By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Usman Baba has ordered the immediate distribution of uniforms, kits, accoutrements and anti-riot equipment to police personnel ahead of the 2023 general elections. The IGP gave the order in a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP...
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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has directed the Commissioner of Police, Osun State, CP Olaleye Faleye, to investigate the alleged assault on female Inspector Olorunsogo Bamidele by her DCO in Ode Omu Osun State. In a trending video, the female police officer accused her attacker who she gave...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Thursday in Abuja distributed 60 operational vehicles to security agencies, as part of efforts to combat security threats in the territory. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the vehicles were distributed to the Police Force, military and paramilitary organisations. Others...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – The Nigeria Police Force has reassured Nigerians and all other residents and visitors in the country that it will effectively review the security advisory issued by the United States of America Embassy in Abuja at the weekend. The security advisory, which was widely circulated...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba has approved the deployment of Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs) for the Force Intelligence Bureau and the Department of Operations. Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi stated in Abuja on Wednesday that the newly-deployed DIGs are Mr Bello Sadiq, to Force...
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba-Alkali, has urged political parties and politicians to allow the police to regulate their campaigns for 2023 general elections. Baba-Alkali made the call on Sunday in Maiduguri while speaking to newsmen. According to him, the measure was to contain any possible breakdown of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has ordered the deployment of adequate personnel nationwide, ahead of the Oct. 1 Independence Day celebration. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. IGP Baba...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) retirees have called on the National Assembly to go ahead and pass the Police Pension Board Establishment bill. Recalled that the Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF) had written to the National Assembly to exit the Police from...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the Nigeria Police attached to the Inspector-General of Police Special Task Force on Petroleum and Illegal Bunkering (I-G-STFPIB) have raided illegal petroleum refining site in Edo. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said this in a statement on Sunday in...
Bandits have reportedly kIdnapped two senior police intelligence officers while travelling between Abuja-Lokoja Highway during the week. The abducted officers were identified as Superintendent Francis Yisa and Assistant Superintendent John Kefaswho. According to Peoples Gazette, sources said the officers were on a critical investigation assignment to Kogi when they...
Some police officers under the Osun State Command on Wednesday said they were yet to be paid their duty allowance for the coverage of the Osun July 16, governorship election, 38 days after the election. The officers who spoke, anonymously, to newsmen in Osogbo, stated that about 140 officers...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Yakubu Dogara, the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Usman, over a plot by one of his constituents, who is collaborating with some police officers to eliminate him. Hon. Dogara also revealed...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in collaboration with Solar Security and Consult Company Limited have organized a one day sensitization workshop for police officers in the North East on election security management The workshop with the theme ”...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed an officer, Corporal Opeyemi Kadiri, for disobeying an order related to the illegal search of phones and assaulting a civilian. Corporal Kadiri, before his dismissal, was attached to Dolphin Divisional Headquarters, Lagos Police Command. The police spokesman, Olumuyiwa...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The South East zone of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association (IPMAN) has threatened to shut down Calabar, Port-Harcourt and Enugu depots and petrol stations following the incessant harassment of its leadership and members by the police The decision to close all the stations was said...
Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba has expressed disappointment at reports of brutality and extortion of members of the public by some police operatives. Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated in Abuja on Monday that Baba consequently directed all supervising Commissioners of Police and Tactical/Strategic Commanders to...
The Inspector General of Police (IG-P), Mr Usman Baba, has ordered the arrest and prosecution of persons or groups engaging in unauthorised sales of police uniforms and accoutrements. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed an inspector, Mr Richard Gele, who was caught in a viral video “dignifying and justifying” the extortion of members of the public. The dismissed inspector, Mr Gele was attached to the Police Mobile Force 77 Squadron in Okene,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba, has ordered the police to beef up security in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) following repeated attacks by suspected terrorists. . Residents of Abuja have been living in fear since the invasion of Kuje Prison by the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A group under the auspices of ICON Associate has began a three day training for the Nigerian Police Force on psychological development, human rights, rights of the police as well as conflict management. Flagging off the training in Sokoto State, The Inspector General of...