The Nigeria Police said yesterday that it recovered a total of 9,657 illegal firearms and 26994 illegal ammunition in possession of suspected militias, bandits, armed herdsmen and farmers, vigilante groups, neighbourhood watch and other groups and individuals in the country. The recovery, the police explained, was in the mope up exercise earlier directed by the […]
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The US embassy in Nigeria, on Friday concluded training for 60 Nigerian anti-bomb policemen in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the one-month training included four sessions of 15 participants who will become Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) mentors. In his remarks, Mr Scoitie Blancett, the Regional Security Officer in the US Embassy, […]
Read More The NPF Pensions Limited says it has transferred N36.55bn to the Retirement Savings Accounts of 234,296 police beneficiaries. The money, according to the Managing Director of NPF Pensions Limited, Dr. Hamza Bokki, is from an accrued profit for the RSA holders in 2016. Bokki stated this at the Senior Officers’ Mess of the Cross River […]
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The House of Representatives yesterday invited the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over alleged violations of the 2016 Appropriation Act, the Fiscal Responsibility Act and the Public Procurement Act. Specifically, Idris is to answer queries on why the sum of N1.2 billion approved in the Appropriation Act of 2016 for the purchase of 10 Armoured […]
Read More Police personnel of about 24,000 from across the various Police commands in the country will be deployed to Ondo State for the November 26 governorship election in the state. The Police Officers who are to work with the Police personnel in the state are expected to arrive the state a week to the election. The state […]
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Security agents on Monday blocked the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement from gaining access to the presidential villa, as part of their advocacy for the rescue of the abducted Chibok girls. Oby Ezekwesili, leader of the group, engaged a police officer who said he had orders not to allow the group gain access to […]
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Warning to the Niger Delta Avengers from the Nigerian police stated that its a treasonable offence declaring Republic from the nation Nigeria. The Force Public Relations Officer, Donald Awunah, stated that the security agencies would not allow any action that might lead to a breakdown of law and order in any part of the country. […]
Read More Indications have emerged that following the officers and men of the Nigeria Police invasion in the early hours of today of the Sharks Stadium the venue of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national convention in Port Harcourt, members to the party who were forced to the party Secretariat in the state may have extended the […]
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Inspector General of Police (IGP) Solomon Arase quits today. The 18th indigenous IGP which was appointed in April last year by former President Goodluck Jonathan. According to The Nation, Officers and men of the Force are anxiously awaiting President Muhammadu Buhari’s choice of successor. Force spokesperson Olabisi Kolawole said: “The IG’s tenure will end today and we […]
Read More Police Service Commission has shortlisted 338,227 applicants out of the 911,438 that applied for recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force. The Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Mike Okiro, who disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja, said screening of successful applicants would begin on June 6 in the 36 states of the federation and the […]
Read More The Police in Ogun State have arrested 47 year old man, Mr Ayodele Balogun from Otta in Ado Odo Otta Local Government Area of the state for practicing as a lawyer in the last 10 years without training. Ayodele who has been parading himself as a trained lawyer and practicing at the Otta arm of […]
Read More Bauchi Police Command said on Saturday that it has arrested a suspected female child kidnapper while trying to escape with the victim. The spokesman of the command, Haruna Mohammed, said the suspect, Maryam Mohammed, 22, of Gabi in Soro town was arrested on Friday by police detectives attached to Soro Division. Mohammed told the News Agency […]
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