A mob of angry youths in the Mbukpa neighbourhood of Calabar South LGA of Cross River State on Wednesday invaded the divisional police station on Mbukpa Road over alleged police brutality that led to the killing of a young man by officers from the station. Pius Akpan, who witnessed the …
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Operatives of the Rivers State Police command have arrested two suspected thugs involved in the disruption of campaign rallies in the State. This was confirmed by the Public Relations Officer of the Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, in a chat with newsmen in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. The thugs, in their numbers, …
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The police in Kano have arrested Mujahid Kabir (30) and Abba Imam (30), two suspected fake journalists for committing fraud and theft in a Plaza at Sharada Quarters in Kano Municipal. SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the State PPRO, explained that the suspected fake journalists were caught in possession of identity …
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The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has constituted an Election Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Team. The 100-member body would be deployed across the country to identify, analyse and mitigate threats to internal security during the general elections. The team is headed by AIG Garba Umar, Vice President of International Police, …
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The Osun State Police Command has warned members of the public to desist from the sale and abuse of the Naira notes. In a press statement signed by the Command’s spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola and obtained by Newsextra24, he stated that the move was in compliance with the Federal Government’s policy …
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The Osun State Police Command has arrested one Sekoni Ramon Temitope, a 47 years old man for alleged burglary and theft of five hundred (500) vehicle shafts worth millions of Naira. The Police Command while parading the suspect and others in Osogbo on Tuesday revealed that Sekoni, who is the …
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The youths were protesting the current scarcity of naira notes and fuel in the country. Though some bank officials appealed to the protesters and gave them some undisclosed amount of money, the youths continued to vent their anger unabated. The police and army officers that were strategically positioned to prevent …
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Special anti-cult unit operatives of the Department of State Service, DSS, and men of Operation Delta Hawk arrested 37-year-old Chief Joseph Ologbo suspected of being the financier of the Aro Bagger cult group. His arrest, in Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State, is coming on the heels of …
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The Police Service Commission, PSC, said the current campaign for tenure extension is an unnecessary distraction, insisting that all police officers due for retirement must proceed as there is an institutional succession plan in the Nigerian Police. Newsextra24 recalls that the officers involved are in the highest echelons of the …
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The Kwara State Police Command, on Sunday neutralized three suspected kidnappers and arrested nine others in a major crackdown on kidnapping activities and harvest of kidnap suspects. The neutralized persons were identified as Bala Idris, Hasan Idris, and Baso Idris, while three locally made guns and ten cartridges were recovered …
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