Nigeria Police Force has commenced the sitting of the Force Disciplinary Committee (FDC) to review pending disciplinary matters involving one hundred and sixty-seven (167) senior police officers over alleged breaches of professional conduct and other related offences. Force spokesman, DCP Anthony Placid, disclosed this in a statement issued on...
Inspector-General of Police
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reconstituted the 16-member governing council of the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, appointing the Minister of Police Affairs, Senator Ibrahim Gaidam, as the chairman. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga. Other members of...
Inspector General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, on Tuesday met with a delegation of retired police officers to address critical welfare concerns, placing the resolution of pension and gratuity issues at the forefront of the Force’s current agenda. During the meeting, the IGP Disu highlighted the persistent challenges...
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, psc (+), NPM, today received a distinguished delegation of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) led by human rights lawyer, Femi Falana SAN, at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. The delegation according to a statement by the Force spokesman, DCP Anthony Placid, comprised prominent...
Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has directed the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Operations), DIG Shehu Umar Nadada, to deploy to Kaduna State in response to the recent attack in Ariko Village near Gurara Dam. It would be recalled that on 5 April 2026, armed bandits attacked ECWA...
Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has condemned the recent attack in Angwan Rukuba, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, which claimed the lives of innocent citizens, and has ordered massive deployment of security assets to restore calm and ensure the arrest of those responsible. The...
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has paid a courtesy visit to the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Adeola Ajayi at the DSS Headquarters in Abuja yesterday. A statement by the Force spokesman, DCP Anthony Placid said the meeting underscored the enduring partnership between...
Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Disu, has formally decorated thirty (30) senior officers recently elevated to the ranks of Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) and Commissioner of Police (CP). The ceremony, held at the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Peacekeeping Hall, Force Headquarters, Abuja, follows the recent promotion of eighty-four (84)...
Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has dismissed widespread reports claiming that the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Disu, ordered the disbandment of all tactical units across state commands, describing the narrative as misleading and inaccurate. In an official clarification issued on Sunday by the Force spokesman, DCP Anthony Placid, the...
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has presented cheques to One Thousand and Seventy-Five (1,075) beneficiaries and next-of-kin of deceased police officers under the Group Life Assurance and IGP Family Welfare Schemes, at a ceremony held at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. The cheques, amounting to a total sum...
Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has convened his inaugural Conference with Senior Police Officers at the Peacekeeping Conference Centre, Force Headquarters, Abuja, bringing together Strategic Managers of the Nigeria Police Force for high-level deliberations on institutional priorities and national security imperatives. The Conference, which marks the first...
THE family of Princess Nwamaka Mediatrix Chigbo, an Abuja-based lawyer, is saddened to announce her brutal death at the hands of still-to-be-identified kidnappers in the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory on Monday, 5th January 2026. Before her abduction, Barrister Nwamaka was on the phone with her sister Anthonia, who briefly...
The Civic Alliance for Security Accountability (CASA), has strongly condemned what it calls a coordinated campaign of calumny against the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, urging Nigerians to disregard all unfounded attacks on his person and leadership. In a statement released on Friday, May 30, 2025, the President...