The newly appointed inspector-general of police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun was on Tuesday decorated with the rank of IGP by Vice-President Kashim Shettima. The decoration of Egbetokun took place at the presidential villa. Recall that on Monday, President Bola Tinubu approved the immediate retirement of all security chiefs — including former IGP Usman Baba. Profile of […]
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NIGERIA – The inspector-general of police (IGP), Usman Baba, has ordered the deployment of armed personnel to safeguard stations along the Abuja-Kaduna rail services. The force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Sunday, said the operatives would be drawn from the police mobile force, K-9, force intelligence bureau, explosive ordinance unit and railway police […]
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The inspector-general of police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate withdrawal of police officers attached to very important persons (VIP). The directive was issued via a police wireless message on Wednesday. This development comes after a two weeks of protests by Nigerians demanding an end to police brutality in the country. In the directive […]
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Justice Stephen Pam of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, to arrest and bring the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, to court. This is due to the failure of the INEC boss to appear in court and refusal to obey […]
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Less than 24hours after Ibrahim Kpotun Idris, the inspector-general of police (IGP), started trending on social media for not being able to read his speech correctly, another video of major blunders by him has emerged online. In a new but undated video, Idris can be seen committing another blunder as he made a wrong turn during the […]
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The Nigeria police has describe the resolution of the senate as deliberate blackmail, witch-hunting, unfortunate and mischievous; and vowed not to be intimidated. Police see the Senate’s resolution declaring the Inspector-General of Police ( I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, as enemy of democracy as a deliberate attempt to blackmail him. “The Nigeria Police Force, therefore, owes […]
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The senate has summoned Ibrhaim Idris, the inspector-general of police; and Lawan Daura, the director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS) over the theft of the senate mace. The mace was stolen on Wednesday by some thugs who invaded the red chambers. It has since been recovered and returned to the national assembly. Speaking at plenary on […]
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The lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, the United Nations and other global bodies over what he described as a threat to his life. In the separate petitions, copies of which were obtained by our correspondent on Sunday, Melaye alleged that there was a plan […]
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The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has seriously warned all police unit commanders against flouting the order to withdraw personnel from VIPs as well as political and public office holders. The was given at a meeting with the police mobile force (PMF), special protection unit (SPU) and counter-terrorism unit (CTU) commanders in Abuja on Tuesday. […]
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The Inspector-General of Police ( I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the immediate withdrawal of all policemen attached to Very Important Personalities (VIPs), political and public office holders in the country. Idris gave the order at the monthly meeting with Commissioners of Police and above on Monday in Abuja. “A directive for the withdrawal of […]
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