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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Friday, November 4th, 2016
From Molly KILETE. Abuja The Police Force Headquarters, in Abuja, yesterday, announced the composition of a special investigation team to look into alleged cases of sexual abuses, exploitation, harassments, gender based violence and professional misconduct on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in some camps in the North East. The police hierarchy said it became necessary following […]
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Latest Politics, Legislature, Nigerian Police, Senate
Thursday, October 27th, 2016
Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Police Service Commission has suspended the ongoing recruitment of 10,000 personnel into the Nigeria Police Force following pressure from the Senate and the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris. The decision to stop the exercise was taken by the commission about two weeks ago, shortly after it […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Monday, October 10th, 2016
Afeez Hanafi The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two members of a robbery gang for allegedly attacking a polythene producing company in Alibaba, in the Isashi area of the state, stealing a raw material evaluated at N6.4m. The suspects are 42-year-old Moruf Afolabi and one Saheed Adeoti, a new worker of the company. A […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Wednesday, September 28th, 2016
By Soni Daniel The family of the former Inspector General of Police, Sir Etim Okon Inyang, on Wednesday, confirmed the passage of the non-nonsense police chief. In a statement made available to Vanguard in Abuja, the family confirmed that their father passed on at the Reddington Hospital, Lagos on Monday night. In the statement signed […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Saturday, September 10th, 2016
By Kingsley Omonobi, Abuja The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris, says police have not banned public protest even though they restricted the Bring Back Our Girls group from protesting to the Presidential Villa, Abuja. A statement from Force Headquarters, signed by DCP Don Awunah, quoted the IGP as saying: “Categorically, at no time did […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police, Rivers, State News
Sunday, August 28th, 2016
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have killed a notorious kidnapper known as General Igbudu in Ahoada East Local Government. The kidnapper, who is also an armed robber, was gunned down in the early hours of Sunday after a shootout with the police at Ihuike, along the East-West Road in […]
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General Politics, Governors, Headlines, Nigerian Police
Sunday, August 28th, 2016
Our Correspondents Many Nigerians have expressed worries over the recent increase in criminal activities, especially the frequency of violent crimes across the country. They blamed state governors and the police for their inability to deal effectively with criminals. Those who spoke with our correspondents lamented that crimes such as robbery, kidnapping, militancy, and herdsmen attacks, […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Sunday, August 28th, 2016
Adelani Adepegba The 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, recorded 2,241 robbery cases in 2015, according to an official record obtained exclusively by SUNDAY PUNCH in Abuja on Friday. Conversely, the nation recorded 2,841 robbery cases in 2014 and 2,988 in 2013. It also recorded 1,827 rape cases, including 886 kidnappings last year. […]
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Edo, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Thursday, August 25th, 2016
Alexander Okere, Benin The Nigeria Police on Thursday said that no fewer than 23,000 personnel, comprising officers and rank and file, would be deployed to 2,627 polling units for next month’s governorship election in Edo State. The Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Operations, Joshak Habila, who disclosed this during a visit to […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Monday, August 22nd, 2016
The Lagos State Police Command has rescued 28 persons, including 13 teenagers, found in chains in a house at Oke-Ira, Ojodu. The command’s spokesperson, SP Dolapo Badmos, said on Monday that the victims were rescued on Friday. Badmos said that the command had also arrested one Emmanuel Adeyemi alleged to have been responsible for the […]
