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By Vincent Ujumadu Four policemen were reportedly killed on Wednesday at Nkpologwu, in Aguata local government area of Anambra State by unknown gunmen and their rifles taken away. They were killed at a checkpoint in the community and the police patrol vehicle at the checkpoint was set ablaze by the assailants. The state Commissioner of
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Twelve police officers have been arrested in Mexico following the discovery of 19 charred corpses near the U.S. border, Tamaulipas Attorney General, Irving Barrios, said on Tuesday. The Tamaulipas state police are accused of murder, abuse of power and making false statements. The bodies were discovered on Jan. 22 in a burned-out pickup truck next
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By Femi Bolaji – Jalingo Two policemen in Taraba state have been ambushed and killed by gunmen. The deceased officers who are attached to Karim Lamido local government division of the police force were killed along Jen road. One of the police officers is a sergeant while the other is a constable. Spokesman of the
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By Aliyu Dangida – Dutse Two Divisional Crime Officers (DCO) I and II were killed and another injured in a gun battle with a group of bandits at Kalgo village of Garki local government area in Jigawa State. The incident occurred on Friday afternoon shortly after the release of two persons abducted in Bosuwa village
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By Peter Duru – Makurdi Three Police Officers and two others were Thursday morning shot dead by unknown gunmen who invaded the private residence of the Chairman of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state, Mr. Alfred Atera in Katsina-Ala town. The Chairman who was said to be at his residence at the time
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By Peter Okutu The Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, Tuesday called on the officers of Ebonyi State Police Command to use their firearms whenever their lives are in danger. The IGP who stated this at the Command Headquarters, Abakaliki, during a one-day working visit to the State added that Police officers were special
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…As petitioner dies before case is heard …Bayelsa panel receives 35 petitions By Luminous Jannamike & Onozure Dania The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations, yesterday, called on the #EndSARS Judicial Panels of Inquiry in Anambra and Akwa Ibom states to subpoena operatives of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, who shunned their invitation to appear
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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has affirmed that officers of the Nigeria Police Force acted professionally, exercised commendable restraints and some paid the supreme price for peace during the recent protests and ensuing violence in some parts of the country. The IGP made this observation following report by Amnesty International dated
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Some Police officers in Oyo State deployed for the Oct. 10 Ondo State governorship election have decried non-payment of their allowances, 19 days after the poll. The officers who spoke on condition of anonymity made their plight known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Ibadan. One of the officers said the
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Five police officers have been suspended for their role in handling an alleged gang rape of a young Dalit woman in India’s Uttar Pradesh state, as protests over the incident continued on Saturday. The men suspended include the police chief of Hathras district, where the 20-year-old woman was assaulted on September 14 in a field
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