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Articles, Columnists, John Egbeazien Oshodi, Nigerian Police, NNP Columnists
Saturday, September 27th, 2014
By John Egbeazien Oshodi | NNP | September 27, 2014 – Mr. Suleiman Abba, the new Inspector General of Police, along with other Chiefs of Nigerian security agencies, need to jointly put an immediate stop to the barbaric act and practice of publicly parading criminal suspects allegedly involved in crimes. In recent years, calls by decent-minded […]
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General Politics, Governors, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Tuesday, September 16th, 2014
Amaechi and Mbu The Rivers State Governor and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has said that a thousand Mbus, (a former commissioner of Police in the state) cannot tame him or the people of the state. Amaechi described a former state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu, as a puppet. The […]
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Lagos, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police, State News
Monday, September 8th, 2014
By KINGSLEY OMONOBI-ABUJA Following recent promotions and retirements in the Nigerian Police force which led to vacancies in position of Command helmsmen, the Acting Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba Monday appointed new Commissioners of Police for 21 states of the federation with CP Kayode Aderanti moving to Lagos as the new CP. He takes […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Friday, August 29th, 2014
The police college overrun by Boko Haram sect over a week ago has been converted into the base of the terrorist group, according to the Director, Catholic Social Communications, Maiduguri Diocese of the Catholic Church, Gideon Obasogie, who narrated the account of a survivor to Saturday PUNCH on Friday. The clergyman in both telephone chat […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Wednesday, August 6th, 2014
I killed her out of jealousy-Suspect The Police in Lagos have paraded the alleged killer of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Edmark International, Mrs Njideka Lizzy Nzewe International Police (INTERPOL) at the weekend arrested Kelechi William, the prime suspect in the killing of 39-year-old Lizzy Njideka Nzewe. Kelechi Williams, an indigene of Umuoji in […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Nigerian Police, State News
Thursday, July 31st, 2014
Two policemen were stabbed yesterday in Alakija area of Lagos metropolis as they tried to drive an insane woman away from the premises of a popular pentecostal church. According to an eyewitness, who did not want to be named, “trouble started when the woman was standing in front of the church and policemen deployed to […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Thursday, July 31st, 2014
Mr. Suleiman Abba Barring any last change of plan, the Federal Government is expected to announce Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 7, Mr. Suleiman Abba, as a replacement for Mohammed Abubakar, the Inspector-General of Police, whose tenure ended on July 30, 2014. Findings indicated that President Goodluck Jonathan had already conveyed to Abba the news […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Thursday, July 10th, 2014
Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar | credits: File copy The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Muhammed Abubakar, has promoted the junior corporals to sergeants and left the senior corporals behind. The others are waiting for the IG to release their signal for corporal to sergeant course in order to meet up with their colleagues. Instead, what […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Ekiti, Headlines, Nigerian Police, Party Politics, State News
Tuesday, July 8th, 2014
The suspects (far right, Odeyemi). | credits: Olaleye Aluko The Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force, Adeniji-Adele Street, Lagos, on Monday paraded a chief of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State, Itunnu Odeyemi, and eight others, saying they were notorious for snatching exotic cars in the country. The police said Odeyemi […]
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Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014
The collapsed building | credits: Olaleye Aluko Some policemen and their families escaped being crushed on Monday night when a two-storey building in the Pedro Police Barracks, Somolu, Lagos, collapsed. PUNCH Metro learnt that the building, which served as the kitchen, bathroom and toilet extension, collapsed at about 8.30pm when most of the residents were […]
