The inspector-general of police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate withdrawal of police officers attached to very important persons (VIP). The directive was issued via a police wireless message on Wednesday. This development comes after a two weeks of protests by Nigerians demanding an end to police brutality in the country. In the directive […]
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Operatives from the counter terrorism unit of the Imo state police command blocked the Owerri/Orlu road in the state capital on Saturday to protest lack of accommodation. As reported by PUNCH, the operatives who were demonstrating for the second day in a row caused traffic gridlock and panic in the area. The demonstrators, who reportedly wore […]
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Two police officers were among four people killed Friday in a shooting that sparked panic and a police lockdown in a sleepy eastern Canadian city, as the nation grapples with rising gun violence. Residents of the Brookside neighbourhood of Fredericton, New Brunswick woke to the sounds of multiple gunshots. Witnesses told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation […]
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Three men of the Nigeria Police Force were reportedly killed along the Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna highway during an ambush by suspected bandits on Tuesday. The vehicle in which the deceased officers were in was also set ablaze, according to the Birnin-Gwari Vanguards for Security and Good Governance. The group said the incident occurred near Labi village in Birnin-Gwari […]
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Mobile policemen on Monday in Maiduguri staged a protest over non-payment of their allowances. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protesting policemen barricaded the command headquarters located on Maiduguri-Kano expressway. The protest disrupted traffic on the road. One of protesting policemen who pleaded anonymity, said they were angry over non-payment of their […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the recruitment of 6,000 additional policemen as part of fresh measures to address the nation’s security challenges including the farmers/herdsmen clashes across the country. The President made this known in a special interview session with Voice of America, Hausa service, in Washington, United States on Tuesday morning. President Buhari, who […]
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Reports have emerged that two policemen sustained injuries after a male suicide bomber struck in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, on Thursday night. The attack happened hours after the insurgents engaged security operatives in a gun battle. Boko Haram had attempted to infiltrate the ancient city but they were repelled by a combined team of soldiers, […]
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The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has suspended by one month, the withdrawal of policemen attached to VIPs across the country. The suspension of the order, which was billed to be immediate, when announced on Monday, followed Idris’ meeting with the Commanders of Police Mobile Force (PMF), Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) and Special Protection Unit […]
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The policemen responsible for the death of one Ebuka Okori, a Nigerian who lived in South Africa, have been remanded in prison. Okori was allegedly killed by two members of the South African Police Service (SAPS), on Friday. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, senior special assistant to the president on foreign affairs and diaspora, said the Nigeria consulate in […]
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The Adamawa police command has confirmed the death of four of its men in a clash with gunmen in Numan local government area of the state. Othman Abubakar, the command spokesman, who confirmed the incident to NAN on Friday, said the four policemen from Numan divisional headquarters were on patrol when the incident occurred. Abubakar […]
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