Tag: Nigeria Police

Planned Protest: FCT Police deploys 4,200 personnel

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FCT Police on protest

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Police Command, has deployed 4,200 personnel across Abuja to manage the protests and prevent unrest, in response to a planned nationwide protest by human rights activists and youths over hunger and hardship in Nigeria. According to a  statement issued from the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, the Commissioner of Police for FCT, Benneth  Igweh, emphasised that while residents have the right to peaceful protest, the Police are committed to preventing violence and protecting public and private property. He assured that the Force would…

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Police ban unlawful gatherings in Kaduna

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Police KD

…Warn against illegal protest The Police Command in Kaduna State said it has banned all forms of unlawful gathering by the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria, (IMN), including its planned Ashura procession. The Command’s spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan, announced the ban in a statement issued at the weekend in Kaduna. Hassan said, “The Command has banned every manner of illegal protest in the State. This is coming on the heels of intelligence received indicating that the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria, also known as Shi’ites, is planning a procession to…

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Police alert public on possible secret cult initiations nationwide

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Police on secret cult

The Police Command in Rivers State has cautioned the public regarding potential cult-related activities across the country today, June 7. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the spokesperson of the Command, in an issued statement in Port Harcourt yesterday, disclosed that a large number of ‘Black Axe’ cultists were preparing to mark their Founder’s Day. According to her, intelligence reports indicate that the confraternity intends to initiate innocent victims into their group and potentially engage in clashes with rival cults on the same day. “We have received information about the Neo-Black Movement (NBM),…

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“I wanted peace of mind”, Says policeman who rejected N150m bribe

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Policeman rejecting bribe

A Superintendent of Police, (SP), Ibrahim Sini, has said he turned down a N150m bribe allegedly offered to him by a Lagos-based businessman, Akintoye Akindele to have peace of mind. Akindele, who was arraigned for the offence at the Federal High Court in Abuja in August 2023, was remanded in the Kuje Correctional Centre. According to the charge sheet, the bribe was offered to allow police to permit him to escape abroad and to write a favourable report for him after the investigation. Sini was said to have led the…

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Rivers crisis: Police declare ex-militant leader ‘General’ Asabuja as wanted

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Rivers Police

A former Niger-Delta militant leader, Gabriel ‘General’ Asabuja, has been declared wanted by the Rivers Police Command over a viral video in which he was seen issuing some threats over the ongoing crisis on the tenure of local government councils in the State. Rivers State  Police Commissioner, Tunji Disu, who revealed this when he appeared on a television programme on Tuesday. condemned the video, noting that Asabuja threats and firing caused a lot of panic in the State. The militant leader was seen in the video threatening to take over…

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Rivers: “Vacate LGA’s secretariats or we’ll drive you out” – Labour Unions tells Police

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Rivers crisis

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Rivers have given police an ultimatum to vacate the premises of the 23 local government secretariats in the State. They made the demand following at an emergency State administrative council meeting, which was held at the NLC secretariat in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Friday. The meeting addressed three key issues: the Constitution and inauguration of caretaker committees in the 23 local government areas, the call by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for a ‘state of emergency’…

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Kano: Police ban Sallah Durbar activities

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Kano State Police Command has banned Durbar activities during the forthcoming Eid-el-Kabir (Sallah) celebrations in the State. A statement issued yesterday by the State’s Commissioner of Police, Usaini Gumel, noted that the ban became necessary in order to sustain the peace by the Police Command in conjunction with all the relevant security stakeholders. Gumel said, “In furtherance, a ban on all contending parties has been placed restraining both from conducting Durbar activities for the upcoming Eid-el-Kabir celebrations”. He, however, advised worshippers to conduct their normal Eid prayers at the various…

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Alleged mastermind of Abuja-Kaduna train attack, Mandi, arrested

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Abuja Kaduna train

The Nigerian Police have arrested the alleged mastermind of the killing of passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack which occured in March 2022.??The mastermind was Identified as Ibrahim Abdullahi, also known by the ominous moniker of Mandi. The  Kaduna Police Command’s Public Relations Officer , ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made this known yesterday. The PPRO informed the media that the suspect had also participated in the abduction of students from Greenfield University in 2021. The Police said that 48 AK-47 rifles were seized during Mandi’s arrest,  adding that efforts are underway…

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Police uncover plans to disrupt Sallah festival in Kano

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Kano Sallah

The Police Command in Kano State has said that the Command has uncovered plans by some religious and political pressure groups to disrupt the forthcoming Eid-el-Fitr (Sallah) festivities in the State. Making this known  while briefing the press yesterday in Kano, the State Commissioner of Police, Usaini Gumel, stated the Command’s readiness to maintain law and order during the festival. According to the Commissioner, “The sponsors of this plan are under our close watch; they are advised to stop forthwith, as security agencies are following up and trailing the event,…

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Alleged unlawful arrest, detention: Court dismisses Nnamdi Kanu’s appeal against Police, DSS

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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed the appeal brought before it by Felix Okonkwo, one of the lawyers to the detained leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu over his unlawful arrest and detention by the Police and the Department of State Security Services, (DSS). Justice Okon Abang dismissed the appeal for want of merit and substance. Delivering judgment on the appeal yesterday, Justice Abang held that the appellant failed to establish a miscarriage of justice in the judgment of a High Court of…

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