Helicopter service operators in the country are set for a boom time on account of the temporary closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, for its runway repair. The operators, who are deploying both charter and shuttle service helicopters for different categories of people and pockets, on various routes inwards Abuja, are expecting to make it big with […]
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The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, has on Sunday assured air transport passengers being diverted to the Kaduna International Airport of maximum security. Idris gave the assurance following his inspection of security facilities in the airport. According to him, the force has deployed men and equipment required to perform their work including vehicles and helicopters for surveillance. “We […]
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The Managing Director of the Katsina State Road Management Agency, Alhaji Abdul Mohammed, on Tuesday said that when he assumed duty in the agency last year, he discovered that over N14 bn belonging to the agency had either been stolen or was missing. He told the Katsina Commission of Inquiry probing the immediate past regime of former Governor Ibrahim Sheu […]
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The police have arrested 29 suspects for alleged involvement in carjacking and stealing nationwide. A statement on Friday in Abuja by the police spokesman, Donald Awunah, said 12 cars were recovered from the criminals. It stated that the suspects were arrested from different states by the IGP’s Special Tactical Squad.
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The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Friday launched an operation against kidnappers and other hoodlums by deploying 510 anti-riot policemen on Abuja-Kaduna Expressway. The operation which was backed with 40 patrol vehicles and armoured carriers, was expected to man dark spots and vulnerable points along the road which had become notorious for kidnapping and other violent crimes.
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