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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has assured that no female Police Officer in Police Barracks across the country would be ejected for residing with a civilian spouse. The IGP gave the assurance while reacting to a signal purportedly originated by the Enugu State Police Command, stating that women Police personnel occupying barracks […]
The Rivers State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has said the use of methamphetamine known as “ice” or “mkpurummiri” in local parlance is spreading fast in the State. “We arrest on daily basis, users of methamphetamine,” the spokesman of the State command of the NDLEA, Emmanuel Ogbumgbada said on Wednesday. […]
Governor Hope Uzodinma has expressed readiness to launch a new security outfit in Imo state on the 30 November. The new security outfit will fuse local vigilante organisations and the Community Policing network, Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba said. Emelumba spoke to journalists after the Imo State Executive Council Meeting held at the […]
The Chief of Defense Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has faulted the procedure adopted in the release of a document said to be the report of the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry on police brutality. The leaked report had indicted officers of the Nigerian Army for killing “unarmed helpless and defenseless protesters, without provocation or justification, […]
The United States on Tuesday said it was looking forward to a response from the Lagos State Government after the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry submitted its final report. The panel was commissioned by the state government to look into the events of October 2020, including the shootings at the Lekki Toll Gate, and […]
The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for victims of SARS-related abuses and other matters has concluded that the Nigerian Army shot and killed unarmed protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate on October 20, 2020. The Panel’s findings were disclosed in its report obtained by Channels Television on Monday. According to the Panel, […]
The Winners of 2021 MTV EMA are here! The awards show kicked off on Sunday with a ceremony hosted by Saweetie! And performances by Ed Sheeran, Maluma, Yungblud, Kim Petras, and more. Biggest global superstars came together for a celebration of music held at Papp László Budapest Sportaréna in Hungary on Sunday, for a night […]
Fourteen persons have been arrested in connection with the siege on Justice Mary Odili’s apartment in Abuja, the police said on Thursday. Some of the suspects include a fake Chief Superintendent of Police, Lawrence Ajodo; a contributing editor with one of the national dailies, Stanley Nkwazema, and an Islamic scholar. The Force Public Relations Officer, […]
The Anambra State supplementary election will hold from 10 am to 4 pm on Tuesday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, announced this via a statement issued on Monday. He said the Commission made a slight adjustment to the commencement and […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Abdulrasheed Maina, the former chairman of the now-defunct Pension Reformed Task Team to eight years imprisonment. Maina was convicted after he was found guilty of money laundering. In a judgement delivered on Monday by Justice Okon Abang, the court held that the prosecutor, the Economic and Financial […]
