The Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammad Dingyadi, has confirmed the deployment of the new Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) operatives to state commands. Dingyadi made this known, while featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme on Friday. The SWAT officers have ended their training and they have been posted to the state police commands that […]
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Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has predicted that in a the All Progressives Congress (APC) will collapse. According to him, this will pave way for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to offer Nigerians the much-needed leadership. He spoke during the inauguration of the party’s eastern zone councils poll campaigns in Gwadabawa town, headquarters of […]
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Some suspected hoodlums have killed two police officers in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The criminals also set ablaze a Hilux van the policemen were riding in. The incident happened in the early hours of on Monday, The Nation was told. One of the policemen was according to reports burnt beyond recognition. […]
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An Igbo socio-political group with the name World Igbo Peoples Assembly, (WIPAS), has requested President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to appoint an Igbo man as the next Inspector General of Police, IGP. This is as the tenure of the incumbent IGP, Mohammed Adamu comes to an end gradually. The group also lauded the appointment of […]
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Olamide Erinfolami, the widow of a police inspector who was shot dead during the #EndSARS protest, has accused her late husband’s colleagues of killing him. When she appeared before the Lagos state judicial panel on Friday, the widow said Ayodeji Erinfolami, a police inspector, was shot dead while trying to quell the #EndSARS protest at […]
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The Bayelsa State Police Command, on Wednesday, confirmed the shooting of two women and a teenager by a trigger-happy policeman. According to a statement by the spokesperson for the command, Asinim Butswat, the incident took place in the Edepie-Etegwe area of Yenagoa, the state capital, on Tuesday. Butswat identified the victims as Ebinipiri Onojamadu, 46; […]
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A top British official has revealed that the government of the United Kingdom trained the operatives of the disbanded special anti-robbery squad (SARS) for four years. In a letter dated October 29, 2020, James Duddridge, UK minister for Africa, said the former operatives of SARS participated in a training “designed to improve human rights.” The […]
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Okoli Aguwu, who appeared before the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution set up by the Lagos State government, says he spent 48 days in the detention of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Recall that the panel was set up to look into the allegations of brutality and highhandedness by personnel of the unit of […]
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state, says footage has shown that the Nigerian Army is responsible for the shooting that occurred at Lekki toll gate in Lagos. Recall that last week Tuesday, armed men in army uniform stormed the toll gate where #EndSARS protesters had gathered for 13 days and used live bullets on them. […]
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The Commonwealth Secretary-General is in close communication with the Nigerian Government and is following with deep concern the alarming reports of attacks on demonstrators in Lagos and other parts of Nigeria. Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland called for an end to all violence and restoration of peace in Nigeria. She said: “The Commonwealth strongly condemns the […]
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