Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Olatunji Disu, on Thursday, 3rd September 2026, presented cheques totalling ₦2,317,177,094.00 to 2,971 beneficiaries and next-of-kin of deceased Police Officers under the Group Life Assurance, Group Personal Accident and IGP Family Welfare Schemes. The beneficiaries comprise families of Police Officers who died in service and...
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Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Olatunji Disu has received a delegation of TAF Africa at the IGP’s Conference Hall, Force Headquarters, Abuja. The delegation was led by the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of TAF Africa, Dr Jake Epelle, and included the Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Women Trust Fund (NWTF),...
Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, has received the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Marshal S.K. Aneke, on a courtesy visit to the Force Headquarters, Abuja, aimed at strengthening cooperation between the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in...
Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, on Monday participated in the public lecture organised to mark the one-year remembrance of the late Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase (Rtd), who passed away on August 31, 2025. The lecture, themed _‘Policing, Good Governance, and National Development: The Strategic...
Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), calling for the immediate arrest and investigation of Mr. Abayomi Hunye over allegations that he has been presenting himself as the party’s governorship candidate for the 2027 general elections. In a statement issued...
Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, on Wednesday, delivered the opening address at the North-West Security Summit in Gusau, Zamfara State, where he called for an intelligence-led, community-supported, and coordinated regional response to insecurity. The Summit, hosted by the Zamfara State Government, brought together governors, traditional rulers, security chiefs,...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has alleged that there are plans by “unscrupulous persons” to withdraw security personnel from polling units and collation centres across the state, warning that such a move could jeopardise the integrity of the ongoing governorship election. Adeleke made the allegation in a post on...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – The Coalition of Civil Society Organizations on Human Rights, Democracy and Good Governance in Nigeria has demanded an immediate, independent and transparent investigation into the alleged forceful eviction of occupants of Treasure Suites, located at Plot 66, 1st Avenue, off Shehu Shagari Way, Central...
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has deployed Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) Ishyaku Mohammed, to Osun State to coordinate security operations for the Governorship Election scheduled for Saturday, 15th August, 2026. The Force spokesman, CSP Anietie Iniedu, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, said the...
Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has engaged representatives of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on security concerns surrounding the forthcoming Osun State Governorship Election scheduled for 15th August, 2026. The delegation was led by the Executive Director, CISLAC, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, and comprised representatives of YIAGA Africa, Nigerian...
Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has approved the deployment of Commissioners of Police to State Commands and strategic formations across the country following the approval of his recommendations by the Police Service Commission. The approval is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by the...
Nigeria Police Force has successfully concluded its participation in the Specialized Training on Counter-Terrorism Investigations Train-the-Trainer Programme held from July 13 to 31, 2026, in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco. The programme, organised by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) under its Global Counter-Terrorism Investigations Programme in collaboration with...
Nigeria Police Force has deployed theCommissioner of Police, CP Samuel Erale Etaifo, to Osun State as CP elections, in preparation for the forthcoming governorship election. Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, CSP Ani Iniedu, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday in Abuja CSP Iniedu said...
Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Riliwan Disu, has received the President of the Defence and Police Officers’ Wives Association (DEPOWA), Mrs. Mernan Femi Oluyede, alongside a high-level delegation, on a courtesy visit at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. The delegation comprised the President, Police Officers’ Wives Association (POWA), Chief Mrs....
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Riliwan Disu, has received the Director, Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), Hajia Hafsat Abubakar Bakari, on a courtesy visit at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. A statement issued on Wednesday by the Force spokesman, CSP Anietie Iniedu, said the...
House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the activities of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has directed the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disun, to produce the council’s alleged Director-General, Mr. Adeniyi Adeyemi, before the committee within 48 hours. The directive was issued as lawmakers intensified their investigation...
In line with the vision and strategic leadership of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, psc (+), NPM, towards enhancing operational efficiency and personnel welfare across the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of the Special Protection Unit (SPU) Force Headquarters,...
Nigeria Police Force has debunked a misleading report claiming that the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, psc (+), NPM, ordered police officers to “shoot anyone with illegal firearms.” Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, CSP Ani Iniedu, in a statement on Saturday, said the claim is...
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested and detained four police officers accused of extorting ₦53,000 from the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Aliyu (SAN), during an illegal stop-and-search operation in Abuja. Speaking at a press briefing on Monday,...
Kogi-born political activist and public commentator, Comrade Usman Okai Austin, has formally appealed to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Rilwan Disu, demanding an immediate and transparent investigation into the death of 26-year-old physiotherapist, Mary Habila. The deceased was reportedly found lifeless and unclothed at the Abuja residence...