Tag Archives: Police

Due to the recent security challenges in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, the Lagos State Police Command has announced that members of the public especially residents in Ikorodu and environs should always have valid form of identification as they move around within the area. The information was made available in a release signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, …

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  Police detective, Abba Kyari has warned Nigerians to beware of rumour making the rounds about the notorious kidnapper, Chukwudi Onwuamadike alias Evans. Kyari who addressed the public via his Facebook page cleared the air on rumour making the rounds about Evans and the techniques employed in nabbing him. “Friends, there is a need to clear the air on some …

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The last has not been heard about Nigeria’s biggest kidnapper, Chukwudi Onuamadike, also known as Evans who was recently nabbed in his Magodo, Lagos mansion. A senior police officer among officers who arrested Onuamadike in 2006 shares his experience in the 2006 experience. On how he met Onuamadike, the officer said, “There was a time in 2006 that a gang …

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The Lagos State Police Command has dismissed a video footage making the rounds on social media about one of its officers using a Point-of-Sale machine popularly known as POS to extort a commercial motorcyclist. Its Public Relations Officer, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, on Wednesday said it was necessary to address the situation so as to clarify the account of how the …

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The first batch of policemen recruited under the 10,000 mass recruitment ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari has passed out of the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos. The Commandant of the College, Boniface Onyeabor, said on Wednesday that 123 Cadet Inspectors and 52 recruits had completed their training. President Buhari had on Aug 15, 2015, ordered the recruitment of 10,000 additional police …

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The Inspector- General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, says the Nigeria Police have concluded arrangements to recruit 30,000 personnel annually. Idris, represented by Mr Shuaibu Gambo Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Finance and Administration, made the disclosure on Tuesday in Ilorin while addressing officers and men of Kwara Police Command. “The fight against crime and criminality will not …

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No fewer than fifty members of the Biafra Independent Movement, were on Monday arrested by the Police during the Group’s peaceful rally in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital. It was gathered that Biafra flags flooded the capital city during the rally with a large presence of policemen stationed at strategic locations in the city. The Pro-Biafra agitators were arrested on …

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Abubakari Aliu, 32, who allegedly chased a married woman working in her farm with a machete, overpowered and forcibly had sex with her has ben arrested by the police at Agogo. He reportedly fled after committing the alleged crime and left the 19-year-old victim to her fate in the bush. The incident happened in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. According to …

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Folake Sokoya In the bid to fulfilling the promise of getting rid of criminals in the state, the operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos Police Command on Wednesday arrested eight miscreants in Ojodu Berger for extorting motorists and ordering them to park on obstruction in return for fee. The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode had directed …

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Folake Sokoya The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Mr Fatai Owoseni, on Tuesday April 25, presented Certificates of Commendation to four families of policemen killed and four that injured by militants at the Isawo area in Ikorodu. They were also given some undisclosed amount of money for their gallantry, commitment and show of loyalty to their father’s land. The dead …

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