1.   Nigerian police in the region were lent to Shell, which financed the purchase of their weapons.

2.   The Secret Service operates a task force with the Nigerian police to find and arrest people committing the frauds.

3.   During the days long wait for the MV Etireno, the Nigerian police and navy had deployed along the coast to search for the vessel, officials said.

4.   Fearing threatened violent street protests, Nigerian police and military troops cordoned off this northern town where a Shiite Muslim leader appeared in a treason trial Wednesday.

5.   Nigerian police arrested three Amnesty International officials in Lagos on Friday, the human rights organization said.

6.   Nigerian police have temporarily detained Amnesty officials in the past, but have released them.

7.   Nigerian police are notoriously ill-trained, known more for demanding bribes than anything else.

8.   Nigerian police routinely downplay or withhold casualty figures in a bid to suppress retaliatory attacks.

9.   Omisore said he believed Nigerian police would unravel the mystery and apprehend the real killers.

10.   Six helicopters, most of them donated by foreign oil companies, joined Nigerian police, aviation authorities and soldiers in the search.