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Osun Crisis Was Completely Beyond The Commissioner Of Police – Davido

David Folami — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:20:35 +0000

Popular singer, Davido has come out to backtrack after slamming the Osun State Commissioner of Police over the mayhem witnessed during the political crisis that erupted in the state. He recently had his say via his social media page, and fans have been reacting. According to him, being infuriated by the bloodshed witnessed made him [...]

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Lagos Police collaborates with Citizens’ Mediation Centre To Ensure Faster Justice Delivery

Wale Adebayo — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 14:51:53 +0000

The Commissioner of Police of Lagos State, Mr. Imohimi Edgar, has indicated the State Command’s interest in partnering with the Lagos State Citizens’ Mediation Centre to engender faster prosecution of suspects and justice delivery in the State. Edgar, who disclosed this today during a courtesy visit by the Management of the Mediation Centre to the [...]

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Corrupt Practices: CP Owoseni warns Police Officers against Extortion and Illegal Stop-and-Search

Ade Adewale — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 14:39:57 +0000

According to the report from the Nigerian Police sources, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Fatai Owoseni has warned Police officers in the state against indiscipline and corrupt practices such as extortion and illegal stop-and-search of Lagosians. Owoseni we gathered made this known while lecturing Lagos Area Commanders, DPOs, Operational Officers, including men of [...]

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Nyesom Wike Wants To Blackmail Police IG – APC

David Folami — Mon, 01 May 2017 16:09:55 +0000

The Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused Governor Nyesom Wike of blackmailing the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris. Wike had earlier alleged that the IGP is after his life, and is planning to plant weapons in his Abuja home. The Rivers APC also called on the National Security Adviser, [...]

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Peaceful Protests Won’t Be Stopped – Presidency

David Folami — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 23:29:47 +0000

The Presidency has said that it will not prevent Nigerians from embarking on peaceful protests. The comment was made by Special Adviser to Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande. “This administration will not prevent Nigerians from expressing themselves in peaceful protests, it’s a fundamental right of the people,” Akande said via [...]

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Dakuku Peterside Mourns Rivers Commissioner of Police

David Folami — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 01:05:10 +0000

Dr Dakuku Peterside, Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), says the death of serving Commissioner of Police in Rivers, Mr Francis Odesanya, is shocking and a great loss. Peterside made this known in a statement by his Media Team in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. The director-general said that the demise of police commissioner [...]

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More Than 10 Suspected Robbers Killed In Shootout With Lagos Police In 12 Days

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 11:08:48 +0000

No fewer than 10 suspected armed robbers have been killed in the last 12 days in different parts of Lagos State during an exchange of gunfire with the police. The State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, made the disclosure on Monday while addressing journalists. Mr. Owoseni said that while some of suspects died exchanging gunfire [...]

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NPF Convert 196 Regular Policemen To Combat Commanders

Wale Adebayo — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 00:18:51 +0000

The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has announced the successful conversion of 196 regular police officers into Mobile Police Commanders to bolster the combat capabilities of the police officers cadre. A statement Wednesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Olabisi Kolawole, said 196 police officers were trained in intensive combat operations. [...]

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Ondo > Kidnappers of Chief Olu Falae reduced Ransom from 100m to N90m Naira

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 14:04:29 +0000

The ransom demanded by kidnappers of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Olu Falae, has been reduced from 100million to N90million naira. Falae, a chieftain of the resuscitated Social Democratic Party, SDP, was abducted on his farmland in Ilado, Akure North local government area of Ondo State by suspected herdsmen on [...]

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Police Parades 42-year Old Woman For Kidnapping Three Kids In Surulere, Lagos

Wale Adebayo — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 23:26:33 +0000

On Thursday, Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Fatai Owoseni paraded a 42-year old woman named Mrs Nimotu Raheem for allegedly kidnapping three children at an Arabic School in Itire-Ikate, Surulere, Lagos. The children are a set of four-year-old twins, Taiye and Kehinde, and a 16-month old boy, Fatai Adeola. Owoseni said police rescued the [...]

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#Security > I’ll Take Part In Patrols, Police Raids Against Cultists, Other Criminal Gangs In Edo – CP

Wale Adebayo — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 19:30:19 +0000

The Commissioner of Police, Edo State, Mr. Chris Ezike, on Monday vowed to personally lead street patrols and raids against cultists and other criminal gangs in their various hideouts across the state.‎Ezike led the special crack squad deployed by the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, which resulted in the arrest of 56 suspected cultists [...]

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#Security > Kano Police Commissioner Deploys More Officers To Falgore Forest

Wale Adebayo — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 21:30:16 +0000

Kano State Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Katsina, said on Saturday that he had deployed additional mobile police officers to Falgore forest along Kano-Jos road to enhance security.The commissioner said the deployment became necessary to reduce the activities of hoodlums in the forest. “Recently, I visited the forest to assess the security situation in the area, [...]

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#Nigeria > PDP Apologizes To Zakari Biu, Says His Reinstatement As Commissioner Of Police Followed Due Process

Wale Adebayo — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 17:30:40 +0000

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has tendered its apology to Commissioner of Police, Zakari Biu, for mentioning his case on a Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Programme ‘Good Morning Nigeria’. A statement on Monday by the national publicity secretary of PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, said the party mentioned in passing, the issue of the reinstatement of [...]

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