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March 08, 2026
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    IGP appoints DCP Anthony Okon Placid as new Force Public Relations Officer

    DIG Mba, others set to retire as seven AIGs line up for promotion

    Tinubu approves deployment of 65 ambassadors to foreign missions

    Police remove Hundeyin as force spokesperson after Disu assumes office

    US troops in Nigeria for training, advisory role only, says Musa

  • Politics

    Gunmen attack Amaechi’s convoy in Rivers

    C’River Assembly suspends lawmaker indefinitely over alleged assault on wife

    Kano Assembly begins impeachment process against deputy governor

    Atiku, Nothern aspirant should wait till 2031 – Fintiri

    Fubara submits fresh commissioner nominees to Rivers Assembly

  • Business
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    The Mind of the Entrepreneur: Always at Work

    Adedoyin Allen: A Trailblazer in Securities and Asset Management

  • Entertainment

    Simi: Lagos DSV agency refers allegations over resurfaced tweets to police

    Eric Dane, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Star, dies at 53

    Uzor Arukwe threatens legal action over rumours tying him to BamBam, Teddy A’s alleged marital crisis

    2Baba denies claims wife controls his career, addresses marriage rumours

    Renowned American worship leader Ron Kenoly dies at 81

  • Travel

    U.S. Embassy reschedules visa appointments in Abuja over planned protests

    FAAN to enforce cashless payments at all airports from March 1

    Fire destroyed NiMet Equipment at MMIA Old Terminal — Keyamo

    Fire disrupts flights at Lagos Intl Airport, foreign airlines divert to Abuja

    Day 2 of Kenya aviation strike grounds flights, strands passengers

  • Metro Life

    Troops kill 45 bandits, lose three soldiers in Katsina gun battle

    Gunmen shoot farmer, abduct wife in Ondo

    Man ‘kills brother with rock after claiming he shot him in dream’

    Police confirm abduction of three siblings by new tenant in Ebonyi community

    Two children drown in floodwater collection site in Edo

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    • 1 day ago Troops kill 45 bandits, lose three soldiers in Katsina gun battle
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    • 2 days ago DIG Mba, others set to retire as seven AIGs line up for promotion
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    • 2 days ago Court grants Malami, wife, son N600m Bail in N9bn money laundering case
    • 2 days ago Tinubu approves deployment of 65 ambassadors to foreign missions
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    • 3 days ago Police remove Hundeyin as force spokesperson after Disu assumes office
    • 3 days ago U.S. Embassy reschedules visa appointments in Abuja over planned protests
    • 3 days ago Kano Assembly begins impeachment process against deputy governor
    • 3 days ago Court acquits Abba Kyari of 23-count asset declaration charge
    • 3 days ago CAF postpones 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco
    • 3 days ago US troops in Nigeria for training, advisory role only, says Musa
    • 3 days ago Crude oil hits $84 amid Middle East tensions
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  • IGP appoints DCP Anthony Okon Placid as new Force Public Relations Officer

  • NDLEA arrests ex-Lagos councillor, others in nationwide drug crackdown

  • Man nabbed for alleged sexual assault of 15yo boy

  • Bandits disguised in hijabs kill residents, abduct several in Sokoto attack

  • Troops kill 45 bandits, lose three soldiers in Katsina gun battle

  • Police arrest 15yo for allegedly killing guardian in Kwara

    IGP appoints DCP Anthony Okon Placid as new Force Public Relations Officer

    Tinubu approves deployment of 65 ambassadors to foreign missions

    Crude oil hits $84 amid Middle East tensions

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