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June 23, 2017

No more mobile personnel for VIPs – Police

The Nigerian Police on Friday said it would withdraw its personnel attached to important personalities in the country back. The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, announced this in an interactive session with a group of civil society organisations under the auspices of “The Situation Room’’ in Abuja, NAN reports. He said that the measure... Read More
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June 19, 2017

The FG is too big, we need to trim it – Ike Ekweremadu

The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has said that the Federal Government and its functions needed to be trimmed in order to ensure effective administration. He also stated that Nigeria’s security situation would only improve if the police is decentralised, allowing state police to operate. According to NAN, the DSP said, “We believe that the Federal... Read More
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June 19, 2017

“Very soon you will hear good news” – Police assures parents of kidnapped Epe students

The Nigerian Police have told the parents of the kidnapped students of Lagos State Model College, Igbonla-Epe that the students would be returned safely.  The Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police in charge of Zone 2, comprising of Lagos and Ogun State Police Commands, Adamu Ibrahim, said this on Monday, Channels TV reports.  “In fact... Read More
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June 19, 2017

How Nigerians use fake documents to apply for Italian visa – Police

The Nigerian Police has expressed concern over the alarming rate of Nigerians allegedly involved in using fake documents to seek Italian visa. The spokesperson of the special fraud unit (SFU) of the force, Lawal Audu, said the Italian embassy sends an average of 50 Nigerian passports with the fake document to SFU monthly, The Cable reports. ... Read More
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June 18, 2017

Police IG orders promotion of officers who arrested billionaire kidnapper, Evans

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has approved the promotion of police officers who participated in the arrest of Lagos billionaire kidnapper, Evans. Evans was arrested on Saturday, June 10 in Lagos by officers of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) led by ACP Abba Kyari, while he planned to travel out of the country. Daily... Read More
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June 16, 2017

‘Billionaire kidnapper, Evans, used N4.6m phones to frustrate arrest’

The Nigerian police have said that information from useful statements made by a younger sister of the kidnap baron, Evans, led to his arrest. The sister was said to have been arrested after her number was identified as one of the contacts in Evans’ special SIM card, Punch reports. The kidnapper’s childhood friend and four... Read More
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June 13, 2017

‘Badoo boys’ reportedly break pastor’s head with mortar

Cult members, suspected to be ‘Badoo boys’ have reportedly attacked a minister with the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, Wale Solomon, and he is said to be battling for his life in an undisclosed hospital on the Lagos Island. Punch reports Solomon, a father of three was sleeping with his family in their house on Obayemi... Read More
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Idris
June 8, 2017

“I want us to be alert” – Police IG speaks on Northern youth threat

The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the investigation and subsequent arrest of members of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum for asking the Igbos to vacate the North. The Northern Youth on June 6, at a news conference in Kaduna, gave the Igbos a three-months ultimatum to vacate the region, calling it “The Kaduna... Read More
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May 27, 2017

Ekweremadu confirms police raid on his house in new statement

The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, yesterday confirmed the police raided his Abuja Guest House.  Ekweremadu in a statement through his media aide, Uche Anichukwu, said officers from the Inspector General of Police’s Special Squad raided his official guest house at No. 10 Ganges Street, Maitama, Abuja at about 8.am yesterday. “They met the... Read More
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May 27, 2017

235 years jailterm for Nigerian fraudsters, £1 compensation for Ibori | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

235 – The total number of years three Nigerian fraudsters were sentenced to, by a Missisippi court for using dating sites to defraud their victims of millions of dollars. £1 – Former Delta state governor, James Ibori awarded this generous amount by a UK court over his claim of unlawful detention. 22 – The number of... Read More
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May 11, 2017

Why we need 155,000 recruits – Nigerian Police

by Omoleye Omoruyi The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has explained that the Nigerian police needs 155,000 officers in order to adequately provide security for Nigeria. The IGP while speaking at a two-day National Security Summit in Abuja on Thursday, said that to achieve such feat, the police force needs to recruit 31,000 cadets annually... Read More
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Olusegun Adeniyi YNaija
March 30, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: Ile Ife and the Nigerian tragedy

by Olusegun Adeniyi The less you say, the less risk you run of saying something foolish, even dangerous. In 1825, a new czar, Nicholas I, ascended the throne of Russia. A rebellion immediately broke out, led by liberals demanding that the country modernize–that its industries and civil structures catch up with the rest of Europe.... Read More
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March 27, 2017

Femi Fani-Kayode: The sons and daughters of Ile-Ife- butchered, paraded and now prisoners of war

by Femi Fani-Kayode Permit me to begin this contribution with an aside. The barbarians that launched a terror attack in Westminster, London, in which four people were killed and much more injured are the same types of people that attacked and beheaded the sons and daughters of Ile Ife in their own homes and on... Read More
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February 23, 2017

Opinion: Why I have no respect for the Nigerian police force

by Nimi Pricewill Stealing a glance at a patrolling police van in Nigeria, involuntarily create goosebumps on your skin, as one can’t be so certain anymore if a mere reflex action like exchanging eye contacts with policemen, can project you as a ‘deadly’ suspect to them, thereby making you a vulnerable potential candidate for human... Read More
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January 20, 2017

Premium Times raid: SERAP, NUJ drag FG, others to UN over ‘crackdown on journalists’

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) have sent an urgent appeal to Mr. David KAYE, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, requesting him to “urgently intervene to prevail on the Federal Government, the Nigerian Army, police and several state... Read More
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IPOB
January 16, 2017

Heaven will fall if soldiers stop our rally for Trump – IPOB

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have said there would be repercussions if their solidarity rally in honour of Donald Trump is interrupted by soldiers. In a statement on Monday by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, the group said the heavens will fall if their peaceful rally scheduled for Friday is stopped. The statement reads, “The Indigenous... Read More
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