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Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Olatunji Disu, has approved the appointment of DCP Anthony Okon Placid as the new Force Public Relations Officer, FPRO.
Placid is described as seasoned officer of the Nigeria Police Force with extensive experience in administration, operations, intelligence, training, and international peacekeeping.
Born on 2 December 1970, he hails from Mbiokporo Nsit, Nsit Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography and Regional Planning from the University of Uyo, and Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (M.A.L.D) from the University of Jos.
He was recruited into the Nigeria Police Force as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police at the Police Academy, Kano, in 1996, and was commissioned in August 1998.
He has attended several professional and international courses, including United Nations Peace Operations Specialised Training (POST), with certifications as expert in Police Studies, Military Studies, Gender Awareness, International Humanitarian Law, Human Rights, and Civilian Protection.
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DCP Placid has served in various strategic capacities within and outside the country, including Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Adamawa State; Police Staff College, Jos; Chief of Training, African Union Mission in Sudan; Head of Training and Development, United Nations Mission in Darfur; Divisional Police Officer in Federal Housing Calabar, Bakassi, Uruan, and Gembu; Officer-in-Charge, Anti-Robbery Unit, Kaduna State; African Union Election Security Adviser; Assistant Commissioner of Police (Operations) in Akwa Ibom and Kogi states.
He equally served as Assistant Commissioner of Police, Intelligence Department, Abia State, and Deputy in charge of Administration and Finance, Zone 3 Headquarters, Yola.
Placid is also a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, IACP, Commonwealth Human Rights Trainer and International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, Trainer on International Humanitarian Law.
He is a graduate of the Senior Executive Course, SEC 47, of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, Kuru, and was inducted as a Member of the National Institute, mni, on 13 December 2025, prior to his redeployment to Cross River State.
He is happily married with children.
His hobbies include listening to good music, playing football, basketball, table tennis, badminton, and engaging with people.
DCP Placid can be reached on 07031179186.
He takes over from ACP Benjamin Hundeyin.
No official reason has been given for Hundeyin’s removal. His new posting has also not been disclosed.
Norwegian police are investigating a possible terrorist attack on the United States Embassy in Oslo after an incendiary device exploded at the entrance to the building’s consular section at approximately 1 a.m. local time on Sunday, causing minor structural damage and no injuries, but prompting a major security response involving dogs, drones, and helicopters as investigators searched for one or more suspects in the first attack on a US diplomatic facility in Scandinavia in recent memory.
The blast comes at a time of heightened security for US embassies and consulates around the world as Israel and the United States conduct a rapidly escalating bombing campaign against Iran, with multiple US diplomatic buildings in Gulf kingdoms that host American troops having been targeted by Iranian retaliatory strikes.
Norwegian police were careful not to formally attribute the attack but placed it squarely within that context.
“It’s natural to see this in the context of the current security situation and that this could be an attack deliberately targeting the US embassy,” Frode Larsen, head of the Oslo police investigation unit, told a news conference. “One of our hypotheses is that this is terrorism, but we are also exploring other options,” he later told public broadcaster NRK.
The explosion was caused by some sort of incendiary device, according to Larsen. Investigators believe the embassy was the target and are searching for the perpetrators and their motive. Police incident commander Michael Dellemyr told TV2 that investigators “have an idea of the cause,” and that the incident appeared to be “an act carried out by someone,” the clearest official language yet suggesting deliberate human agency rather than an accident. Dellemyr declined to comment publicly on the type of damage, what had exploded, or similar details, saying it was “very early in the investigation.”
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Eyewitnesses described a loud explosion that shook nearby buildings and sent thick black smoke billowing from the embassy entrance. Anna Gilbo, who was at home with friends nearby, told CNN she heard the blast and rushed to her window to see a cloud of smoke rising from the compound. Sebastian Toerstad, an 18-year-old student who drove past the embassy moments after the explosion, described “a very thick layer of smoke on the street.”
Photos posted on social media showed shattered glass in the snow outside the consular entrance, cracks in a glass door, and dark scorch marks on the tiled floor inside. Investigations were carried out at the scene with the aid of dogs, drones, and a helicopter, searching for one or more potential perpetrators.
