The federal capital territory (FCT) command of the Nigeria Police Force has explained that protesters demanding that President Muhammadu Buhari either resume office or resign because were dispersed because it was hijacked by hoodlums. Teargas canisters and high-velocity stream of water were fired at protesters who converged on Unity Fountain in Abuja. In a statement […]
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State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), of the Lagos State Police Command, Panti-Yaba, has arraigned three men before a Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly defrauding the Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa of the sum of N9, 188,100. The three men, Frank Nwokobia, 27, Ezeoke Kanayochukwu, 25, and Godwin […]
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The military in Nigeria says it has concluded plans to train mobile strike team among personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and men of the Nigerian Police Force fighting Boko Haram in the North-east. This information was made public by the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, who spoke in Maiduguri at […]
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Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has confirmed that movable items were stolen from his house in Abuja. He confirmed the incident in a statement by his spokesperson, Ikechukwu Eze, following some media reports that the home was stripped bare and some of the items stolen were being sold in markets. He also debunked media […]
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The Lagos State command of the Nigerian police on Monday raided an Ikorodu shrine belonging to suspected members of the Badoo cult group. As part of the raid, a 51-year-old man, Alhaji Alaka Abayomi, who was said to be working with the group, was arrested along with two others.Lagos command’s spokesperson, Olarinde Famous-Cole, said a […]
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The Lagos state command of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has dismissed three officers it found guilty of illegal arrest and extortion. The affected officers are Okelue Nkemeonye, Braimoh Sunday and Yusuf Olukoga. Abayomi Shogunle, an assistant commissioner of police, who disclosed this, encouraged members of the public to report the misconduct of police officers. […]
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Men of the Nigerian Police Force and suspected members of the Boko Haram sect engaged in fierce gun battle in Kano on Sunday morning. Premium Times reported that the police officers were members of a special task force set up by the inspector general of police. Five suspects, including two women suspected to be wives […]
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The authorities of the Nigerian Police College, Oji River in Enugu State have suspended five recruits for indiscipline. The five are among the 966 fresh intakes of 2016 class currently undergoing training since Dec. 31, 2016 and expected to pass out in September. The Commandant of the college, Mr Anthony Ogboji, made the disclosure in […]
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The police said today that the arrested kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme George Onwuamadike alias Evans is still in their custody and has not vanished. The spokesman of Police Jimoh Moshood, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CPS), said Evans was safe and still under police watch. Moshood was denying a sensational story published today by a Nigerian […]
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Former Vice President of Nigeria, Namadi Sambo, has accused security agencies of a plot to plant incriminating object in his residence as part of a plan to bring criminal charges against him. In a statement he issued on Saturday through his spokesman, Umar Sani, Sambo said security agents have raided his property, especially unoccupied ones, […]
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