Tag: policemen
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JUST IN: IGP tells policemen to defend themselves in face of physical danger
Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu has told policemen to defend themselves in the face of physical danger, saying they are also human whose lives must be protected. Adamu, who spoke on Friday during an assessment tour of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, said the unity of this country laid in the support…
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Sanwo-Olu awards scholarship to children of slain policemen
Police officers lynched in the wake of the violence instigated by the nationwide youth demonstration against police brutality will not die in vain, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has pledged. The state government, yesterday, directed Lagos State Scholarship Board to award scholarships to the children of the slain officers up to the university level.…
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#ENDSARS: IGP withdraws policemen attached to VIPs
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the withdrawal of all police officers attached to all VIPs across the nation with immediate effect. However, Adamu said those attached to government houses, the Senate President and the Speaker House of Representatives, should not be withdrawn. This was contained in a police wireless message sent on…
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Midnight attack: Terrorists open fire on Gov Zulum’s convoy; kill 8 policemen, 3 soldiers, 4 others
Jihadist fighters linked to the Islamic State group on Friday killed several security personnel in an ambush on the convoy of the Borno State governor. According to reports eight policemen, three soldiers, and four members of a government-backed militia were killed in the attack on vehicles carrying Borno state governor, Babagana Umara Zulum near the…
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#EdoDecides2020: Wike’s hotel in Benin surrounded by over 300 armed policemen, PDP raises alarm
Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force have allegedly laid siege at the Hotel where Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State is lodged. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG, reports that Wike is the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Campaign Council for the Edo Governorship election. TNG reports that the Edo State governorship election is scheduled to…
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COVID-19: Policemen beat soldier for refusing to wear face mask in Benin
There was pandemonium in Benin City, Edo State on Saturday, when a combined team of police and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps operatives, allegedly beat up a soldier, for not wearing face mask. The incident occurred Saturday afternoon, at Lagos street, barely 24-hours after the state government shut down the street to all business…
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Hoodlums gun down two policemen, civilian in Delta
Two mobile policemen were reportedly shot dead early hours of Wednesday by yet-to-be identified hoodlums in Ekete, Udu council area of Delta state. An unidentified civilian was also killed in the attack that reportedly saw a gun exchange between the late policemen and the gunmen. According to reports, the mobile police officers were attached to…
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Boko Haram terrorists disguise, kidnap soldiers, policemen
Two policemen and four soldiers have reportedly been kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents along Damaturu-Maiduguri road. The security officers were reported to have been attacked in an ambush near Auno village on Damaturu-Maiduguri road. The insurgents who disguised in military uniforms were said to have mounted a roadblock on the highway with three Hilux vans…
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Aggrieved Policemen protest over alleged non-payment of allowances
Some aggrieved policemen deployed in Kogi State from the Ekiti State Police Command for the conduct of the November 16 governorship election on Thursday protested alleged refusal of the authorities to pay their allowances. The two hundred and twenty-five policemen said their details were allegedly removed from the list of those that were due for…
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Gunmen kill policeman, injure school principal in Edo
The Edo State Commissioner of Police, DanMalam Mohammed on Wednesday confirmed the death of a police sergeant, Yusuf Igoche in a gun duel with armed robbers on Lagos-Benin Expressway on Tuesday. The sergeant, he said was on escort duty with a school principal who sustained several injuries and was rushed to the University of Benin…