A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, has narrated how he escaped gunshots, allegedly fired at his vehicle by policemen on Tuesday while traveling to Ile Ife, Osun State to pay homage to the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi. He narrated that the policemen who were escorting a bullion van […]
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Police officers in Ondo State have allegedly killed one Mrs. Aderonke Eze, a widow who owns a “mini bear parlor” in Akure. Mrs. Aderonke Eze lived at No. 1, Akinyemi Street, off Ijoka road, Sijuwade close in Akure, before was slain with a gun butt by police officers from the Ala unit of the Oda […]
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The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has reduced the numbers of Policemen attached to Governors, from 150 to 62. Arase, who spoke in Lagos at the weekend, said the Police were worried that too many of their officers and men were doing jobs other than their core police duties, yet they were being promoted. He added […]
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Some policemen have allegedly shot dead an engineer, Chinedu Uzor, during an altercation at a checkpoint in Sperando Junction, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the leader of the police team, Inspector Agbo Onwe, had been arrested and detained at the command headquarters, Abakaliki. On Sunday, July 19, Uzor, a mechanical engineer, was returning from […]
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BY AYO OLOWO There have been various online advertisement on the recruitment of general duty police officers. This has raised eyebrows as to the process and method employed by the NPF. However, the Police Service Commission has disassociated itself from the precess. This was made public in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by Mr Ikechukwu Ani, […]
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