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SECURITY: Police ,OPC Collaboration ‘ll Yield Positive Result – Hon Odebunmi

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Chairman House of Reps Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values,Hon Segun Dokun Odebunmi has described the collaboration between Nigerian Police and the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) in protecting Yorubaland as a development that will yield a positive result. The Federal lawmaker representing Surulere/Ogo Oluwa Federal Constituency in the Federal House of Representatives , however task the leadership of the OPC to put the necessary machineries in place to ensure smooth operation and success of the agenda. Hon Odebunmi while speaking as a special guest at the National Coordinating Council of…

Police Re-arrest Notorious Kidnap Kingpin, Hamisu Wadume

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The operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have re-arrested the notorious kidnap kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume. He was re-arrested in the late hours of yesterday, 19th August, 2019 in his hideout at Layin Mai Allo Hotoro area of Kano State. It would be recalled that the Police had been on the massive manhunt for the suspect, Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume since 6th August, 2019 following the unfortunate incident in Ibi, Taraba State which resulted in the brutal murder of three (3) Police Officers and two (2) civilians, and injury to five…

Police React To Army’s Claims on Taraba killing

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The Nigeria police force in a statement signed by Force Public Relations Officer DCP Frank Mba Thursday flayed the statement by the Nigerian Army following the killing of three of its personnel and injured others on Wednesday in Taraba State by soldiers. Nigeria described the statement from Nigerian Army on Killing of its men as Insensitive and Disrespectful. The statement read in full; The attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to the Press Release by the Nigerian Army dated 07 August, 2019, seeking to justify the unprovoked and unwarranted…

Police Restrict All Protests In Abuja To Unity Fountain

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The Inspector-General of Police M.A. Adamu in ensuring safety, security of life , properties , the free flow of traffic , the protection of commerce , other economic activities, as well as a more coordinated handling of peaceful protest, has restricted all forms of protests within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to the Unity Fountain, Central Business District, Abuja. By this directive, intending protesters are requested to steer-clear of all critical national infrastructure, especially the Three Arms Zone and other sensitive security areas. They are however at liberty to assemble…

Nigeria Is Safe , Beautiful – Police

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The Nigeria Police Force has reacted to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advice against all travel to some States and border areas in Nigeria. Nigeria Police in a statement by Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba acknowledged that Nigeria was not without some security challenges, just like other nations of the World, including the advanced democracies. Nigeria Police therefore restated that Nigeria remain one of the most safe and beautiful places to live in the World, though with its own peculiar socio-economic and security challenges. ” We therefore…

Police Arrest Kidnap Suspects,Recovers Firearms,Rustled Cattle, Bags of Grains

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Police operatives attached to Operation Puff Adder have between 5th June, 2019 and today, 19thJune, 2019 arrested a total of Thirty-two (32) kidnap suspects including 4 suspects involved in the kidnap of UBEC Chairman, his daughter and the killing of his driver. The Operatives also recovered Eleven (11) AK47 Rifles, Two (2) Pump Action Guns, Three (3) Locally Made Pistols, Twelve (12) Dane Guns, Two (2) Revolver Pistols, Ten (10) Live Cartridges, Seventy-seven (77) Live Ammunition and Two (2) Volkswagen vehicles. The arrest of the four (4) suspects was as a…

INSECURITY : IGP Mohammed Adamu Address Senior Police Officers

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Read Full Details of his speech Protocol Let me sincerely welcome you all to this Conference which is convened in furtherance to my policy of constantly engaging strategic Police Commanders to undertake periodic review of internal security situation in the country. This is with a view to proffering pragmatic and far-reaching solutions to crimes in the country. In this regard, the Conference will review the pattern and trend of crimes over the past one month, highlight our achievements, identify our challenges, geo-locate the current security threats and evaluate strategies…

Gov El-rufai Imposes 24 hours curfew in Kaduna , as Police Arrest Suspects

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The Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-rufai has again imposed 24 hours curfew in the state. Announcing the directive on his official Twitter Handle, he said: “This is a notice of a 24-hour curfew imposed on Kaduna town and environs, with immediate effect. “the decision has been taken in the best interest of the state.”   Meanwhile before the new directive, the Police Headquarters in Abuja had issued a statement on development in Kaduna and other states. Read the Press Release from the Police below: Police Nab 22 Suspects…

IGP Invites Saraki, Melaye, Murray-Bruce For ‘DIsturbing Public Disturbance And Violently Attacking Policemen’

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The Nigeria Police Force has invited Senate President Bukola Saraki, as well as two other lawmakers, Ben Murray-Bruce and Dino Melaye, to the Force Headquarters in Abuja for investigation on Monday, October 8, 2018. This was disclosed in a statement related by the Police Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, on Friday, on behlaf of Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector General of Police (IGP). The Police invitation is coming hours after the lawmakers led a protest to the Independent National Electoral Commision (INEC) headquarters, to demand the declaration of Ademola Adeleke, candidate…

Offa robbery: Kwara gov rejects police indictment, denies sponsorship of Thugs

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Abdulfatai Ahmed, governor of Kwara state, says he has never sponsored thugs for political purposes. Muyideen Akorede, media aide to the governor, quoted the governor as saying this in a statement on Sunday while responding to allegations by the police. Jimoh Moshood, spokesman of the police, had said some suspects confessed to being sponsored by the governor and Senate President Bukola Saraki. But the governor says the allegations are “false” and that he has never “provided arms to any individual or group in the state or anywhere in the country”.…