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    Metro Nigeria Police Issue Stern Warning Against IPOB As President Buhari Visits Ebonyi

    The Ebonyi State Police Command on Monday cautioned the prohibited Indigenous People of Biafra and political gatherings’ supporters against problematic acts amid President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the state on Tuesday. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Titus Lamorde, gave the notice in a...
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    Metro Police Officer Beats Up Army Officer In Yobe For Trying To Jump ATM Queue

    A police officer on Friday, wounded a soldier during a fight at the automated teller machine (ATM) at a bank in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital. It gathered that trouble ensued when the soldier, who was in uniform came to make withdrawal, but did not want to follow the queue. When people...
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    Metro Gunmen Attack Jos Village, Kill 11 People

    Eleven people were Tuesday night shot dead by gunmen along Rim, Riyom Local Government Area of northern Plateau State. According to the Police Public Relations Office of the Plateau State Police Command, Terna Tyopev, the victims were returning from a village market in Makera when they were...
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    Metro Nigeria Police Returns N834,000 Extorted Monies To The Owners, Sanctions 16 Officers

    The Nigeria Police has returned ₦834,000 extorted by its officers from members of the public to the owners between July and September. The force also sanctioned 16 police officers, including the suspension of an Assistant Superintendent of Police in Ikorodu, Lagos State, during the period for...
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    Politics Tension As Police Disrupt PANDEF Meeting In Port Harcourt

    A major crisis appears to have rocked the Pan-Niger Delta Forum as a crack team of policemen on Thursday blocked two main entrances to the group’s Presidential Hotel conference venue in Port Harcourt. The heavy presence of security operatives on the road leading to the venue prevented some...
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    Metro Edo Gets New Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo

    Mr. Johnson Babatunde Kokumo, former Commissioner of Police, Armament, Force Headquarters, has assumed duty as the 38th Commissioner of Police in Edo State. Johnson took over from Haliru Gwandu who has been Edo CP since September, 2016. The assumption of duty by Johnson is coming after many...
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    Metro Nigeria Police Officer Caught Asking For Dollars As Bribe, Says Naira Has No Value [WATCH VIDEO]

    A Nigerian Police officer has been recorded asking a group of people in a car for Dollars as bribe. When offered some amount of money in Naira, he refused saying currency has no value.. Watch video below
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    Metro Evans: Nigeria Police Denies Extorting N50m From The Billionaire Kidnapper

    The Nigeria Police Force has debunked claims by Counsel to billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike also known as Evans, Olukoya Ogungbeje, that officers of the Inspector General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team extorted over N50m and other valuables worth millions of naira from his...
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    Metro Over 2000 Police Officers Protest Non-payment Of Two Months' Salaries

    No fewer than 2,000 Police personnel attached to the Kaduna State Command are currently protesting over the non-payment of their August and September salaries. The aggrieved police personnel which cut across the rank and file of the Command, are assembled in front of the Salaries Office inside...
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    Metro IGP Idris Can Never Be Probed For Corruption: Police Service Commission Reveals Why

    The Police Service Commission (PSC) has said it cannot probe the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, for alleged bribery. PSC’s spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, explained that Idris was not under the commission’s supervision by virtue of the Act establishing the commission. He stated that the...
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    Metro Ondo Police Reacts To Video Of Man Brutalised At ATM

    Following the alleged brutality of a man by some policemen suspected to be men of the Ondo State Police Command, the command has promised to investigate and take action on the officers. According to a video posted online, some men suspected to be men of the command were seen beating up a man...
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    Metro [Video] Nigeria Police Officer Preaching In His Uniform In Lagos Market

    A Nigerian police officer has been recorded preaching the Gospel in his official uniform. According to a Facebook user, the incident happened at the popular Alaba market Commendable or unprofessional?
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    Metro Policeman Goes On Shooting Rampage In Burial Ceremony, Kills One

    A mobile police officer has allegedly shot dead a 34-year old man, Fred Igueriede, at a burial ceremony in Delta State, Punch reports It was gathered that the deaceased, who has two children, was shot while trying to greet his former employer, Chief Johnny Aribogba. The killer police officer...
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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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