Two supernumerary police officers have been suspended by the Nigeria Police for “discreditable conduct” and violation of the Force’s social media policy. Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement on Friday that the officers, both female, were suspended with immediate effect “for breach of the provisions of …
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Armed robbers killed one person during an attack on a branch of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) at Bank Road, Umuahia in Abia State. According to SaharaReporters, eyewitnesses that the victim was a fruits seller. It was not clear if there were other casualties as at the time of filling …
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A native doctor who was set to receive the head and wrists of a female human for ritual has died before the items were delivered to him. Those arrested in connection with the incident, Wasiu Omonose (35) and Akanbi Ibrahim (32), were nabbed with the body parts by the police …
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Two teenage brothers have been re-arrested by the men of the Nigeria Police, Rivers State Command for allegedly defiling 2-year-old twins, a boy and a girl in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The mother of the victims, Achinihu Clement, who disclosed this on Tuesday said she discovered the alleged …
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The Nigeria Police ‘Rescue Me App’ has received over 10,000 fake emergency alerts in four days. This is according to the Acting Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a tweet via his Twitter handle on Wednesday. The Rescue Me App was launched by the police to help citizens …
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HE Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the immediate distribution of additional batches of uniforms, kits, accoutrements and body armours to police inspectors and other ranks. He further directed the allocation of 253 newly-procured operational and emergency vehicles to police formations across zonal and state commands nationwide. A statement …
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BREAKING: Children allegedly kidnapped by an aged woman have been rescued today at Mango Estate, Elelenwo, Port Harcourt. The woman whose name is still unknown at the time of filing this report, allegedly kidnapped and kept the children in her house. According to an eye witness, one of the children …
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Police Plan 2-Week Strike Over Salary, Outdated Weapons Police men and women are planning to go on an unprecedented two-week warning strike across the nation beginning on March 26 in protest against poor working conditions, New Telegraph has learnt. The morale of police officers is said to be at a …
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According to a source, after a story done by SaharaReporters revealing the threats made by bandits against the community, the elders of the community were invited to the police headquarters and queried. Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have requested payment of N60, 000 from leaders of the Fa’a …
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Oba Adewale Adeniji, the Oniranike of Iranike, is said to be on the run as three suspected land grabbers allegedly working for him have been arrested by men of the Nigeria Police Force. He was alleged to have secured a frivolous judgment over the ownership of land in the area …
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