Tag: Checkpoints
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Reps seek reduction of checkpoints along Onitsha-Enugu highway
The House of Representatives has called on security agencies to reduce the number of checkpoints on the Onitsha-Enugu expressway. The resolution was passed sequel to the adoption of a motion by Rep. Amobi Ogah (LP-Abia), during plenary in Abuja.
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Untold hardship in Abuja as military checkpoints resurface over bandits attacks
Untold hardship in Abuja as military checkpoints resurface over bandits attacks
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Yuletide: IGP Orders Immediate Removal Of Illegal Checkpoints Nationwide
…releases contact details of Commissioners, Deputies, others for emergencies The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has directed Commissioners of Police in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to ensure that only checkpoints and nipping points that are operationally expedient for crime prevention and prevention and other forms of key duties…
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Kidnapping: Kaduna orders dismantling of checkpoints on Kaduna-Abuja highway, others
Kaduna State Government has ordered the dismantling of all security check points on Kaduna-Abuja highway. The directive issued on Wednesday after a meeting of the state Security Council, said that the order also covers Kaduna-Zaria and Kaduna-Birnin Gwari highways. This was contained in a statement by Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner, Internal Security and Home Affairs, made…
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Ekiti begs military to restore checkpoints
The Ekiti state Government has appealed to the military authorities to restore the highway checkpoints recently dismantled in the state. Deputy Governor, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi made the appeal while on a familiarisation visit to officials and members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ) in Ado Ekiti.…