Tag: Nigeria police force

PSC Promotes Magu, Others to Next Ranks

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The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), DCP Ibrahim Magu, to the rank of Commissioner of Police. A statement from the PSC Head of Press and Public Relations, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, revealed that the commission also promoted 17 other senior police officers. The promotions were one of the high points of the commission’s 27th plenary meeting which ended on Friday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The meeting was presided over by Chairman of the PSC and…

Police Recover 110 Firearms, 81 Ammunition in Niger State

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Niger State Police Command in compliance with the Inspector-General of Police directive to mop up illegal and prohibited firearms in circulation across the Country, has recovered the following firearms of different descriptions in Pandogari, Alawa, Sarkin Pawa, Lapai, Gawu Babangida and Mashegu. ▷ 6 AK 47 rifles. ▷ 30 Revolver short guns. ▷ 42 Locally made Single Barrel guns. ▷ 8 Locally made fabricated Dane guns. ▷ 7 Locally fabricated Revolver Single Barrel guns. ▷ 5 Magazine ▷ 81 7.62/51mm LAR Ammunition. ▷ 1 SMG rifle. ▷ 2 Mark 4…

Melaye: Police allegations laughable, preposterous

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Senator Dino Melaye has described as preposterous and laughable, the allegations by the police that he hired two political thugs and armed them to cause mayhem in Kogi State. The police in Lokoja today said they have charged the senator with illegal possession of firearms in a case filed in a Lokoja court on 16 March. Charged along with the senator were another politician, Muhammed Audu , said to be on the run and two other ‘deadly’ persons linked with a spate of kidnapping and robbery.(Also Read: Police charge Melaye…

Police Nab Armed Political Thugs Allegedly Linked to Senator Dino Melaye

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ACP jimoh Moshood,Police Force Public Relations Officer has said that the Crime prevention and control strategies adopted by the Nigeria police Force throughout the country in the recent time to reduce violent crimes and other criminality are yielding positive results. Working on actionable intelligence, the Kogi State Police Command personnel and Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad trailed and arrested the two suspects listed above after a gun battle with the Police team that lasted for some hours on the 19th January, 2018 at Ogojueje in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi…

Peace Corps: We Did No Wrong Forcibly Regaining Our Head Office- Dickson Akoh

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The national commandant of the Nigerian Peace Corps, Dickson Akoh, has defended his supporters who clashed with the police in a bid to forcibly regain control of the headquarters of the paramilitary group on Thursday. Security agencies sealed the group’s head office in Abuja in February 2017, taking Mr. Akoh and over 40 other Peace Corps leaders into custody on allegations that they committed fraud and constituted a national security threat. The police kept the accused in custody for several days before they were eventually arraigned at the Abuja Division…

Nigerian Online Publishers To Police: Journalists Are Not Terrorists

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The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN) has rejected claims by the Nigeria police that two of its members, Messrs. Timothy and Daniel Elombah, are terrorists and that they breached the country’s cybercrime rules because they approved the publication of an opinion article, deemed offensive by the police, on their website. OPAN stated its position in a statement issued on Wednesday ahead of the arraignment for alleged terrorism and cybercrime of the journalists on Thursday. The police, in a four-count charge, filed at the Federal High Court 5 in Abuja…

Three girls suffocate to death in Kano

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The Kano State Police Command confirmed on Saturday that three girls died of suffocation inside a parked car in Sabon Gari area of Kano metropolis. The spokesman of the command, Mr Magaji Majiya, said, “The car has been parked there for more than one year; the girls were playing around it and later locked themselves inside. “Apparently, they could not open the door and there was no one around to assist them. Three of them died of suffocation while one survived.” He said that the incident happened “around 3pm. on…

Again Court orders Police to vacate office of Peace Corps

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A Federal High Court Abuja, has ordered the Nigerian Police to immediately unseal the office of the Peace Corps of Nigeria, situate at Jabi Abuja and sealed since February 28, 2017 during the official commissioning of the edifice. Justice John Tsoho who issued the order also directed the Police and other security agencies laying siege on the premises of the Peace Corps headquarters to vacate immediately as well as hand over possession of the office to the authorities of the organization. The court gave the order following a ruling on…

Breaking: IGP Bows to #EndSARS campaign, Orders immediate re-organization of SARS

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The Inspector General of Police in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood has directed immediate reorganization on SARS across the nation and investigation into all allegations and complaints raised. “The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris concerned with public interest and the need to reposition the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) for more efficiency and effective service delivery to all has directed the immediate re-organisation of the SARS nationwide and instant investigation into all the allegations, complaints and infractions levelled against the personnel of…

Mubi Attack:IG Orders Police to be on Red-Alert in Places of Worship

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The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, has ordered all Commissioners of Police in charge of State Commands and their Supervising Assistant Inspectors General of Police and other Police Formations nationwide to be on red-alert with effect from 21st November, 2017 to nip in the bud and prevent the spread of the renewed Boko Haram attacks on soft targets, such as Mosques, Churches, Markets, Schools, Motor Parks, Farm Lands, Settlements, Villages, Towns and Cities in the North East States of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, and also quell the…