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The State Government of Osun has assured the people of the state of adequate security of their lives and properties. Commissioner for Information and Strategy in the state, Adelani Baderinwa said the government will not relent on its efforts to providing maximum security and ensure peace and harmony in the state. Baderinwa attributed the peaceful atmosphere of the state to ...

“On the morning of Saturday, August 26, 2017, bulldozers accompanied by a horde of armed security operatives, acting on the orders of the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, stormed Eke-Ukwu Owerri Market, and forcefully evicted the Owerri Market traders, demolished their shops and destroyed wares worth millions of naira.”- Punch Security operatives, specifically, military men from the 34 Artillery Brigade, ...

According to The News, The Deputy Inspector General of Police [DIG] in charge of Training and Development, Mr Emmanuel Inyang, on Wednesday said arrangements have been made to enable police personnel own residential houses before retirement. Inyang was quoted in a statement to have said that the scheme, which had since taken off, was a collaboration between the Nigeria Police ...

PM News reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied a report circulating in the social media that Lagos lawyer and human rights activist Mr Femi Falana SAN was a beneficiary of some assets seized from a former governor of Bayelsa State, Late Diepreye Alamieyeseigha. The commission in a statement signed by its spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, described ...