Tag: Checkpoint
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Two policemen feared dead in Enugu as gunmen attack checkpoint
After weeks of calmness, gunmen on Sunday resumed attacks on security checkpoints in Enugu State, reportedly killing two policemen. The attack happened before 12.00pm at a police checkpoint between Kenyatta Market and the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus (UNEC) Stadium. A source hinted that the policemen, who were on stop and search, were caught unawares.…
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Gunmen attack police operatives at checkpoint, kill one in Imo
A police officer Ukam Efut was shot dead by hoodlums at a security checkpoint at Agwa area in the Imo State. Efut an Assistant Superintendent of Police was shot dead while carrying out his duties at a security checkpoint with his colleagues at Agwa in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State.
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Late Edo youth wandered into military checkpoint naked – Army
The Nigerian Army has denied brutalizing one Christian Ehima to death in Edo as claimed by the deceased’s mother. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Sunday and made available to journalists in Benin, described as misleading the report on social media alleging that troops tortured one Ehima to…
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Army kill three gunmen who attacked, killed policeman at checkpoint in Anambra
Three of the gunmen who attacked a police checkpoint in Anambra State have been killed, Nigerian Army authorities have said.
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Enugu police confirms attack on checkpoint, many officers killed
The Police in Enugu State have confirmed the deadly attack on its officers at a checkpoint in Obeagu-Amechi Community in Enugu South Local Government Area. TheNewsGuru reports that the community is one of the outskirts in the Enugu metropolitan area. Bodies of at least four policemen were seen after the attack, with some onlookers, including…
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Gunmen shoot three policemen dead at Ebonyi checkpoint
The Police Command in Ebonyi has confirmed the killing of its three operatives by gunmen in Abakaliki, the state capital. The command’s Spokesperson, DSP Loveth Odah, told newsmen on Thursday that the deceased were shot dead at a checkpoint on Onuebonyi/Nwezenyi Road, Abakaliki on Wednesday night. Odah said that the assailants, who pretended to be…
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Gunmen invade checkpoint in Delta, shoot policeman, civilian dead
A mobile Police Sergeant and civilian have been killed by gunmen who invaded a police checkpoint in Eku, Ethiope East council area of Delta on Friday. It was gathered one police rifle was stolen in the incident, which happened around 9 pm. It was learnt the civilians usually helped the operatives to light lamps in…
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Android malware, ‘Judy’ hits as many as 36.5 million phones
The security firm, Checkpoint, on Thursday has uncovered dozens of Android applications that infected users’ devices with malicious ad-click software. In at least one case, an app bearing the malware was available through the Google Play app store for more than a year, according to a Fortune report. According to the report, while the actual…