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PSC Elevates Two To DIG, Promotes Over 3,800 Senior Officers
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PSC Elevates Two To DIG, Promotes Over 3,800 Senior Officers

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has promoted more than 3,800 senior police officers, including two Deputy Inspectors-General (DIGs), 10 Assistant Inspectors-General (AIGs) and 17 Commissioners of Police (CPs). The two officers elevated to the rank of DIG are Olaolu Adegbite, who heads the INTERPOL National Central Bureau in Abuja, and Dankombo F. Morris, the head of Zone 4 Headquarters in Makurdi.

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Court hears suspended Torrens to Darlington contractor still awaiting $2m
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Court hears suspended Torrens to Darlington contractor still awaiting $2m

Court hears suspended Torrens to Darlington contractor still awaiting $2m. The labour hire company at the centre of a controversy surrounding alleged bikie threats is still awaiting a payment of about $2 million from the lead contractor of the state government’s Torrens to Darlington project, a court has heard.

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Gunmen kill four in Plateau community
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Gunmen kill four in Plateau community

By Golok Nanmwa, Jos Four persons were reportedly killed when gunmen attacked Sabon Angwa community, around Bet/Zat in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, on Thursday night. Also confirming the incident, Publicity Secretary of the Berom Youth Moulders-Association, BYM, Mr Rwang Tengwong, said, “Terrorist gangs reportedly attacked Sabon Angwa, around Bet/Zat in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area, and shot four people dead.”

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PSC promotes 2 DIGs, 10 AIGs, 17 CPs, 3,800 others
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PSC promotes 2 DIGs, 10 AIGs, 17 CPs, 3,800 others

The 10 officers promoted from CP to AIG are Omosanyin Olusegun, CP Administration, FCID Annex, Ikoyi, Lagos; Ogbodo Ugobueze, CP Anti-Fraud, FCID Annex, Enugu; Ohagwu Felix Ndukwe, CP Ondo State; Taylor Lennox Olanrewaju, AIG/ES, Nigeria Police Cooperative; Regina Cosmas Udoette, CP GI, FCID Annex, Enugu; Afolabi Wilfred Olutokunbo, CP Abia State Command; Nwogoh Martin, CP Airwing; Shetima Jauro Mohammed, CP Nasarawa; Ibrahim D. Gotan, former CP Osun; and Danjuma I. Yahaya, CP GI, FCID Kaduna. Those elevated to the rank of CP from Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) are Nache Bashir Liman, DC…

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Three French nationals jailed for life in Iraq for Islamic State ties
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Three French nationals jailed for life in Iraq for Islamic State ties

Islamic State seized ​large parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014 before ‌being ⁠driven from its self-declared caliphate by a US-led coalition and local forces in 2019. The United States announced in January that ​it was completing the transfer of Islamic ​State ⁠detainees from Syria to Iraq amid concerns about the security of their detention ⁠facilities ​after Kurdish-led forces lost control ​of parts of the region.

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Erin Patterson began the day with hope. Now Australia’s mushroom murderer knows she’s likely to die in jail
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Erin Patterson began the day with hope. Now Australia’s mushroom murderer knows she’s likely to die in jail

Erin Patterson began the day with hope. Patterson watched on, clad in prison-issued blue, as Victoria’s highest court rejected her appeal against her murder convictions Erin Patterson to die in prison after losing bid to overturn mushroom murder convictions Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Erin Patterson raised her chin and stared out on the brilliant blue promise of a mid-spring morning.

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Taraba massacre: Reps seek urgent help as death toll hits 60
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Taraba massacre: Reps seek urgent help as death toll hits 60

By Gift ChapiOdekina Abuja—The House of Representatives has called for urgent security and humanitarian intervention, following a deadly bandit attack on Binnari community in Karim Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba State, with the death toll reportedly reaching 60. The lawmakers also urged stronger security cooperation among Taraba, Plateau and Bauchi states to tackle the persistent attacks and prevent further loss of lives.

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Man convicted over 6.7 Million fraud using forged KCSE certificate
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Man convicted over 6.7 Million fraud using forged KCSE certificate

NAIROBI,Kenya Oct 30 – A Nairobi court has convicted a man who fraudulently obtained more than Ksh6.7 million from Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company after using a forged Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) certificate to secure employment as a driver. Kelly Gichuri Muiruri was found guilty on four counts by Senior Principal Magistrate Celesa Okore following a prosecution led by Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Susan Keli.

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