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    Metro Gunmen Storm Bayelsa Police Station, Shoot Sergeant Dead

    Sagbama Police Station, Sagbama, Bayelsa State, was struck by tragedy on Sunday after gunmen shot and killed a police sergeant on guard duty in the front of the station. It was learnt that the incident, which occurred about 8.30pm on Sunday, threw the police station into confusion. The...
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    Politics Nigerian Police - We Gave Wike 221 Officers For His Protection,There's No Plan To Kill Him

    The Nigerian Police Force has debunked claims by Rivers State Goernor, Nyesom Wike that the state, Zaki Ahmed has been ordered by the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris to kill him. READ: Wike - Police IG Has Ordered Rivers Police Commissioner To Kill Me Police spokesman, Jimoh...
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    Metro Nigerian Police Begins 24-hour Air Surveillance on Abuja-Kaduna Highway

    The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 7, Abuja, Alhaji Salisu Fagge on Saturday confirmed that the police has started 24-hour air surveillance on Abuja-Kaduna highway following increase of traffic on the road saying the measure was part of efforts at ensuring safety of travellers on...
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    Metro Police Parades ‘Vampire's' Dead Body Round Owerri, Residents Jubilate [PHOTOS]

    Owerri residents went into a spontaneous frenzy Thursday, when Imo State Police Command moved the lifeless body of the dreaded serial killer, Henry Chibueze, alias Vampire, round the major streets of the municipality. Traffic was held up for hours, at several points in Owerri, as the police...
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    Metro Hell Let Loose as Policeman Kills Air Force Officer in Imo, Many Hospitalised

    Douglas Road, the commercial nerve centre of Owerri, the Imo State capital, was on Thursday thrown into confusion as policemen attached to a branch of First Bank clashed with an officer of the Nigerian Air Force, who was at the bank for a transaction. Eyewitnesses told Punch correspondent at...
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    Metro Imo: Policeman Arrested While Trying To Steal Baby in Hospital

    The police in Imo State have arrested a police Sergeant, Iseke Koradam, at a hospital in Oke-Uvuru, in the Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of the state while allegedly attempting to steal a newborn baby. The Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, disclosed that at a press briefing in...
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    Metro Policemen Remove Uniform, Flee as Robbers Storm Delta Bank

    There was pandemonium, on Monday, in Asaba, Delta State capital, when a gang of five armed robbers stormed a branch of an old generation bank in an attempt to rob a customer who had come to the bank deposit huge sum of money. However, the customer, a middle-aged man, was shot in the chest...
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    Metro Nigeria Police Inspector Arrested Transporting 818kg of Indian Hemp in Police Bus

    The NDLEA has announced the arrest of a police inspector in Lokoja with indian hemp worth about N5 million. According to the Commander of the NDLEA in Kogi, Mr Idris Bello, the police inspector was arrested on Feb. 25 at Crusher area of Lokoja. He was nabbed conveying 75 bags of Indian hemp...
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    Metro Nigeria Police Announces Plan To Recruit 10,000 Personnel Annually

    Mr Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector-General of Police, says the force will henceforth recruit no fewer than 10,000 personnel annually to enhance its operations. Idris disclosed this in Sokoto on Friday when he addressed officers and men of Zone 10 of the force in Sokoto, comprising Sokoto, Kebbi...
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    Metro 7 Policemen in Prison for Torturing Anambra Businessman to Death

    Seven policemen of the Special Anti Robbery Squad located in Awkuzu, Anambra state have been arrested and detained following the death of the arrest and torture to death of one Ejike Bob Manuel, a businessman. The arrested officers are Inspector Adolphous Dimgba, Inspector Gabriel Imafidon...
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    Metro Audu Maikori Arrest: Nigeria Police Condemn Outrage on Social Media

    Police sources have confirmed the arrest of Chocolate City boss, Audu Makori, Vanguard reports. According to the security official, Maikori is being investigated for spreading false information which is capable of causing religious and communal crisis. Another officer marveled at the hue and...
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    Metro Police Arrest Biafra Times Publisher

    The police in Lagos on Monday said they had arrested the publisher of Biafra Times and nine others for allegedly publishing and circulating seditious and malicious publication. Parading the 10 suspects, the Lagos State Police Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni, said 515 copies of the offending...
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    Metro Sporadic Gunshots as Herdsmen Engage Police Team in Delta

    An unidentified policemen, Monday, sustained gunshot injuries during a gun battle between some herdsmen and a team of policemen from the Ughelli Area Command, Delta State. The incident, it was gathered, occurred at Bridge 4, along the Ohoror axis of the East-West Road in Ughelli North Local...
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    Metro Trucks With 145 Under-age Boys Intercepted on Its Way To Plateau

    The Plateau State police command said it has intercepted two trucks carrying 145 children from Bauchi, Gombe and Jigawa states. According, a statement issued by the public relations officer, Terna Tyopev, the driver, conductor and all accomplices will be charged to court. The statement said...
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    Metro Nigeria Police Gives 2 Reasons Why it Can’t Arrest MMM Operators

    The Nigerian Police has stated why the force cannot arrest operators of Ponzi scheme MMM. Police said it does not have any directive from the government to arrest operators or participants of the MMM. It also explained that it would not go after operators or participants in the scheme...
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    Metro Why We Released ‘Killers’ of Abuja Preacher – Police

    Nigeria Police has explained why it released suspects reportedly arrested over the killing of an Abuja-based pastor, Eunice Elisha. Spokesperson of the Abuja police command, Manzah Anjuguri, said that the suspects, whose identities were not revelaed were released because police investigation...
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    Metro How We Selected 10, 000 Recruited Police Officers – PSC Chair, Okiro

    The chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), Mr Mike Okiro, has dismissed the rumour that the recent recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force was hijacked by some high ranking police officers. Okiro, the former Inspector-General of Police, dispelled the rumour on Thursday in Port Harcourt...
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    Politics Governor Wike Reacts To Dismissal Of His 6 Police Details

    Governor Nyesom Wike led Rivers State government has described as saddened the decision of the Nigeria Police to dismiss six police officers In a press statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Dr. Austin Tam-George, and issued on Friday night, the government claimed that the police...
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    Politics Patience Jonathan's Abuja House Raided by Nigeria Police - Vanguard

    The Vanguard is reporting that a Maitama mansion, believed to be owned by ex First Lady Patience Jonathan was on Wednesday raided by policemen. The policemen, numbering around 20, forcefully gained entry into the house after overpowering the lone security man there. The house is located on...
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    Metro Why We Can’t Fully Enforce Ban on ‘Knockouts’ – Police

    The police says there is little they can do to effectively enforce the ban on the use of fireworks and ‘knockouts’ without public support. The Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Don Awunah, said this when the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) contacted him to get an update on enforcement of the...
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