THE family of retired Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has confirmed his death. Arase died on Sunday, August 31, 2025 in a brief illness at Cedarcrest Hospital in Abuja. A statement by his son,Solomon Arase, Junior, confirmed his father’s death. The statement, entitled: “Notification of the passing of Dr. Solomon …
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FORMER Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Solomon Arase is dead. He was aged 69 He reportedly died at Cedar Crest Hospital in Abuja on Sunday, August 31, 2025. A friend of his confirmed his death to Newsextra24 amid sobs. Cause of death had yet to be confirmed as of press time. …
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THE Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Solomon Arase, said that the commission and the Nigeria Police Force are going through a challenging period of their existence. According to him, crime across the world has become highly scientific, requiring those involved in combating it (the police) to adopt a scientific …
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THE Police Service Commission has waded into the case of a Deputy Superintendent of Police, Musa Mohammed of Police Mobile Force (PMF) 45 Abuja who sustained serious injuries at Galadimawa forest, near Kaduna when he led a team to engage kidnappers in a gun duel in an attempt to rescue …
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There was panic at Matogun, in the Lambe area of Ogun State on Tuesday after the police recovered corpses of two missing pupils from a church in the community, Christ Crusaders’ Deliverance Ministry. The deceased – six-year-old Isaac Ayegbo, a primary 2 pupil, and Ayomide Innocent, 4, who was in …
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North-East youths under the umbrella of North-East Youth Peace and Development Empowerment Initiative, NEYPDI, have berated Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state over comments credited to him that over 300 Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram sect were never abducted. Alhaji Kyari Abubakar, President of the group, expressed surprise that …
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By Dara Adenekan I remember while growing up in Lagos as a child and teenager during the 1990’s and the first decade of the new millennium, the Mile 12 ethnic pogrom and NURTW frequent riots are prominent signatures of violence in the centre of excellence, called Lagos. The frequent clash …
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A middle- aged bricklayer identified as Odion Egbegbe was on Tuesday night killed by suspected cult members in Ose quarters, Ogida, Benin City, Edo State.Egbegbe’s killing brought to two the number of people killed in the renewed cult war in the city. The Divisional Police Officer in the area, Mr. …
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The sleepy town of Imilike-Agu in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State was, weekend, thrown into mourning following the killing of a 60-year-old Paulinus Ugwuoke, during a heated altercation with his son, Anselem Ugwuoke. This came as no fewer than four person, including a bus driver, a passenger and …
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A female sergeant, Obotie Adesuwa, is currently in the cell of the X-Squad Section of the Lagos State Police Command, after she allegedly sold a week-old baby boy who had been brought with his mother to a police station. PUNCH Metro learnt that Adesuwa, who hails from Edo State, is …
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