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Protest forces police to release nurses arrested for treating ‘stranger’ in Cross River

CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – There was commotion in Calabar, Cross River State capital, following the arrest and detention of three nurses by the Nigeria Police Force. The nurses, simply identified as Joy, Mary, and Deborah, arrested on Monday, were released on Tuesday after nurses from the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) stormed the streets in…

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Police reactivate motor vehicle tinted permit, issue 30-day grace period

ABUJA – The Nigeria Police Force, under the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has reactivated the issuance of motor vehicle Tinted Glass Permits (TGP) nationwide through a secure and user-friendly digital platform available at https://www.possap.gov.ng/. This initiative comes in response to widespread public complaints about the harassment of motorists over…

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Police Arrest Singer Portable

Little over a month after controversial singer Habeeb ‘Portable’ Okikiola was granted bail on charges of assault and obstruction of government officials, he has once again been arrested—this time by the Kwara State Police Command. The arrest was confirmed by the state police spokesperson, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, in a statement posted on her X page on…

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Police Dismiss Officer Who Shot 3 in Calabar

CALABAR – The Nigeria Police has dismissed the officer, Inspector Effiong Bassey, who shot three people in Calabar, Cross River State capital. This was disclosed by SP Irene Ugbo-Obase, spokesperson of the Cross River State Police Command, on Monday, who said Bassey was mentally challenged. She added that “the police officer has been duly dismissed,…

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Nigeria Policemen Dismiss N5.5m Tricycle Welfare Initiative, Decry Exploitation of Junior Officers

Nigeria police officers have strongly rejected a purported welfare scheme involving the distribution of tricycles (popularly known as Keke Napep) at an inflated cost of N5.5 million, describing it as another ploy by senior officers to exploit their subordinates. Multiple sources within the Nigeria Police Force told SaharaReporters on Thursday morning that the initiative, spearheaded…

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Court Remands Policeman Who Shot 3 in Calabar

Calabar, Nigeria – Cross River State Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Calabar has remanded Inspector Effiong Bassey, the Nigeria Police officer who shot three unarmed civilians with his official rifle. Converseer reports that Chief Magistrate Mercy Ene, who presided over the case brought before the court by Officer in Charge of Legal, SP Otu Ubangha…

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