Kidnappers of the abducted Deputy Superintendent of Police, Godwin Oshiogbuwe, have reportedly killed him in the forest. Oshiogbuwe was abducted on Wednesday by unknown gunmen at Ubiaja, Esan South East local government area of the State. Police sources had it that his body was found in a forest on Ubiaja-Ewohimi-Agbor road by a police tactical […]
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The police in Nigeria have emerged as the most corrupt public institution in the country, according to a new survey released today by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). The power sector was ranked second in the survey’s corruption index, which examined five public institutions in Nigeria in the last 5 years. Other public institutions […]
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A policeman has shot dead an election observer in Enugu State on Saturday. The incident happened in Umuida community, Enugu Ezike, Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of the state, some metres away from the residence of Ayogu Eze, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. He was said to have […]
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The police command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), said it has arrested a suspect, Valentine Ezeogu, with a human skull in Wuye area of Abuja. Bala Ciroma, the commissioner of police in the territory, made the disclosure while briefing journalists on Monday. Ciroma said the suspect, 42, was arrested on January 8 by operatives […]
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The Commissioner of Police in Edo state, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, has said that the 2019 general elections will subject the professionalism and commitment to duty of security agencies to national and international scrutiny. Odumosu said this on Wednesday in Benin at a Peace Accord and stakeholders meeting, ahead of the February general elections. This is even […]
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According to TheCable Newspaper, the police have slammed a nine-count charge on Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west. The charges border on lying and resisting arrest. They were filed after the senator fulfilled the bail conditions a high court in Abuja granted him on Friday. In the charge sheet, one Silas Omenka was named as […]
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Edgal Imohimi, Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, on Wednesday led operatives of the state command and other security agencies to publicly destroy confiscated drugs, worth over N400 million in Ikorodu area of the state. Imohimi, who addressed the press at the site of the event, said the drugs were seized from criminal during raids by the […]
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A 43-year-old Islamic studies teacher Abdulsalam Salaudeen has been arrested by the police for defiling a five-year-old girl. Salaudeen, who lives 16, Awoyemi Street on Igando Road, Ikotun Lagos, was recorded on video while engaging in the act. The suspected pedophile was allegedly engaged to teach the girl Islamic studies. A Good Samaritan last Friday […]
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The Police have declared Senator Dino Melaye wanted for shooting and injuring a policeman in Kogi State. This follows the invasion of Melaye’s home in Abuja on Friday by police personnel numbering over 20. The security force alleged that the lawmaker and his armed thugs shot and injured the officer, one Sgt Danjuma Saliu, […]
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The Nigeria Police Force on Thursday postponed the presentation of suspected killers of late former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, to the media in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the force had on Wednesday said it had arrested alleged killers of Mr Badeh which it planned to present to journalists […]
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