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New Year eve robbers arrested in Kogi

Ihesiulo Grace 11 January 2018 0

Kogi state Police command on Tuesday paraded five persons suspected to be armed robbers who invaded the home of a couple in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital during the yelutide. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Kogi state. ASP William Aya, who made this known, also said the suspects

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Nigeria police disperse Shiite protesters with tear gas in Abuja

Ihesiulo Grace 10 January 2018 0

Policemen have again dispersed with tear gas some Shiite protesters at Area 3, Garki, Abuja. According to report from Punch online, the policemen fired tear gas canisters at the youths, who responded by throwing stones at the policemen. The incident caused pandemonium as traders in nearby shopping malls hurriedly closed their shops while motorists looked […]

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Police confirm abduction of NCDMB accountant in Bayelsa

Ihesiulo Grace 9 January 2018 0

The Bayelsa State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of an accountant with the Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Chief Numudogio Micah by unknown gunmen. Micah was reportedly whisked away to an unknown destination on 5 January, along the Brass-Nembe waterways by suspected sea pirates. The hoodlums were also reported to have contacted the […]

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Police confirm 3 dead, 6 injured in fresh Taraba attack

Ihesiulo Grace 9 January 2018 0

The police in Taraba on Monday confirmed the death of three persons in another overnight attack on Maisamari in town in Sardauna Local Government Area of the state by a suspected militia group. The police spokesman in the state, ASP David Misal, who confirmed the incident in Jalingo, said no fewer than six others sustained […]

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Anti -fraud arrests Ondo perm sec over alleged fraud

Ihesiulo Grace 7 January 2018 0

The newly sworn in permanent secretary in Ondo State overseeing affairs in Ondo State , Olipede Ezekiel Dare, was over the weekend arrested by men of the Police Special `fraud Unit. Olipede was arrested over allegations of fraud following a petition written against him by a yet to be identified persons in the state. The […]

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Court stops Emeka Offor from selling firm belonging to Chukwureh, children

Ihesiulo Grace 6 January 2018 0

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday granted an order of interim injunction restraining the Inspector General of Police and Emeka Chuka Offor from alienating, disposing, dissipating any tangible and intangible property belonging to the Centre Point Network Limited (the plaintiff) offices including No1, Tigris Close, Opposite Shell Estate, off Medeira Street, Maitama,

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SARS arrests two ex-military men for robbery

Ihesiulo Grace 5 January 2018 0

Police in Kano said that it has arrested two dismissed army personnel on camouflage for alleged robbery. The suspects, Abubakar Ibrahim a Kaduna resident and Jaduwa Thalma of Askira Uba Borno State were arrested in full Army uniform attempting to cross to Niger Republic with a brand new robbed Unregistered Ford Hilux Navy blue colour […]

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Group petitions Police over alleged killings by an officer

Ihesiulo Grace 5 January 2018 0

A Human Rights activist and the President of Progressive Mind for Development Initiative (PMDI), Comrade Abubakar Abdulsalam, has threatened to petition the Inspector General of Police, should the Adamawa Command, failed to handle properly the alleged case of homicide against Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Hassan Usman Dass. Comrade Abubakar, in the petition,

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Alleged killing of 7 Adamawa farmers, Police arrest ASP

Ihesiulo Grace 4 January 2018 0

The Adamawa Police Command on Thursday confirmed the arrest of a policeman who was alleged to have shot to death seven farmers in the state. The arrest followed a petition by a Civil Society Organization, Progressive Mind for Development Initiate. The petition signed by the President of the CSO, Abubakar Abdulsalam, alleged that the officer, […]

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Police arrest man with 114 bags of Indian hemp in Ogun

Ihesiulo Grace 4 January 2018 0

The Ogun State Command of Nigeria Police Force have arrested one Noah Olaore with one Hundred and fourteen bags of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp. The suspect was arrested on the 29th of December 2017, in front of M.K.O Abiola Stadium Abeokuta. In a release issued in Abeokuta by the Command Public Relations Officer […]

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Frequent missing car hire operators unsettles Delta

Ihesiulo Grace 4 January 2018 0

…Police search for perpetrators The incessant missing of car hiring operators across Delta State has continued to unsettle the State Government including Law Enforcement Agencies. While investigation revealed that no fewer than ten car hiring operators between December 2017 and January 2018 had been reported to have been missing by the police, strong indications are

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New Commissioner of Police assumes duty in Akwa Ibom

Ihesiulo Grace 4 January 2018 0

…Promises to make state safest in Nigeria A new Commissioner of Police, CP Adeyemi Samuel Ogunjemilusi has assumed duty in Akwa Ibom State with the promised of his command to make the state safest in the country. Mr Ogunjemilusi, a 23rd Commissioner of Police posted to Akwa Ibom State, took over from CP Zabairu Muazu […]

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Police parade 16 kidnappers, robbers,rapists

Ihesiulo Grace 2 January 2018 0

The Nigeria Police has paraded 16 notorious members of three kidnap for ransom and armed robbery gangs suspects that operate along Abuja- Suleja- Kaduna -Minna highways. The Force Public Relations Officer , CSP Jimoh Moshood who paraded the suspects at Sabin Wuse Division, Niger State on Tuesday, said the gangs members were responsible for the […]

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Lagos State: Police dismisses 9 Officers, demotes 25

Ihesiulo Grace 2 January 2018 0

Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday announced that it has dismissed nine policemen found culpable of various offences. Twenty others were demoted for offences bordering on gross insubordination, incivility and drunkenness, among others. The development is contained in a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chike Oti. The statement read, “In keeping

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Delta police arrest 35 year old man for raping 6 year old

Ihesiulo Grace 1 January 2018 0

The Police in Abraka, Delta state on New year Day arrested a 35 year old man identified as Johnson (surname withheld) for allegedly raping a six year old girl in his house at Umono street in Abraka community. Reports said that the alleged rapist, a single father of three and a civil servant, was said […]

Opinion

“The Nigerian Police is Your Friend?”

Ihesiulo Grace 30 December 2017 0

“My friend, an Uber Driver who resides in Apapa with number plate APP 78 EZ had this meted on him by officers of the Nigerian Police Force. I was passing through Soloki Street, Surulere, Lagos. I wasn’t aware i drove through a One Way Street as I’m not conversant with the area; The police officers […]

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Police, Bayelsa community trade words over attack in Nembe

Ihesiulo Grace 28 December 2017 0

The Bayelsa Police Command and indigenes of Okoroba, in Nember Local Government Area of Bayelsa are trading words over attack in the community. The incident reportedly happened on Boxing Day, December 26. Daily Times learnt that several members of the community reportedly made efforts to report the incident to Police authorities and other security agencies. […]

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Man allegedly slashes her girlfriend’s throat in Katsina

Ihesiulo Grace 23 December 2017 0

The Katsina State Police Command says it has arrested a 23-year-old man, Abubakar Musa, who slashed the throat of his girl-friend, Aisha Dikkom. The police also said it has arrested a 15-year-old house wife, Daushiya Abdullahi, for allegedly killing her husband and another person through food poison. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Benson Gwana, […]

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IGP bars SARS operatives from stop and search duties on roads

Ihesiulo Grace 23 December 2017 0

…Directs operatives to stay off civil matters The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has barred operatives of the controversial Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, from conducting stop and search on roads. The IGP also stopped them from acting as bodyguards to prominent Nigerians just as he warned them against further delving into civil matters […]

Africa World

Kenyan Police employed assault and rape during polls – HRW

Ihesiulo Grace 15 December 2017 0

The last has not been heard of Kenya’s recently concluded elections that brought the country’s president to power for the second term in office, as revelations show massive breach of rights by security operatives. Several dozen of women in Kenya said Police officers attacked them during this year’s election season and some said they were […]