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The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of the Council meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Wednesday.

In a video now viral on the internet, the officers were reportedly deployed to Katsina State in January and the special duty was supposed to last for three months.

Justice Sherifat Solebo ordered Ibhade’s remand following her not guilty plea to two charges of obtaining money by false pretences and stealing by fraudulent conversion filed against her by the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police Force.

A statement by the Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Femi Adesina, notes the reforms the former police chief brought to the Nigeria Police Force.

IRT Legal Officer, ASP Nosa Uhumwangho, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the decongestion was prompted at the instance of the unit, due to the prolonged strike by the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN).

He also assured them of their welfare, saying “Your welfare is being taken care of like never before; do not commit suicide by being unprofessional.”

The Federal Capital Territory Federal Road Safety Corps Sector Commander, Samuel Ochi, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja

A total of 45 sophisticated firearms and ammunition, have also been recovered from suspects, including 1-GPMG, 1-LAR rifle, 17-AK47-rifles, two pump action rifles, 20 locally fabricated firearms, three single barrel guns, 9,899 live ammunition of different calibres, and 80 fake vehicle number plates.

It was gathered that a stolen phone led to the altercation on Saturday, May 29, and it quickly escalated into a physical fight as a woman who was at the beach for the celebration of her friend’s birthday was manhandled by a security man at the beach.

The video showed the officer asking for a bribe from a man who he stopped for driving without a tint permit. 

The video shows the Police Officer telling the man to bring cash as he doesn’t take money transfer.

They were alleged to have extorted a sum of N153,000 from one Sheriff Adedigba who was traveling from Abeokuta to Lagos.

At least 60 members of IPOB/ESN were arrested on Saturday after a combined team of the Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Army and Department of State Services stormed the operational headquarters of IPOB in Awomama Village, Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State

The IGP made the new operational protocols public, today, Thursday, 15th April, 2021, during the inaugural conference with Zonal Assistant Inspectors General of Police, Commissioners of Police and other Heads of Police Formations in the country, at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that hoodlums had on March 30, 2021 attacked security operatives maintaining peace in Essien Udim Local Government Area of the state.

Osinbajo gave the task when he decorated the acting Inspector-General of Police with his new rank at the conference room of the Vice President’s office, State House, Abuja on Wednesday.

A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria who visited the Kwara Mall, housing the store along Fate Road, Ilorin, reports that there was heavy presence of armed police personnel at the edifice amidst shutdown of operations by the staff.

Musiliu Smith, Chairman, PSC, said this at a public hearing by the House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs on the review of two bills on Thursday in Abuja.

This was announced by the Force Public Relations Officer, Commissioner of Police Frank Mba, in a statement on Monday.

The PUNCH had reported that farmers and residents of Ayete lived in perpetual fear of Wakili who was accused of displacing them from their farms.