Officers

5 months ago846 min

Months after being transferred across Nigeria, police personnel are still awaiting their inconvenience allowance and other entitlements, with many also lacking accommodation, SaharaReporters has learnt. Female officers are particularly hard hit, struggling to balance work and family responsibilities amid economic hardship. Sources reveal that promised government palliatives have been withheld, exacerbating the situation. They warned that the massive police force reorganisation, involving widespread transfers, may have devastating consequences for the affected officers’...

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Accident, not shooting, caused Katsina NSCDC officer’s injury

5 months ago995 min

The Police Command in Katsina State said there was no loss of life recorded in the state during the nationwide hunger protests. The command’s spokesman, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, made this known in a statement issued in Katsina on Saturday. “The command wishes to address a misleading viral video circulating on social media platforms of a security agent lying motionless on the ground alleged to have been shot dead by a police officer while trying to...

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Immigration officers assault journalist in Edo

5 months ago1786 min

Some officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service on Wednesday assaulted a journalist with the News Agency of Nigeria, Joy Odigie, based in Benin, the Edo State capital. Our correspondent learnt that a female officer also discriminated against Odigie, calling her a “stupid albino”, in reference to her albinism condition. Odigie visited the Edo State Command of the service to interview its Public Relations Officer, Ake Kenneth, on the reported burglary of offices of the command...

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Police van torched, officers injured in UK after fatal stabbings

5 months ago1096 min

Disorder erupted Tuesday night outside a mosque in Southport, UK, following a knife attack that left three girls dead in the Merseyside town. A police van was set on fire, and officers were injured during the chaos. A group of masked men in hoodies clashed with officers, chanting “English till I die” before violence ensued. Police suspect the men are affiliated with the far-right English Defence League. The disorder comes after the Home Secretary Yvette...

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Gunmen kill four police officers, PoS operator in Imo

5 months ago1184 min

Gunmen on Monday evening killed four police officers at stop and search checkpoint along Owerri-Onitsha road in Imo state. An eyewitness, who claimed to be a resident of Irete in Owerri-west Local Government Area of the state, said fear couldn’t allow him and others to ascertain how many civilians were also shot. He said, “The gunmen stormed one of the popular hotels where the police checkpoint was mounted at Irete around 6:30 pm and shot...

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Some Nigerian Pastors, Imams Live Off Their Churches, Mosques; They’re More Corrupt Than Public Officers –EFCC

5 months ago9312 min

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, says the agency recently recovered “many millions from a religious organisation.” Olukoyede, who spoke at a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) leadership conference in Lagos on Friday, disclosed that some religious organisations are more corrupt than public offices. Speaking about integrity, the EFCC boss said, “Upon my appointment, I reflected on my role as Chief of Staff and Secretary to the...

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Personnel ‘Terribly’ Injured As Smugglers Taking Nigerian Fuel To Cameroon Attack Customs Officers, Try To Burn Officers In Adamawa

9 months ago884 min

They were said to have intercepted the smugglers around Sahuda, a border town in the Mubi South Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Smugglers on Sunday attacked and injured a Nigerian customs officer around Sahuda, a border town between Nigeria and the Republic of Cameroon, SaharaReporters has learnt. Officers attached to the Adamawa/Taraba Area Command were attacked while blocking the smugglers from ferrying Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol to the Republic of...

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EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Air Force Detains Airman Since February For Comparing US Military Officers With West African Colleagues On Social Media

9 months ago2604 min

The Nigerian Air Force has detained one of its personnel over his TikTok videos. SaharaReporters gathered that the personnel, CPL AI Garba was known for posting video content comparing how US military officers with their counterparts in West African countries. A relation of Garba revealed that he had been locked up at an underground cell in Abuja since his arrest in February. “It’s been over six weeks now that he has been...