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    Metro In Ekiti: Police Discover and Destroy New Kidnappers' Den

    The Nigeria Police appear to be on a winning streak in the fight against kidnappers across the country. In a series of raids that some are calling the Evans-effect, after the notorious kidnapper who was recently capture in Lagos, it would appear that the police are making some progress. The...
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    Metro In Lagos: Man Murdered By Mob Over N45K Smartphone In Mushin

    A middle aged man has been murdered by a mob in Mushin, Lagos after he was accused of stealing a galaxy phone from a property by a tenant. His pleas for mercy fell on deaf ears as he was beaten and set ablaze by the mob. Spokesman for the Lagos State Police command, Olarinde Famous-Cole...
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    Metro Nigeria Police Warns Lagosians Over Jungle Justice

    The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni on Friday warned members of the public to desist from carrying out jungle justice. Owoseni, in a statement signed by the command’s spokesperson, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, said the warning became necessary following incidents recorded...
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    Metro President Buhari Killed The Police As Military Dictator - Oba of Lagos

    The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, has accused President Buhari of killing the efficiency of the Nigeria Police during his time as a military dictator back in 1984. He made this accusation at a public lecture on security held by the Police High Command in Victoria Island, Lagos themed...
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    Metro Badoo: Don’t Stay in Isolated Areas – Police Warns Lagosians

    The Lagos State Police Command has warned Lagos residents in the state against living in isolated and unsafe areas where they might be vulnerable to attacks by hoodlums. The police spokesperson in Lagos, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, disclosed this in a statement that the warning became...
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    Metro Nigeria Police to Recruit 155,000 Personnel

    The Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim K. Idris, has revealed that they will recruit 155,000 personnel within five years to bridge the gap of manpower shortage in the organization. Idris stated this on Friday in Kano while briefing newsmen at the Government House Kano. He said...
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    Metro Nigeria Police Launch Whistleblower Number To Clamp Down On Extortion

    Nigerian police force has launched a whistleblower initiative to clampdown on extortion. In a statement released by the Police PCRRU, the force asked citizens to report extortion and report bad activities within the force. The Police Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit PCRRU is available...
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    Metro How Policemen Tortured Kaduna Undergraduate to Death, Dumped Corpse in Bush

    Some policemen attached to the Sabon Gari Police Division, Kaduna State Police Command, have been accused of torturing a 27-year-old undergraduate of the Kaduna State Polytechnic, Kaduna, Benjamin Wankaa, to death. The victim, who was returning in his car from a party, where he had performed...
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    Metro Nigeria: IG Idris Announces Withdrawal of Policemen From the Service of VIPs

    The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has announced that the force will be withdrawing its personal who are in the service of VIPs all over the nation. “We will withdraw all mobile police back to barracks to concentrate on dealing with serious law and order situation," he said in a...
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    Metro IGP Orders Special Promotion of Policemen Who Arrested Evans

    The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has approved the special promotion of policemen who participated in the arrest of Lagos most wanted kidnapper, Duneme Onwuamadike otherwise known as Evans. Recall that Evans, who is believed to be the richest kidnaper in Nigeria was arrested in...
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    Metro Police Inspector Dismissed Over Rape of 15-year-old Girl

    The Nigeria Police have dismissed Inspector Joseph Etuk, who was attached to Mkpat Enin Police Division, Akwa Ibom State, over the rape of a 15-year-old girl. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Chukwu Ikechukwu, said on Thursday that he had it from good authority that Etuk...
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    Metro Hired Killer Caught While Trying To Strangle Woman in Lagos

    A hired killer has been apprehended while trying to strangle a woman in Lagos. The assassin was said to have come all the way from Sapele, Delta State to assassinate a woman in Jakande, Lagos State. He reportedly entered the boutique of the unsuspecting woman and strangled her with a rope...
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    Metro Police Denies Inserting Broom Into Evans’ Manhood

    The police have denied reports that officers who arrested the “most wanted” kidnap kingpin last Saturday stuck broomsticks up his joystick to spiritually disarm him. “The report is not true. It is unfounded. Nigerians should disregard it,” police spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood, said...
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    Nigeria Police: How To Make An Official Complaint For Rapid Response

    The Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU) of the Nigeria Police Force has made available channels through which Nigerians can make complaints to the force and expect rapid response Have you experienced.. 1. Abuse of authority by government officials? 2. Asked for bribe by a government...
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    Metro Police Locates Den of Kidnappers of Lagos Pupils

    There are indications that the police have traced the den where six pupils of the Lagos State Model College, Igbonla, Epe, are held hostage to a creek in Ogun State. Although the exact location was not disclosed, Punch learnt from a competent source that the den shared borders with Epe and...
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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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