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IGP to CPs: Policing must change, get closer to the people
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IGP to CPs: Policing must change, get closer to the people

By Evelyn Usman The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Disu, has challenged Commissioners of Police, CPs, across the country to strengthen their engagement with communities under their jurisdictions, insisting that effective policing depends on public relations, regular contact and mutual understanding between the police and the people. Recalling the #EndSARS protests, Disu cited instances in which some Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) came out of their stations to engage protesters, with some persuaded to leave, as an example of how direct engagement could help manage tensions.

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Kenyan fugitive Extradited to the US Over 2013 Manslaughter Conviction
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Kenyan fugitive Extradited to the US Over 2013 Manslaughter Conviction

NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 23 – A Kenyan man wanted in the United States has been extradited to California to face sentencing for gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. The Director of Public Prosecutions says Sancho Kibutu was handed over to US authorities in Nairobi by officers from the ODPP and Directorate of Criminal Investigations.

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The White House Farm massacre – exclusive: new forensic evidence suggests Sheila Caffell killed herself. Is Jeremy Bamber innocent?
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The White House Farm massacre – exclusive: new forensic evidence suggests Sheila Caffell killed herself. Is Jeremy Bamber innocent?

The White House Farm massacre – exclusive: new forensic evidence suggests Sheila Caffell killed herself. Now analysis of crime scene photographs by a leading forensic biologist could exonerate him On 7 August 1985, five people were found dead at White House Farm in Essex, England: 28-year-old Sheila Caffell (familiarly known as Bambi); her six-year-old twin sons Daniel and Nicholas; and her adoptive parents, June and Nevill Bamber.

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Police arrest suspect over murder of retired Ogun teacher
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Police arrest suspect over murder of retired Ogun teacher

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of a 61-year-old retired teacher, Mrs Adedotun Adeteju Oluwaseun, who was found dead at her residence in Agbaakin Emere, Bode-Olude, Abeokuta. The suspect, identified as Alhaji Saburi Lateef Ayinde, popularly known as “Oki-Ocean”, was arrested on Monday, October 19, 2026, following investigations by detectives attached to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Eleweran, Abeokuta.

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Macron condemns racism after one killed in ‘terrorist’ shooting near Paris
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Macron condemns racism after one killed in ‘terrorist’ shooting near Paris

Gunman opens fire from car in Trappes and Verrière, killing one and injuring five others, including a 12-year-old girl Emmanuel Macron has condemned racism in French society after a gunman opened fire from a car west of Paris on Friday, killing one person, wounding a 12-year-old girl and injuring four others in what the president called a “racist terrorist attack”. Macron arrived at the scene of the drive-by shooting in Trappes, a town west of Paris, on Friday night, saying he was deeply saddened by what he called the “premeditated” attack.

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NAFDAC Uncovers Empty Alcohol Bottles Stockpiled For Suspected Counterfeiting
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NAFDAC Uncovers Empty Alcohol Bottles Stockpiled For Suspected Counterfeiting

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered a residential building in Lagos where more than 100 sacks of empty alcoholic beverage bottles were stored for suspected use in producing counterfeit drinks. “We are calling on all women in Nigeria, please, when you see something taking place in your area, kindly notify the nearest NAFDAC office so that we can stop this menace, so that we can save our country from all these counterfeiters,” Ojo added.

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Seven shot dead by gunmen at church funeral in Jordan, officials say
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Seven shot dead by gunmen at church funeral in Jordan, officials say

“Whoever imagines that the bullets of treachery can divide the ranks of Jordanians will fail in his endeavour before our steadfastness and unity,” the king added in a post on X. Dozens of people had been inside the church for the funeral when the shooting began, Khaled Burqan, one of the mourners, told Jordan’s al-Mamlaka state-run TV. Karak has a sizeable Christian community in the majority-Muslim Jordan.

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Macron condemns ‘racist terrorist attack’ after deadly shooting near Paris
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Macron condemns ‘racist terrorist attack’ after deadly shooting near Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron visited the working-class town of Trappes southwest of Paris, where a gunman opened fire earlier in the day in an attack suspected of having targeted people of foreign origin. Trappes mayor Ali Rabeh said the man was “firing at random, wanting to cause a bloodbath” as he drove through Trappes and neighbouring La Verriere.

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Criminals recruiting children to damage Greater Manchester HMOs, police believe
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Criminals recruiting children to damage Greater Manchester HMOs, police believe

Houses being targeted because they are thought to hold immigrants, with dozens of properties affected in recent weeks Criminals are recruiting vulnerable people, including children, to damage houses suspected of being HMOs, police in Manchester believe. In recent weeks, dozens of properties have been targeted across Greater Manchester, mostly in Salford, but also in Stockport and Tameside.

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