Ahmed

Ihesiulo Grace 18 May 2018 0

Governor of Kwara State, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has denied as false and misleading, insinuations linking him and Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki with the suspected cultists arrested in Ilorin, the state capital and transferred by the Nigeria Police to Abuja. Governor Ahmed, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications, […]

Crime

Edo Police Command parades 28 Suspects‎

Ihesiulo Grace 11 April 2018 0

The Edo State Command of the Nigeria Police, Tuesday paraded 28 suspects arrested for various degree of offences across the state. Also, 10 guns, 15 live ammunitions, 32 assorted phones, two cars and many other items recovered from them were displayed at the event. Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo revealed this during media briefing held […]

Crime News

Police mobile camera aid arrest of ex-convict, three others for robbery

Ihesiulo Grace 18 February 2018 0

One of the three mobile CCTV camera procured by the Lagos State Government for Rapid Response Squad and stationed in Oshodi has assisted the police in arresting two suspected phone thieves and two fraudsters. The four suspects were caught on the footage of the mobile CCTV camera stationed in Oshodi to assist the officers of […]

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Why IBB spokesman, Aregbua, is declared wanted – Police

Ihesiulo Grace 6 February 2018 0

The Nigeria police have reacted to the order to arrest Kassim Aregbua, spokesman for the former military president, Ibrahim Babangida over anti- Buhari statement. The Force spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, speaking with Channels Tv said Aregbua has been accused of defamation of character, causing disorder through his statement which raised eyebrows in the country. Recall that

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Nigeria Police rejects ‘worst in the world’ ranking by International agency

Ihesiulo Grace 11 November 2017 0

The Nigerian Police Force(NPF) has gunned down the latest ranking by The International Police Association and the Institute for Economics and Peace, that puts it at the bottom of the world police formations. The 2016 World Internal Security and Police Index (WISPI) credited to the two organisations, rated the Nigerian police the worst in the […]

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#DTNalert: Operatives of Rapid respond squad apprehends suspected human traffickers

Ihesiulo Grace 6 November 2017 0

Operatives of Lagos state Rapid respond squad (RRS) have apprehended two people suspected to be human- traffickers while trying to transport some of their victims out of the state through Ivory-coast. According to report, the traffickers were apprehended in Lagos commercial city at about the hour of 10.05. The suspect, Martha Edea, 30, a mother […]

News In Brief

Cult clash in Rivers claims one

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2017 0

There are reports of a heavy security presence of mobile police teams and National Security and Civil Defence Corps (NCSDCORPS) officers coupled with armoured vehicles at strategic points at Ogbogoro and Rumuekini communities in ‎Obio-Akpor LGA, Rivers State. Preliminary reports indicate that an overnight confrontation between rival youth gangs, which claimed a fatality,

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Three policemen killed as gunmen invade Bayelsa station

Ihesiulo Grace 5 September 2017 0

At least policemen have been reported killed after unidentified gunmen attack Kolo police station in Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa state. Channels Television quoted a witness as saying the attack was carried out by suspected oil thieves. The sad incident is coming a week after four soldiers were killed in an ambush at Letugbene, […]

Crime

Nigeria Police faults NBS report…. Says report is misleading

Ihesiulo Grace 19 August 2017 0

The Nigeria Police Force under the leadership of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris has declared the reports of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and that of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) published on the 16th August 2017 captioned “Police officers, judges most corrupt in Nigeria”, as […]

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I don’t need Police, DSS protection again says Fayose

Ihesiulo Grace 8 March 2017 0

Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose on Wednesday declared that he does not need the officers of the Nigeria Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) to give him protection again. He called on the Federal Government to withdraw the police and DSS men accusing the two security agencies of working for the All Progressives […]

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Atiku to Akiolu: I’ve no hand in your exit from Police

Ihesiulo Grace 1 February 2017 0

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the Oba of Lagos, Rilwanu Akiolu’s allegation that he was removed forcefully from the Nigeria Police Force by former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Atiku. Atiku, in his reaction from a statement from his Media Office, stated that he had no hand in the removal of Akiolu […]

Politics

Police Deploys Troops For Kano Elections

Ihesiulo Grace 9 April 2015 0

Ahead of Saturday’s governorship elections across the country, thousands of police officers have been deployed for the conduct of governorship and state House of Assembly elections in Kano State, North-West Nigeria. Speaking to newsmen shortly after the Inter Agency Consultative Security Meeting on Elections, the State Police Commissioner, Ibrahim Idris, said that the

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30,000 Special Force Squad Arrive Oyo

Ihesiulo Grace 9 April 2015 0

A contingent of the Special Force Squad of the Nigeria Police from the Headquarters are already in Oyo State to reinforce the officers and men of the State Command in providing security at the various polling units in Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. The state Commissioner of Police Alhaji Muhammadu […]

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Polls: Ekiti Police Ban Street Procession

Ihesiulo Grace 24 March 2015 0

Barely a week to the much awaited March 28 presidential poll, the Ekiti State Police Command has placed embargo on street procession. The embargo, according to the Police, was to forestall breakdown of law and order, and loss of innocent lives, as witnessed during the June 21 governorship election. In a statement, in Ado Ekiti, […]

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Police Kill Robbery Gang Leader, Arrest Three Others

Ihesiulo Grace 18 March 2015 0

Men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of Osun State Police Command have killed the leader of a six-man robbery gang on Tuesday while three others were arrested. It was gathered that the notorious armed robbery gang was involved in regular robbing of passengers on the Ife/Akure Ex-pressway. A source close to the state police […]