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newspaper. He reinstated a number of officers who had been forced into early retirement and also made police service more open, receptive and responsive to troubled spots in the country the results of which all
Nigerians are living witnesses and promised to provide improved pay, housing and equipment
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Okiro headed a five-man inter-agency panel to investigate the $ 190 million
Halliburton scandal in which it was alleged that KBR, a subsidiary of Halliburton, had distributed bribes to politicians and officials to gain construction contracts from Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas. In July 2009 it was
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Nigeria Police Force meritoriously, having attained the mandatory retirement age of 60 years. The entire Nigeria Police Force will continue to eulogize, appreciate and give ample reasons to remember him for all that he enacted, stood for, and his inherent
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resigning from the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) saying she would not yield to pressure to change election results in her state. Mike Mbama Okiro declared that she must make herself available to the Nigeria Police within 24hours.
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