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BREAKING: Nigerian Authorities Clamp Down On CDHR #EndBadGovernance Event; Surround Lagos Office With Armed Security Personnel

5 months ago896 min

A large contingent of security personnel, comprising agents from the Department of State Services (DSS) and police officers, has surrounded the office of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) in Ikeja, Lagos State. The security operatives laid siege to the office known as Rights House, at 43, Adeniyi Jones Avenue, off Oba Akran Avenue, Ikeja. A heavy security presence, comprising both uniformed and plainclothes operatives, was deployed to the office on Friday...

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Armed robber killed, three arrested in Ebonyi community

5 months ago844 min

Soldiers attached to the Nkwagu Military Cantonment, on Monday, killed an armed robber on the Akpoha/Abaomege area of the Afikpo-Abakaliki Highway in the Onicha Local Government Area of the state. They also arrested three people said to have links with the hoodlums who allegedly terrorised motorists in the area. PUNCH Metro reports that the suspects were part of a gang that had been causing mayhem and terrorising the axis. The Afikpo-Abakaliki Highway in Ebonyi State...

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Armed men kill police inspector, three civilians in Aba

5 months ago1133 min

The Abia State Police Command said armed men on Sunday killed an Inspector of Police, Shehu Oyibo, and three civilians in the Aba area of the state. The police officer, who was attached to the state’s Rapid Response Squad, was gunned down by the armed men along Ngwa Road by Mosque junction, Aba. In a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Maureen Chinaka, the state Commissioner of Police, Kenechukwu Onwuemelie said, “Today, July 21,...

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Armed men kill inspector, three civilians in Abia

5 months ago973 min

A police Inspector and three civilians were confirmed killed by armed men on Sunday morning in Aba, the Abia State Police Command has confirmed. The state Commissioner of Police, Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Maureen Chioma Chinaka, said, “Today, July 21, 2024, at about 1128hrs, police operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad Aba, Abia State Command, while on patrol along Ngwa Road by Mosque junction, Aba,...