Fresh facts, which emerged yesterday about Thursday’s robbery in Offa, Kwara State, showed that many policemen and others at the police station, died because the station had no exit door. This was the argument of some junior officers yesterday as…
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DINO MELAYE, 4 OTHERS TO BE ARRAIGNED IN COURT
Dino Melaye and the four suspects rearrested by the Police after they escaped from custody will be arraigned for alleged conspiracy and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms at the Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi on May 10, the Police…
NPRN CALLS ON BUHARI TO ORDER INVESTIGATION INTO GHOST POLICE OFFICERS’ SCANDAL
The Network of Police Reforms in Nigeria has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order an investigation into the more than 80,000 ghost officers discovered in the police payroll. In a statement on Tuesday, the group said such investigation would…
POLICE REARRESTS SUSPECT LINKED TO DINO MELAYE
Kabiru Seidu a.k.a Osama, the last of the suspected criminals linked to Dino Melaye, a Senator representing Kogi West was allegedly planned and coordinated their escape from Police cell with the aid of some Nigeria Police officers at the Special…
NEWLY APPOINTED KOGI CP ASSUMES DUTY
The newly appointed commissioner of Police, for Kogi state police command, CP Esa Sunday Ogbu formerly assumed duty on Friday at the Police headquarters in Lokoja. This confirmation was made by the Force police Public Relations Officer, ACP Jimoh Moshood…
KOGI: POLICE REARRESTS SUSPECTS WHO ESCAPED FROM CUSTODY
The Kogi state police command has confirmed the re-arrest of three out of the six suspects involved in the arms case against Senator Dino Melaye who escaped from custody on Wednesday. The outgoing state commissioner of police, Ali Janga, who…
DINO MELAYE TURNS SINGER AT SENATE PLENARY
Embattled senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, who has been trailed with controversies in recent times, was scolded by Saraki today after he turned a singer during plenary. While speaking during a plenary session at the National Assembly on Wednesday,…
POLICE TO RECRUIT 6,000 CONSTABLES
The Chairman Police Service Commission (PSC) Mike Okiro has clarified that the Commission is now in charge of the recruitment of about six thousand constables into the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). Okiro in an interview with newsmen on Thursday said,…
PLATEAU HERDSMEN ATTACK: POLICE BEEFS UP SECURITY IN AFFECTED AREAS
No fewer than five persons were killed on Thursday night when suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked four Irigwe people at Datanko village and one Fulani Christian at Nzharuvo village in Miango District of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. Inside…
LAGOS POLICE: RETURN EXHIBITS OR FACE THE CONSEQUENCE
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, has called on policemen who converted exhibits and vehicles in their care to their personal use to return them immediately. The police boss, who disclosed this yesterday at the State Criminal Investigations and…