officer

Nigerian Soldier Suffering From Depression Kills Superior

July 30, 2020 1:37 pm

A soldier in 202 Battalion of 21 Special Armoured Brigade Bama, Borno State, has killed an officer, Lt. Babakaka Ngorgi.

The incident happened around 10:30 am on Wednesday when the soldier approached the officer who was making a call in front of the unit’s headquarters and gunned him down.

The acting Director Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, said the soldier had been arrested and is undergoing investigation.

According to him, the general situation in the unit is calm.

Read Also: ISWAP: Many Soldiers Feared Dead In Fresh Ambush In Borno

Musa in a statement titled, ‘Nigerian soldier suffering from …

Iran Missiles Killed 80 US ‘Terrorists’ – Iran Officer

January 8, 2020 10:05 am

Iranian state television has quoted a senior Revolutionary Guards Corps as claiming that at least 80 “American terrorists” were killed in missile attacks on US bases on Wednesday.

Iran launched 15 missiles on US targets in Iraq in retaliation for the death of Qassem Soleimani, who was buried on Wednesday.

The television added that none of the missiles were intercepted by US troops, according to Al Jazeera.

The claim could not be independently verified and the state television did not provide evidence of how it obtained that information.

Citing a …

Gunman Shoots FRSC Officer In Ogun

December 17, 2019 10:11 am

An unidentified gunman, on Sunday, reportedly shot an officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) attached to the Ogun State Sector Command.

The gunman was said to have wounded the operative severely on the leg before speeding away.

The incident,\THISDAY learnt, happened at the Ibafo corridor of the Lagos Ibadan Expressway when the FRSC operatives were controlling traffic.

The operatives, it was gathered, had stopped his vehicle marked WED264YE for route violation and driving against traffic, but the driver, an unidentified man who claimed to be a policeman, was said to have pulled a pistol and shot at …

LASTMA Officer Attacked In Apapa Dies

November 30, 2019 7:04 am

A Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, (LASTMA) official, Ola Oyeshina who was attacked at about 5:00 pm on Friday, 29th November during the course of sanitising Iganmu-Sifax axis of Apapa has died.

The Guardian learnt that the officer was hit with a huge stone which got him severely injured and was immediately rushed to Area “B” police station along with two of the people that attacked him.

ACP Bayo Sulaimon thereafter ordered the detention of the two attackers that were arrested while a letter of medical referral was issued for the victims attention at the hospital.

Due to the trauma …

Kogi: Collation Officer Presents ₦50,000 Bribe

November 17, 2019 7:36 am

A collation officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kogi state on Sunday presented a N50,000 bribe politicians offered to a presiding officer in Igalamela-Odolu local government area of the state during Saturday’s election.

There was widespread financial inducement by politicians during the election.

The collation officer presented the money at the INEC headquarters in the state while submitting the result of the local government he coordinated.

VANGUARD…

Off-Duty NYPD Police Officer Busted For Attacking His Wife

October 26, 2019 5:08 pm

An off-duty NYPD housing cop assaulted his wife during an argument inside their Brooklyn home, police said.

Cops from the 83rd Precinct in Bushwick took Police Officer Manuel Cantor-Alonso into custody about 2 a.m. Saturday after his wife called 911 and said her husband had attacked her, police said.

The two were in the middle of an argument when the 38-year-old officer pushed her to the ground and kicked her, said cops. The woman was not seriously harmed.

Cantor-Alonso, a 12-year NYPD veteran, was charged with assault. His arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court was pending Saturday.

Read Also: Seven Dead

…

NSCDC Officer Shot In Kidnap Attack In Abuja Dies

October 21, 2019 9:27 am

An officer of the Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), who was shot during kidnappers’ onslaught on Pegi community in Kuje Area Council of the FCT, has died.

The victim, Samuel Aku Attah, a Chief Superintendent Officer in the NSCDC, died at the Gwagwalada Specialist Hospital, where he was receiving treatment.

The 44-year-old is survived by two children and aged parents. He was shot when gunmen, dressed in military camouflage, kidnapped nine persons during a raid on the community on October 8.

Meanwhile the Association of Local Government Vice Chairmen of Nigeria, (ALGOVC) has concluded arrangement to hold its …