Bandits kill DPO, 4 other Policemen in shootout

A senior police officer and four other police personnel lost their lives on Saturday during a gun battle with bandits in Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria. The Paiko Divisional Police Officer, SP Mukhtar Sabiu, was killed when he led his men to dislodge armed bandits who were sighted around Kwakuti-Dajigbe villages in […]

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Gunmen attack checkpoint in Ebonyi, two policemen feared killed

Two policemen were feared killed when gunmen attacked a checkpoint in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Sources who spoke to The Nation said the incident happened at the border between Ezza North and Ishielu local government areas on Thursday morning, September 15, 2022. The attackers were said to have killed two police officers during the attack while others […]

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Gunmen attack Ifeanyi Ubah’s convoy, kill policemen and aides, bulletproof SUV saves him (Graphic photos)

A spokesperson has said that Ifeanyi Ubah’s bulletproof SUV is what saved him from being killed alongside his aides when gunmen attacked his convoy. Mr Kameh Ogbonna, media aide to Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, representing Anambra South Senatorial District at the upper chamber, said: “If not for the bulletproof jeep the senator was riding in, he […]

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Bandits ambush, kill 7 policemen in Zamfara

Not less than seven policemen were killed on Monday November 8, in an ambush carried out by bandits near Zonai village in Magami district in Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Nigeria. The policemen were reportedly returning from duty after mounting a check point near Zonai village along Gusau-Magami-Dansadau road, when the armed gang […]

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Some Policemen who extort N500k in Nigeria, arrested

Policemen, about seven of them, allegedly caught with a bribe of N500,000 in Anambra State, Nigeria, have been arrested. The cops, whose identities could not be ascertained as of press time, were arrested following a petition by the victim. The Police Public Police Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Ikenga Tochukwu, who confirmed the development, […]

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Dare-devil bank robbery in Nigeria, Policemen, others killed (Graphic photos)

Many were killed on Thursday February 6 after some dare-devil robbers stormed two banks in Ile Oluji town, the headquarters of Ile Oluji/Oke-Igbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. Eyewitnesses who confirmed the attack, said the robbers gained entry into the bank with dynamites. Policemen, a bank security guard and customer were shot dead in the […]

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Three policemen, 2 others killed by herdsmen in Taraba

Three policemen and two vigilante members in Bujum Kusawa Village under the Lau Local Government Area of Taraba State, were reportedly killed in an herdsmen attack. Confirming the death of the policemen in the herdsmen attack, the State’s Commissioner of Police, David Akinremi, condoled with the families of the slain officers and vowed to bring the perpetrators […]

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