EU pledges 15m euros to boost Nigerian police (It will be embezzled)

From JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE and AIDOGHIE PAULINUS, Abuja The European Union yesterday announced a programme of 15 million euro aimed at reinforcing the security capabilities of the Nigerian police forces. EU President, Jose Manuel Barroso, who met with President Goodluck Jonathan on the sideline of the one day summit on “Human Security, Peace and Development: Agenda […]

Police arrest 11 suspected robbers, kidnappers in Rivers

The Rivers State Police Command on Wednesday paraded 11 suspected armed robbers and two kidnappers in Port Harcourt. The suspects, according to the State Police Commissioner, Mr. Tunde Ogunsakin, were arrested during various operations carried out by policemen in the state. Ogunsakin who narrated how one of the operations was carried out told newsmen that […]

Police deploy sniffer dogs in six airports

The police on Thursday commenced deployment of sniffer dogs to some international airports across the country as part of efforts to beef up security in those areas. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that more than 20 dogs were deployed to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. At the occasion, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr […]

How trigger-happy cop slept in a bush in Edo while evading arrest

  *Killer cop, Corporal Valentine Ofuamaka, being led by prison official into the blackmaria after being arraigned at the Edo state Magistrate Court in Benin city advertisement     <a href=”http://media.fastclick.net/w/click.here?sid=12386&m=6&c=1″ target=”_blank”><img src=”http://media.fastclick.net/w/get.media?sid=12386&m=6&tp=8&d=s&c=1&vcm_acv=1.3″ width=”300″ height=”250″ border=”1″></a> By SIMON EBEGBULEM, BENIN CITY Tragedy struck last Saturday along the Ikpoba Hill river, along the Benin Agbor road […]

My successor will be tougher –Mbu

  Former Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu THE past Police Commissioner in Rivers State, Mr. Joseph Mbu, has stated that those that called for his redeployment were not fair to him. He also said contrary to insinuations, he was not in the state to do anybody’s bidding. The police commissioner, who was […]

Police mop up arms ahead of 2015 Elections

  The Nigeria Police said they have started mopping up arms ahead of the 2015 general elections in the country. Mr Frank Mba, the Force Public Relations Officer, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday. He added that the police had placed surveillance on public armouries […]

Five policemen slump on parade ground

Five Policemen slump on parade ground in Lagos … on Friday | credits: Stanley Ogidi Five officers of the Nigeria Police Force slumped on Friday at the Police College, Ikeja, during a parade to mark the pulling out (retirement) of senior police officers. The event, which lasted for about two hours, was held in honour […]

160,000 policemen being trained for 2015 elections —IG (Is it war or elections?)

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has said about 160,000 policemen are being trained to ensure hitch-free gubernatorial elections in Ekiti and Osun states this year and the 2015 general elections. The IG said this when the United States Ambassador, Mr. James Entwistle, paid him a courtesy visit at the Force headquarters Abuja, on Tuesday. […]

APC compiles dossier on CP Mbu for submission to the United Nations •Insists on redeployment

All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter, has set up a three-man committee to compile a comprehensive list of alleged atrocities by the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mbu Joseph Mbu, since he assumed office as the Commissioner of Police in Rivers State in February, 2013. This was disclosed this morning in a statement issued […]

Breaking News: Amaechi dares police, Ogoni elders; storms Ogoniland for rally

Views: 1001 Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has made good his words to personally attend today’s rally in Ogoniland despite fears of a breakdown of law and order and advice against doing so. “We are off to Bori for the rally and His Excellency is going with us,” a source close to […]

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