{"id":975,"date":"2025-09-05T07:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T07:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=975"},"modified":"2025-09-04T23:29:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T23:29:24","slug":"police-flag-flies-at-half-mast-as-force-hq-mourns-arase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=975","title":{"rendered":"Police flag flies at half-mast as Force HQ mourns Arase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Nigeria Police Force has opened a condolence register at its Force Headquarters in Abuja to honour the memory of the late Solomon Arase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arase, the 18th Indigenous Inspector-General of Police, passed away on August 31, at 69.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Olamide, Wizkid - Kai! (Official Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7tChMHOrQJM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a statement on its X account on Monday, the current IG, Kayode Egbetokun, paid heartfelt tribute to the late police chief as senior officers and staff converged at the headquarters to sign the register and pay their respects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Nigeria Police Force has opened a Condolence Register at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, for the revered former Police Chief, as senior officers and staff pay their respects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn honour of his memory, the Police flag will fly at half-mast in all Commands and Formations nationwide,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The gesture is part of a series of formal remembrances by the service following Arase\u2019s death. <a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/photos-police-flag-flies-at-half-mast-as-force-hq-mourns-arase\/\">(Punch)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Police Force has opened a condolence register at its Force Headquarters in Abuja to honour the memory of the late Solomon Arase. Arase, the 18th Indigenous Inspector-General of Police, passed away on August 31, at 69. 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