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POLICE LAUNCH CHRISTMAS CAMPAIGN AGAINST CULTISM, DRUG ABUSE IN BAYELSA By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Bayelsa State Police Command has launched a Christmas campaign aimed at curbing cultism, drug abuse and other social vices, as part of efforts to ensure a safe
DSP COMMITS SUICIDE DURING ARMS AUDIT IN NIGER STATE By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban A Deputy Superintendent of Police, Abdullahi Isah, has reportedly taken his own life during a routine arms audit in Minna, the Niger State capital. The officer, attached to Mobile
PRESIDENT TINUBU DECLARES SECURITY EMERGENCY, ORDERS MASS RECRUITMENT By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared a nationwide security emergency, directing the army and police to recruit more personnel to tackle rising insecurity. The police will now recruit 20,000 additional
ANAMBRA POLICE ARREST SUSPECT FOR ROBBERY, DEFILEMENT By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Anambra State Police Command has arrested 20-year-old Chigbo Umeugokwe for allegedly robbing a shop and defiling a 13-year-old girl. According to Police PRO Tochukwu Ikenga, the suspect stormed the shop
POLICE ARREST MAN OVER ALLEGED ORGAN HARVESTING IN NASARAWA By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Police in Nasarawa have arrested 40-year-old Maro Ebojoh for allegedly recruiting kidney donors and attempting to move them out of the state. Four victims, aged 20 to 33, were
PSC DEPLOYS MONITORING TEAMS FOR ANAMBRA GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Police Service Commission (PSC) has deployed monitoring officers to Anambra State’s three senatorial zones ahead of this weekend’s governorship election. The move aims to ensure police officers conduct themselves
POLICE BAN VIGILANTE GROUPS AHEAD OF ANAMBRA GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The new Commissioner of Police for the Anambra governorship election, Mr. Abayomi Shogunle, has banned all local vigilante groups from participating in security duties during Saturday’s poll. Mr. Shogunle
POLICE PROBE EXTORTION ALLEGATION IN KWARA By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Kwara State Police Command has launched an investigation into alleged extortion by some officers on the Osi-Eruku road in Ekiti Local Government Area. Police spokesperson SP Adetoun Ejinre-Adeyemi said the Command
OPERATION WHIRL STROKE TROOPS SMASH CULTIST HIDEOUT IN BENUE By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have intensified their fight against cultism with a successful raid on a suspected cultist den in North Bank, Makurdi, Benue State. According to
POLICE NAB NOTORIOUS MOTORCYCLE ROBBER, RECOVER STOLEN BIKES IN ANAMBRA By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Anambra State Police Command has arrested one Chiemerie Okeke, a notorious motorcycle robbery suspect, along with two receivers of stolen motorcycles in Iruowelle Village, Awka-Etiti. The arrest,