The trial of Esar Dangabar and six others in the alleged N14 billion police pension scam again was stalled in an FCT High Court, following his ill health. Dangabar is among seven persons standing trial before Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf. Others charged along with him are Ahmed Wada; Atiku Kigo; Veronica Onyegbulam; Sani Zira; Uzoma Attang […]
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The Sokoto State Police Command says it has arrested 20 suspects alleged to be terrorizing residents of Sabon Birni Local Government and its environs. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Ibrahim Kaoje, who made this known at a news conference on Tuesday in Sokoto, said that the suspects were arrested in the last seven days. […]
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There was serious confusion on Tuesday, as a disagreement between soldiers and policemen turns into confrontation. This happened while Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo was inaugurating some projects in Maiduguri, Borno state capital. While Osinbajo, Kashim Shettima, the governor and Usman Durkwa, the deputy governor, were inaugurating a school along Bukumkutu road in the state capital, security […]
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The spokesman of the Nigerian Police Force, Frank Mba has said that Nigerians have the right to search policemen in certain situations when the officers are about to carry out inspections. Frank Mba, the Force Public Relations Officer made this disclosure in a statement on Monday. Mba said in a bit to allay fears, a […]
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The Commissioner of Police in Edo State, Mr. DanMallam Mohammed, has assured that disciplinary action will be taken against the policemen who whisked away the Chief Priest of Okhuaihe shrine at Evbokhoi, Uhunmwode Local Government Area the State, Chief Osarodion Usuanlele, to the Police headquarters in Benin city for questioning. Dan Mallam, who confirmed Usuanlele’s […]
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The Police Command in Zamfara has confirmed the kidnap of five persons at Government Girls Secondary School Moriki in Zurmi Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Muhammad Shehu who made the confirmation in a statement in Gusau on Thursday, said no student was abducted. “On […]
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The police in Benin, Edo State, have arrested a 26-year-old bricklayer, Kenneth Ofoke, for allegedly selling his six-week-old twin babies for N500,000. Kenneth who hails from Eboyi State, sold the infants in Port Harcourt but was arrested in Edo State. He was among suspects paraded by the Edo state police Commissioner, Mohammed DanMallam, for alleged […]
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Suspected killers of four police officers, including a pregnant woman at the Afuze police station in Owan East local government area of Edo State, were Wednesday paraded by the police in Benin. The suspects, numbering six, were alleged to have killed the officers, set the station ablaze and set free their colleagues who were arrested for […]
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Head of the Police Complaints Response Unit (PCRU), Abayomi Shogunle, has advised Nigerians to speak to policemen in pidgin to avoid problems. Shogunle had tweeted a clip of the Commander of the Rapid Response Squad, Tunji Disu, who was addressing his men in a mixture of English and Pidgin. “I am here to discuss the […]
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The Lagos state command of Nigeria Police Force has released names and photographs of its men involved in the killing of Kolade Johnson, a football fan. Recall that a stray bullet hit the deceased during a raid by the anti-cultism unit of the command at Onipetesi, Lagos-Abeokuta road on Sunday. The incident had sparked a […]
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