The Ekiti state police command says the officer who shot Opeyemi Bamidele, a former member of the house of representatives, and some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, has been dismissed. Bello Ahmed, Ekiti state police commissioner, announced this on Monday. Bamidele
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday met with Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police, and Lawal Daura, director-general of Department of State Security, (DSS) at the presidential villa in Abuja. A source told TheCable that the meeting was about the ongoing case of Senate President Bukola Saraki with the police. The police had invited Saraki for […]
The Nigerian army on Monday said it rescued 58 women, including two pregnant teenagers, used as sex slaves by Boko Haram. The captives were liberated in Modu Kimeri, Bama local government area of Borno state. Onyema Nwachukwu, deputy director public relations, theatre command, operation Lafiya Dole, disclosed this in a statement. Nwachukwu said the women […]
The Nigerian Government will recruit 6000 personnel for the Nigerian Prison Service to address manpower shortage, Minister of Interior, Lt-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd), said on Monday. Dambazau dropped the hint in Minna during an assessment of the damages recorded due to Sunday’s jailbreak at the Medium Security Prison in Minna that left a prison official […]
The Speaker House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, has called for the integration of internally displaced persons into neighbouring communities. Mr Dogara said the call was necessary as it has become apparent that structures needed to be put in place for them to return to their various homes in the North East have not been […]
The Niger state police command says it has taken measures to ensure the arrest of the 200 prisoners who escaped from Minna Medium Security Prison. The inmates escaped after armed men invaded the prison on Sunday. In an interview with NAN, Dibal Yakadi, commissioner of police in Niger, said only 19 out of the 219 prisoners […]
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