August 21, 2026

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Police arrest 2 for allegedly extorting N5m to deploy troops to Zamfara village

Police arrest 2 for allegedly extorting N5m to deploy troops to Zamfara village

Bode August 19, 2022
The Police Command in Zamfara has arrested two suspects for allegedly extorting N5 million from the people of Yar-Katsina village, to facilitate the deployment of security personnel to the community. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Thursday by the command Public Relations Officer, SP Muhammad...
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Three suspects arrested, 20 corpses recovered as police bust Edo shrine Police gun

Three suspects arrested, 20 corpses recovered as police bust Edo shrine

Bode August 18, 2022
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – No fewer than three suspects have been arrested by operatives from the Edo State Police Command following a raid on a ritual shrine along Asoro slope, off Ekenhua Road, Uzebu quarters in Benin. The assistant police spokesperson, Jennifer Iwegbu, who disclosed this in a...
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Kidnappers: Osun Govt alerts residents to be security conscious Gboyega Oyetola, Osun State Governor

Kidnappers: Osun Govt alerts residents to be security conscious

Bode August 17, 2022
The Osun Government has alerted residents in the state to be security conscious following reports of attacks by suspected kidnappers disguised as commercial transporters. The State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode, on Wednesday in Osogbo, said the state government had gotten intelligence reports that kidnappers...
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Police raid IPOB/ESN camp, kill one, recover large weapons in Enugu h0Tk9kpTURBXy9lYzdmYzc5Y2ZlNjA5ZDU5ZGRlYjMzN2JiZDBhOTQ2Ni5qcGeSlQMAAM0CgM0BaJMFzQKAzQFAgaEwBQ

Police raid IPOB/ESN camp, kill one, recover large weapons in Enugu

Bode August 17, 2022
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Police operatives from the Enugu State Command have raided the camp of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)/Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Agu-Ibeje forest, Enugu-Ezike, Igbo-Eze North LGA of the state. The police spokesman,DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said in a statement on Tuesday that...
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Military troops eliminate terrorist kingpins in 3 geo-political zones – NAF chief Isiaka Amao

Military troops eliminate terrorist kingpins in 3 geo-political zones – NAF chief

Bode August 17, 2022
Nigeria military troops have eliminated scores of terrorist kingpins in the Northeast, Northwest and North-Central geo-political zones. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, made the claim on Tuesday in Abuja at a stakeholders meeting on “Communicating government policies, programme and activities. He said operations executed in...
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Matawalle restricts motorcycles, orders house search to flush out bandits in Zamfara Bello Matawalle

Matawalle restricts motorcycles, orders house search to flush out bandits in Zamfara

Bode August 16, 2022
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has ordered the restriction on motorcycle movement in communities on the outskirt of Gusau from 9 pm till dawn Governor Matawalle also ordered security operatives to begin a house-to-house search to flush out criminal elements in the 19 emirates of the state as the...
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2023: Nigeria Police organize workshop on election security management IMG 20220815 WA0008

2023: Nigeria Police organize workshop on election security management

Bode August 15, 2022
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in collaboration with Solar Security and Consult Company Limited have organized a one day sensitization workshop for police officers in the North East on election security management The workshop with the theme ”...
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IGP orders police to beef security around schools, hospitals, other national infrastructure IMG 20220715 WA0008

IGP orders police to beef security around schools, hospitals, other national infrastructure

Bode August 15, 2022
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba, has ordered the immediate deployment of security operatives to all schools, hospitals, and critical national infrastructure nationwide. The Force spokesman, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made the disclosure in a statement he issued on Sunday in Abuja. Baba also ordered...
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Customs intercepts 234 tonnes of fertiliser along Nigeria-Cameroon border download 13

Customs intercepts 234 tonnes of fertiliser along Nigeria-Cameroon border

Bode August 14, 2022
The Nigeria Customs service (NCS), Adamawa/Taraba Area Command says it has seized 234.5 tonnes of fertiliser and other contraband about to be smuggled into Cameroon Republic. The Service said it had recorded 69 seizures along Nigeria – Cameroon boarder with the Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N232.11 million between...
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