Office of Auditor General of the Federation, has recommended the prosecution of some police operatives by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over conversion of arms and ammunition for illegal use. The recommendation was contained in the audit queries with Ref. No: AuGF/AR.2019/02, dated September 15, 2021 and signed by the Auditor General of […]
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The police have confirmed the arrest of the 2019 governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA), Uche Nwosu. Nwosu, a son-in-law to former Imo Governor, Rochas Okorocha, was picked up on Sunday. However, it was initially thought that the politician was kidnapped by armed men. In a statement, Imo Police Command Public Relations Officer, Michael Abattam, […]
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Some student of Idogbo Secondary School, located in the infamous Upper Sakponba in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State have vandalized school properties in an outrage. It was gathered that the students resorted to violence when one of them had an altercation with one of the policemen drafted to the school to maintain law […]
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The suspended commander of the police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Abba Kyari, says Ramon Abbas, the self-confessed international fraudster popularly known as Hushpuppi reached his team to help recover N8 million for a friend. Abba Kyari, a deputy commissioner of police (DCP), had come under fire after Huspuppi, who is being tried in the US, […]
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The Zamfara Command of the Nigeria Police Force, says security operatives have rescued 100 abducted persons from bandits at Kabaro forest in Maru LGA of the state. Muhammad Shehu, Zamfara police spokesman, disclosed this in a statement in Gusau, the state capital, on Tuesday. Shehu said the rescue was done in collaboration with the state […]
Continue ReadingA former Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, has been sentenced to 22 years and six months in prison for the murder of George Floyd. Delivering judgement on Friday, Peter Cahill, the presiding judge, said the sentence was not based on public opinion. “The sentence is not based on his emotion or sympathy, but at the […]
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The Police Command in Nasarawa State says it has arrested a Chinese national and the Special Adviser to Gov. Abdullahi Sule on Infrastructures and 15 others over alleged vandalism of rail line facilities. Mr Bola Longe, Commissioner of Police in the state, confirmed this while addressing newsmen on Thursday in Lafia. He said other suspects […]
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The Nigeria Police Force has alerted the public of possible attacks by Boko Haram insurgents on the cities of Abuja and Jos, Plateau State. This warning was contained in a letter addressed to the Commissioners of Police and Command Headquarters ofthe FCT/Plateau State and signed by Ag. CP Idowu Owhunwa, Principal Staff Officer to the […]
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The Nigerian Police Force, NPF has ordered immediate withdrawal of personnel attached to governors, senators, public office holders and high profile persons in the South East. The was decision reached following the incessant attacks on police formations and officers and in the region. The directive was contained in a police wireless message shared by The […]
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A Policeman was caught on tape threatening to impound a car for not having a tint-permit as he requests for a bribe to be paid in cash. In the video shared by a Twitter user @YemieFASH, who was flagged on a highway in Ekiti for not having the necessary car permit, a policeman could be […]
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