Tag: Police Officers
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FG talks tough, says IPOB/ESN members will not escape justice for abducting, beheading police officers
The Federal Government has condemned the recent murder of two policemen in the South-East, warning that those who carried out the killings will be apprehended and brought to justice. Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, gave the assurance during a press conference in Lagos on Monday. Although the Anambra State Police Command had…
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Bandits kill 13 police officers, injure seven in Zamfara
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, on Sunday in Gusau, expressed shock at the killing of 13 police officers by suspected bandits. The police personnel were gunned down at a mobile camp in Kurar Mota community in the Bagudu Local Government Area of the state. The governor’s reaction is contained in a statement by Malam Yusuf…
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Photos: Masked gunmen strike again in Anambra, kill three police officers, injure two others
From Chuks Collins, Awka There seems not to be any reprieve yet from the flash-like operations of the usually heavily armed masked men who have come to be known in local parlance as the ‘Unknown Gun Men’ (UGM). They struck again at the popular Ekeagu Abatete market intersection in Idemili North Council…
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Ex-police officers laud Buhari, IGP, NPF Pensions over improved welfare
By Ikechukwu Amaechi Improved welfare and pension now enjoyed by retired police officers has galvanised them to applaud President Muhammadu Buhari and Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba. They also commend Nigeria Police Force (NPF) Pensions Limited as well and the National Pension Commission (PenCom) for making valiant efforts to improve the welfare of…
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Again, gunmen attack police station in Akwa Ibom, kill eight officers
Information reaching TheNewsGuru.com, TNG on Saturday has it that daredevil gunmen again launched fresh attacks on police officers and facilities in Akwa Ibom State. TNG gathered that this time the gunmen took the attacks to a police station in Ini Local Government Area, a border area with Abia State killing eight officers on duty. The…
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#EndSARS protests: Gov. Ugwuanyi appeals to police officers to return to duty posts
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Wednesday, passionately appealed to men and officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to fully renew their ultimate commitment towards the provision of security of lives and property by returning to their duty posts across the state. Gov. Ugwuanyi made the appeal when he visited the Senior Police…
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#EndSARS: Lagos releases identities of 21 police officers facing trial
The Lagos State Government has identified 21 police officers undergoing criminal trials for trampling on the fundamental human rights of residents. The policemen are facing prosecution in different courts for charges that ranged from murder to other minor offences. The list showed that ten policemen are facing murder and attempted murder in various courts, seven…
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NDDC Crisis: Why I stopped Nunieh’s ‘abduction’ by over 50 police officers from IG’s monitoring team – Wike
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has explained he intervened in the alleged police invasion of the residence of a former acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Dr Joy Nunieh to save her from abduction. Wike, in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Communucation, Paulinus Nsirim, called on the Inspector-General of…
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IGP orders immediate withdrawal of all police officers serving at EFCC
The Inspector-General of Police (IG) Mohammed Adamu on Friday directed the immediate withdrawal of all police operatives serving at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The directive which was contained in a signal to the Assistant Inspector General (AIG), Police Mobile Force (PMF), PMF Squadrons one to 79, Force Secretary and Commissioners of Police…
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Fraud: Stop indiscriminate arrest of youths carrying laptops, Buhari warns police officers
President Muhammadu Buhari has cautioned officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force against harassing young people in their bid to arrest ‘yahoo criminals’. Buhari handed down this warning in his keynote address at the opening ceremony of the Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers on Monday in Lagos. The theme of the retreat…