A white police officer who shot dead a black man in the back during an arrest has been dismissed and charged with murder. An Atlanta policeman has been served murder charges for the death of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks, who was shot in the back as he fled the officer, District Attorney Paul Howard announced Wednesday.
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Residents of Big Qua Town have been thrown into shock following the arrest of a retired army captain for allegedly defiling his four years old niece. The DAILY VENDOR gathered that the suspect whose name was given as Mr Bassey Ekanem, resides at no 12, Edim Ibangha Street, Big Qua Town, in Calabar, Cross River
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An officer of the Nigeria Police Force has been killed by a hit-and-run driver at Marwa, along Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos. THE DAILY VENDOR gathered that the hit-and-run driver fled the scene of the accident after hitting the policeman and noticing that he is immobile. Head Public Affairs, Lagos State Emergency Management, Mr Nosa Okunbor confirmed
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A four man robbery syndicate who specializes in snatching, dismantling snatched vehicles and selling them in pieces as spare parts has been nabbed by operatives of the Anambra State Police Command. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Haruna Mohammed who made this known to THE DAILY VENDOR also revealed that the detectives
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The new Commissioner of Police deployed to Adamawa State, Mr Olugbenga Adeyanju, has warned criminal gangs terrorising people to either surrender or leave the state. Adeyanju gave the warning while parading some suspects on Thursday in Yola. “In less than one week in office after I took over, the Command has so far apprehended 23
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Killers of Nnadi Michael, a Catholic Seminarian of the Good Shepherd Major Seminary at Gonin Gora, have been arrested, DCP Frank Mba, spokesperson for the force said on Sunday. Disclosing this in a statement sent to THE DAILY VENDOR, Frank said, “Police operatives have arrested a deadly criminal gang responsible for the kidnap and murder
Read moreThe Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the sacking of the two officers caught in a viral video flogging a lady, Azeez Alimat, for allegedly violating a coronavirus lockdown in Osun State. In a statement on Friday via Twitter the Nigerian Police said the officers, Inspector Ikuesan Taiwo and Constable Abass Ibrahim, were found guilty of
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The Police in Edo State have arrested and detained two of its officers involved in an embarrassing physical combat. THE DAILY VENDOR gathered that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Lawan Jimeta, ordered the arrest and detention of the two policemen after video of their public combat surfaced on social media. The state
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Nigeria Police Force has announced the arrest of a two-man robbery gang led by one Bashir Isiaku, 34, notorious for stealing vehicles from the car park of the Jos University Teaching Hospital, Plateau State. According to the Police, Bashir, a Polytechnic graduate, and his accomplice, Aminu Yakubu, specialised in using customised master keys, crafted out
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Days after a police Inspector was shot dead in Imasai, in the Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, residents have deserted their houses over the fear of arrest. There was a violent clash on Saturday in the town between officials of the national border team and some residents of the community which resulted in the alleged murder of an inspector.
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The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 27-year-old man, Shafi’u Haruna, for allegedly killing his girlfriend over dispute on the ownership of her pregnancy. Haruna was arrested last Tuesday following a tip off. The spokesman for the command, SP Gambo Isah, said Haruna who lived in the Dorawar Natiba area of Birdigau village, in
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The Jihadist terrorists have killed five policemen in an attack on a northern Nigerian town where more than 100 schoolgirls were abducted two years ago, residents said Thursday. Fighters aligned to Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in four trucks fitted with machine guns stormed Dapchi town in northeastern Yobe State late on Wednesday, sparking
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The 73-year-old man, Chief Oforbuike Ani, a native of Amodu Akunanaw in the Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State, who died after a widow allegedly plucked out his eyes, has been buried. The 38-year-old widow and mother of five, identified as Blessing Nwatu, was alleged to have hit the old man with a
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The Jigawa State Police Command has confirmed that its patrol vehicle hit and killed a pedestrian, Hauwa Danladi-Turis, and injured four others in the Malammadori Local Government Area of the state. Spokesman for the command, SP Abdu Jinjiri, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Malammadori that the incident occurred on Friday. Jinjiri said the
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Mobile network providers currently operating in the country are believed to be assisting the Police to arrest journalists over alleged offences, IFE OGUNFUWA reports Conversations and messages on mobile devices are no longer confidential. They have become tools in the hands of law enforcement agents in Nigeria for the purpose of apprehending journalists. Investigation by
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