One police officer has been killed and two patrol vehicles burnt following an attack on the Ohauku Divisional Headquarters of the Ebonyi State Police Command by suspected gunmen.
Source: Channel Television
The incident was said to have occurred on Sunday night but the police authorities reacted on Monday.
Police Public Relations Officer, Loveth Odah confirmed the attack to Channels Television on Monday via a telephone conversation.
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She said the officer died while being rushed to the hospital for medical attention after he sustained gunshot wounds.
Tension As Gunmen Attack Again
Suspected bandits have attacked the Goronyo market in Goronyo Local Government Area in the Eastern Senatorial District of Sokoto State.
Sources in the village said the assailants attacked the market in large numbers on Sunday night, shooting sporadically and killing several persons.
Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, have filed a suit at the Federal High Court Abuja, challenging the seizure of their international passports by the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami.
In their separate suits filed by the Femi Falana Chambers on October 14, they told the court that their passports were last seen in the possession of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), which has officially denied that it was in their possession.
Candidates unable to access portal as police recruitment begins
Candidates applying for the Nigeria Police Force 2020 recruitment have been unable to access the portal despite the exercise starting today (Monday).
In a statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba, on Friday, the police said the portal for the recruitment process would begin Monday, October 18, 2021.
When our correspondent checked the portal on Monday, only the landing page and the contact page of the portal were accessible, as the tabs labelled “check status” and “print slip” were unresponsive.
Eid-el-Maulud: Lawan preaches peace, love, tolerance
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has congratulated Muslims on the occasion of the Eid-el-Maulud which commemorates the birth of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad
Lawan, in a statement on Monday by his Special Adviser on Media, Ola Awoniyi, said the occasion should remind Muslims, and all people of faith, of the virtues of peaceful coexistence, love and tolerance as taught and lived by the Holy Prophet.
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