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SSS arrests over 20 kidnappers across Nigeria

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The State Security Service, SSS, in a combination of special tactical operations and robust actionable intelligence has arrested over 20 kidnap kingpins across the country. The operations sanctioned by the Director-General, Lawal Daura, succeeded in the arrest of the masterminds […]

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More than 2 months after, family locates body of Edo car dealer arrested by police

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■ Benin residents, NGOs march in protest, demand action from govt, police authoritie FROM TONY OSAUZO, BENIN The two months of psychological torture and agony experienced by the family and close friends of Benson Obode, who had been searching for him, […]

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To what extent is the Police our friend?

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“Even though the police have consistently tried to ram it down our throats that “the Police is our friend”, the relationship between the public and the police is still strained in Nigeria” – Seun Lari Williams

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NDLEA, FRSC Partner To Sanitize Parks And Highways

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Following the recent fatal crashes in Anambra state, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with the help of the state government, have commenced a joint operation on the major highways and parks […]

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We’ll Crush Boko Haram This Year – PMB

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President Muhammadu Buhari declared yesterday that the Multinational Joint Task Force of the Lake Chad Commission will crush Boko Haram sect before the year 2015 runs out. The president, who stated this in Cotonou, Benin Republic capital, at a gala […]

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Death Row Soldiers Sue Army For Contempt

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Soldiers in the Nigerian Army who were recently sentenced to death by a military court martial have initiated contempt proceedings against the Chief of Army Staff over non-release of the record of proceedings that convicted and sentenced them to death. […]

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Army disbands courts martial, set to review cases

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Respite may have come for military officers and soldiers that have either been dismissed or standing trials before courts marshal for acts of insubordination, cowardice, mutiny and related offences, as the new Chief of Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai is […]

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Pregnant Nigerian woman murdered in Ghana

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BY GBOYEGA ADEOYE She was in the throes of childbirth and needed to get to the hospital fast. Gripped by an excruciating pang of labour, she held her aching waist and hobbled towards the bus station, eager to catch a […]

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Four policemen arrested over businessman’s death

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Four policemen from the Special Anti-Robbery squad unit of the Lagos State Police Command have been arrested over the death of a car dealer, Benson Obode, in their custody in Benin City, Edo State. The four policemen – Adeleke Adedeji, […]

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Money laundering: CBN moves against banks

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THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has impressed the need on money deposit banks to discourage money laundering. The apex bank, which has come hard against banks aiding high net worth individuals to launder money, yesterday reiterated its commitment to […]