Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, has linked the massive explosion at his force’s headquarters this morning to suicide bombers. Mr. Ringim told reporters shortly after the incident that suspected militants carefully followed the convoy of a police Deputy…
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Explosion rocks Nigeria’s police headquarters
There was a bomb blast at Nigeria’s Police Force headquarters, right in the heart of the capital, Abuja, this morning. The explosion, which occurred at the complex’s expansive car park, took men and officers by surprise, sending the personel on duty in…
Explosion rocks Nigeria’s police headquarters
There was a bomb blast at Nigeria’s Police Force headquarters, right in the heart of the capital, Abuja, this morning. The explosion, which occurred at the complex’s expansive car park, took men and officers by surprise, sending the personel on duty in…
Police Sergeant to die by hanging for extrajudicial murder
A high court in the Nigerian South-south state of Benin has sentenced a police sergeant to death by hanging for recklessly killing a defenceless citizen with an AK 47 rifle issued to him for guard duties. Justice Roland Amaize…
Police Sergeant to die by hanging for extrajudicial murder
A high court in the Nigerian South-south state of Benin has sentenced a police sergeant to death by hanging for recklessly killing a defenceless citizen with an AK 47 rifle issued to him for guard duties. Justice Roland Amaize…
Soldiers on revenge mission shoot police officers dead
Soldiers attached to a military barracks in Badagry, Lagos, yesterday shot no fewer than three police officers dead in retaliation for the killing of one of their colleagues, local newspapers are reporting today. NEXT, which put the number…
Soldiers on revenge mission shoot police officers dead
Soldiers attached to a military barracks in Badagry, Lagos, yesterday shot no fewer than three police officers dead in retaliation for the killing of one of their colleagues, local newspapers are reporting today. NEXT, which put the number…
263 police officers gunned down in 2009, official says
A total of 263 Nigeria police officers died in 2009 while at their duty posts or performing official duties, an official of the Police Service Commission has said. Receiving a team from the Harvard-Kennedy Criminal Justice Programme and CLEEN…
263 police officers gunned down in 2009, official says
A total of 263 Nigeria police officers died in 2009 while at their duty posts or performing official duties, an official of the Police Service Commission has said. Receiving a team from the Harvard-Kennedy Criminal Justice Programme and CLEEN…
Nigeria Police plots to cover up murder
The Nigeria Police Force won’t prosecute a police officer who recently killed a personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Family members and colleagues of the deceased, NEXT reported on Sunday, believe the police high command…
Nigeria Police plots to cover up murder
The Nigeria Police Force won’t prosecute a police officer who recently killed a personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Family members and colleagues of the deceased, NEXT reported on Sunday, believe the police high command…
Nigeria Police UN peacekeepers grumble over unpaid allowances
Members of the Nigeria Police contingent to Liberia, Haiti and Sudan on United Nations’ Peacekeeping Missions, have discreetly protested the failure of the Police High Command to pay their duty tour allowances running into billions of naira, months after…