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    Security situation getting better, not worse, says Police

    The Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, Muyiwa Adejobi, says the security situation in Nigeria is getting better. “The security situation is getting better; I don’t agree that it is getting worse. It is improving,” Adejobi told newsmen in Ibadan on Wednesday. He stated this in Ibadan for the…

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    Explosion in Abuja not related to bombing — Police

    The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said the explosion that occurred near a refuse dump outside the Bureau of Public Enterprise premises in the Maitama area of Abuja was not bomb-related. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, said this in a statement…

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    Police rescue Rivers hotelier held by kidnappers despite N25m ransom payment

    Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have rescued a popular Port Harcourt-based hotelier from kidnappers’ den after payment of N25m ransom.  The State Commissioner of Police, CP Olatunji Disu, who spoke to journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, noted that the family of the victim contacted…

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    Police debunk reports of abduction of commuters along Kaduna-Abuja expressway

    The Police Command in Kaduna State has dismissed misleading media reports on the purported abduction of commuters along the Kaduna-Abuja expressway on Jan. 6. This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Kaduna by the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan. “To counter the misinformation flow, the…

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    Court remands a Lady remanded in Kirikiri prison for assaulting a police officer

    A lady has been remanded in Kirikiri prison for allegedly assaulting a police officer in the Ogombo area of Ajah, Lagos state. This was revealed by Lagos state police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin on Tuesday, May 16. Sharing a picture of a woman grabbing a police officer by the…

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    Exclusive: Prime suspect in Abeokuta Couple’s murder escapes from police custody

    The prime suspect in the gruesome murder of a couple, Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, has escaped from the police custody, HorizonTimes learnt. The prime suspect simply identified as Lekan, it was gathered, escaped from the police custody at Ibara Police Divisional Headquarter, after his…

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    Police arrest suspect in murder of couple of former CBN official in Ogun

    Police say Kehinde Fatinoye and his wife Bukola were murdered in their home on New Year’s day and their bodies were set ablaze. The police have arrested a suspect in the gruesome murder of a former official of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kehinde Fatinoye, and his wife Bukola…

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    Court Remands Killer Cop At Ikoyi Correctional Center

    The Magistrate’s Court sitting in Yaba,Lagos State has remanded the police officer who shot the lawyer-based on Christmas day at Ikoyi Correctional Center. This was disclosed by the State’s PPRO, Benjamin Hundeyin via his Twitter handle on Friday “Drambi Vandi was, this morning, arraigned in court and has been remanded…

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    Bolanle Raheem: Police Release Two Officers

    The police command in Lagos State says two police officers arrested with ASP Dambri Vandi, over the alleged killing of Mrs Omobolale Raheem would be released today (Tuesday) as they were not involved in the crime. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria…

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    Nigerian police officer honoured for rejecting $200k bribe

    The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission on Tuesday honoured a Superintendent of Police, Daniel Amah, with the 2022 Public Service Integrity Award.

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