The Acting Inspector General of Police (IG-P), Kayode Egbetokun, says promotion in the Police Force will henceforth be based on merit. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Egbetokun stated this while addressing officers and men of the Kano State Police Command on Friday. He also said there would...
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The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has approved the deployment of the two newly promoted Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIG), Frank Mba and Bala Ciroma to departments. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. He said Mba...
The Police Command in Kano State has confirmed the arrest of 12 illegal immigrants from Mali and Niger Republic. It also confirmed the arrest of 33 other suspected criminals. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Usaini-Gumel, made this known while addressing newsmen in Kano on Wednesday. The illegal immigrants consisted...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force – National Cybercrime Center (NPF-NCCC), have arrested one Egenevowero Emefeke for engaging in a romancing scam to defraud an Australian National. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja....
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Usman Baba has warned political actors and their collaborators against a creating tension in the country, ahead of the May 29 Presidential and governorship inaugurations. Baba gave the warming at a news conference on Monday in Abuja. He called on political actors to jettison...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, has turned himself in to the Lagos State Police Command on Monday morning over investigation into his alleged assault on a policeman in a viral video. The Spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the development...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved salary payments for the 2021/2022 police recruits who had passed out of Police Colleges and in formal police work. The Head of Press and Public Relations of PSC, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, stated this in a statement on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Police Force says it has arrested the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari. The Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. Mr. Adejobi said: “Barrister Ari, who was...
No fewer than 4 suspects have been arrested by the police in connection with the alleged attempt to kidnap Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage. The spokesman of The Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department, Oluniyi Ogundeyi, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. NAN...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development has organized a one day capacity building workshop on how to enhance civil-police relations, operational standards as well as code of conduct and laws for officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force, Borno State Command. Speaking at...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has ordered Commissioners of Police to swiftly conclude all investigations related to violations of the Electoral Act during the Feb. 25 elections. IGP Baba gave the order to CPs in statement issued by the Force Public Relations...
Sen. Teslim Folarin, the APC Governorship candidate in Oyo State, has called on the Nigeria Police Force to investigate circumstances surrounding the killing of a young man allegedly wearing a cloth with his picture. Folarin made the call on Sunday in a statement by his Media Aide, Yekeen Olaniyi,...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba has ordered the redeployment of Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs), Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) and Commissioners of Police (CPs). Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated on Tuesday in Abuja that the redeployment was in line with the inspector-general’s manpower...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has ordered full enforcement of the CBN Act, 2007 that criminalises the hawking and selling of naira notes. The Force spokesman, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement on Friday in Abuja, that the IGP ordered...
An Anambra High Court sitting in Awka on Tuesday awarded N10 million as damages against the Nigeria Police Force and AIG Abutu Yaro, in charge of Zone 13 of the Nigeria Police. It was over the illegal detention of one Mr Chukwuemeka Ekwueme, a real estate developer. Presiding Justice...
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has reiterated his commitment and concern toward improving the welfare of police officers for effective service delivery. Baba made the assertions, while inaugurating the Ultra Modern Police Station and Barrack in Ado-Awaye, Iseyin Local Government area of Oyo State. on Friday evening....
The Nigeria Police Force has warned Nigerians to shun acts capable of jeopardising the 2023 general elections. Force spokesman, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, gave the advice when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Ibadan at the close of a conference organised for police spokesmen....
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba has filed a motion before a Federal High Court in Abuja to challenge the ‘contempt proceedings and committal order’ brought against him. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO) CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja....