The Police Command in Benue has confirmed the killing of two of its personnel by suspected herdsmen in an ambush in Logo Local Government Area of the state on Monday. Confirming the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Makurdi on Tuesday, the Police Public Relations Officer, Moses Yamu, said a police patrol team […]
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The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday made a major breakthrough in the fight against the menace of Badoo cult with the arrest of the group’s herbalist, Fatai Adebayo, alias Alese. The notorious activities of the dreaded cult group prevalent in Ikorodu and Epe axis of the state had sent many of the victims to […]
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The Lagos state police command says it has dismissed nine policemen found culpable of various offences. It also demoted twenty-five others for offences bordering on gross insubordination, incivility and drunkenness. Chike Oti, spokesman of the command, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday. “In keeping with the promise he made to the good people […]
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The Kaduna State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the interception of fake drugs worth over N15 million in Zaria. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Muktar Aliyu, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview. He said the Police Area Command in Zaria had intercepted the fake drugs after a tip-off […]
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Although the Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris said the embargo on roadblocks is in force, he has ordered the immediate commencement of ‘stop and search operations’ nationwide. Nigerians may surely find this order conflicting with the earlier one, but Idris said the operations are designed to prevent crimes and criminality throughout the yuletide and […]
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The police in Maiduguri have arrested a suspected top Boko Haram commander, Ibrahim Diye, on Friday following a tip off from one of the residents. A senior member of an ‘intelligence Police unit’ along Airport road, who pleaded anonymity, said, “I cannot disclose the location where the suspected top commander was arrested, as it may […]
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Nigerian dancehall star, Damini Ogulu, widely known as Burna Boy, has finally turned himself in after being declared wanted by the Lagos State police command for two months. The singer reported to the command headquarters in Ikeja at about 5 p.m. on Friday to state his side of the story as well as address the […]
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A video showing an apparently drunk policeman in the Mowo area of Badagry, Lagos, soliciting bribe from an operator of commercial motorcycle better known as ‘Okada’, has been trending on social media. “Me, N100? You are offering me N100? Never!” he said in Yoruba. Armed with his riffle, the policeman sat on the motorcycle as […]
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New York Police Division has arrested one person after an explosion rocked Manhattan on Monday. It has described the explosion as “unknown origin”. It said people had been evacuated. The blast occurred near the Port Authority transit terminal, close to Times Square. Early media reports said the blast came from a pipe bomb, and that […]
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The Police in Nigeria has confirmed the threat to attack the Federal Capital Territory and six other states in the country. The United States and United Kingdom missions in Nigeria had warned of possible attacks in the FCT, Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, and Yobe on soft targets by Boko Haram insurgents. Following the warning, […]
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