Policeman Guns Down Woman In Yola
A Police patrolman has gunned down a woman in the Adamawa State capital, Yola, causing public fury. It was gathered Friday morning that the incident, which occurred at Doubeli culvert in Jimeta, Yola North LGA by 9:00pm on Thursday, also injured two children of the deceased and one other person. The offending policeman was said […]
Two Killed As Militants Attack Oil Vessel Near Cameroon
Suspected militants who are loyal to a group called Biafra Nations League, BNL, have reportedly shot dead two escorts of an oil vessel near Cameroonian waters. The incident according to eyewitnesses, happened at about 4am in the Idabato subdivision of the Bakassi Peninsula, an area controlled by Cameroon. Witnesses said the militants had also attacked […]
Naira Scarcity: Don’t Disturb Public Peace On Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Police Warn Protesters
The Police Command in Ogun on Friday warned protesters against disrupting public peace on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. The Police Spokesman in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, gave the warning while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Ota, Ogun. Oyeyemi said the people had the right to protest, but they should not disrupt public […]
Gunmen Storm Anambra, Attack INEC Staff
Anambra State Police Command has confirmed an attack on the staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and other adhoc staff. Tochukwu Ikenga, the spokesperson for Anambra State Police Command in a press statement said the INEC staff were undergoing training when the gunmen struck. The statement reads in part: “The INEC staff, with […]
Breaking: Lagos Boils As Soldiers, Police Confront Protesters Over Naira Scarcity
…Normalcy Returns In Some Areas ..As Crisis Hit Rivers Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, is in distress as protest erupts in the early hours of Friday over the Naira notes scarcity. The development comes a day after President Muhammadu Buhari announced that the old N500 and N1000 notes longer remain legal tender. Reacting […]
Ebubeagu Won’t Be Part Of Election Security – Imo CP
Commissioner of Police in Imo State, Muhammed Barde on Thursday, said Ebubeagu will not be part of the security organisations to be deployed for election duties. Barde gave the hint at a meeting with stakeholders and signing of a peace accord organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Owerri. “On Election Day, you […]
Police, Army Chiefs Meet Over Soldier’s Death In Lagos
The leadership of Nigeria Police and Nigerian Army in Lagos State met on Thursday over the death of a soldier in Ikorodu. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin posted photos of the parley on Twitter. CP Idowu Owohunwa and Brigadier General IA Akpaumontia of 9 Brigade met in the office of Lt Col. MI […]
