Tag: Police Officers
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Extra-judicial killings: Lagos set to prosecute four police officers
The Lagos State Government says it will prosecute four police officers indicted in an alleged extra-judicial killing of two people in Lagos. The families of late Segun Sholaja and Ogheneovo Ebobo had petitioned the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State, Moyosore Onigbanjo over what they described as travesty of justice. The two families…
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Court grants bail to eight South African police officers accused of murdering Nigerian
The eight South African police officers arrested in connection with brutal murder of a Nigerian in 2017 have been released on bail by that country’s Magistrate Court. Adetola Olubajo, President of the Nigerian Union in South Africa (NUSA), confirmed the latest development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone from Pretoria on Monday.…
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South African police officers to appear in court for allegedly killing Nigerian
The Nigerian Mission in South Africa announced on Friday that police officers implicated in the alleged murder of a Nigerian, Ibrahim Badmus, would be charged to court soon. Badmus, 25, who was murdered in 2017, was among no fewer than 120 Nigerians, mainly young people, killed in South Africa since February 2016. Nigeria’s Consul-General in…
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BREAKING: Gunmen invade Abuja, kill seven police officers on duty
There was pandemonium on Tuesday in Abuja as armed men reportedly gunned down seven police officers. According to a report by Premium Times, the incident occurred at Galadimawa Junction, just off the international airport road. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police commissioner, Sadiq Bello confirmed the tragic incident. The police chief was, however, unable to…
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Why police officers protested, blocked highway — Official
The Nigeria Police Force has claimed that its personnel who blocked its Borno headquarters earlier Monday in Maiduguri, were not staging a protest, but “merely complaining” over the delay in payment of their special duty allowances. The Force spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, in a statement claimed some of the police mobile force personnel on special duty…
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How FG negotiated ceasefire, release of police officers with Boko Haram insurgents – DSS
The Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), Lawal Daura on Monday explained in details how the Federal Government negotiated with Boko Haram for the release of abducted policewomen and oil explorers in Lake Chad Basin. Recall that the police officers were abducted in June 20, 2017, while traveling from Maiduguri, the capital city of…
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Boko Haram: Buhari receives rescued lecturers, police officers’ wives in Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met with lecturers of the University of Maiduguri and police officers’ wives who were abducted by Boko Haram last year. He received them at the presidential villa, Abuja. The rescued persons had been under the custody of the State Security Service (SSS) in Abuja where they were examined by a…
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Gunmen attack, kill two police officers in Nasarawa
The Police Command in Nasarawa State on Monday said two of its officers were killed by gunmen along the Akwanga-Keffi federal highway. The Public Relations Officer of the command, Kennedy Idirisu, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lafia. According to Mr. Idrisu, the police officers were stationed at Kubere village, some…
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Post-coup crackdown: Turkey orders detention of 177 police officers
Turkish authorities ordered the detention of 177 police officers, the state-run Anadolu agency said on Thursday, widening a crackdown against people accused of links to a failed coup in July. The suspects, from 25 provinces, were being sought on suspicion of using ByLock, an encrypted smartphone messaging app, the agency said, citing the Ankara prosecutor’s…