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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The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate end to the wanton violence, killings, looting and destruction of public and private property in the country. He gave the order to all Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs), Commissioners of Police (CPs), Heads of Police Operational Units, Squadron and Base Commanders in […]
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The immediate past Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, has blamed the excessive overlapping and unhealthy inter-rivalry among security agencies for their inability to combat crimes and criminality in the country. Arase made the assertion while delivering a lecture on the topic: “Strategic Partnership for National Security: Extending the Frontiers of Private Sector Participation Model,” […]
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Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police, has ordered the detention of the policemen who invaded the Abuja residence of Edwin Clark, an Ijaw leader. In a statement, Jimoh Moshood, police spokesman, said the policemen, did so without approval from the authorities. Moshood said four police officers were involved in the raid. “The Inspector General of Police has […]
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NIGERIA – Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has directed Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), to overhaul the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) with immediate effect. Laolu Akande, spokesman of the acting president, disclosed this in a statement. The statement said the vice-president asked the IGP to ensure that SARS operatives act in adherence to the rule […]
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The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has said 4,390 combined forces of soldiers and other paramilitary outfits will be deployed for the Ekiti governorship election will holds on Saturday. The deployment, Mr Idris said, would complement the 30,000 police officers already drawn up for deployment at the election. He said a Deputy Inspector General […]
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday met with the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa. The purpose of the meeting was not disclosed but there are speculations that the meeting is connected with the protests by some policemen in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital earlier in the day […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with 10-man senate delegation raised to address the ongoing impasse between the Senate President Bukola Saraki and the Inspector-General of Police over a criminal case involving some suspected cultists. Members of the senate delegation included former governors of Nasarawa (Abdullahi Adamu), Gombe (Danjuma Goje) and Akwa Ibom, Mr Godswill Akpabio. […]
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A video trending online shows Ibrahim Idris, the inspector-general of police (IGP), struggling to read a speech. In the video, Idris finds it difficult to pronounce the words, as he constantly repeats the words “I mean” and “transmission”. Idris was said to have been caught in the “embarrassing” video tweeted by Voice of Liberty, on […]
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While presiding over plenary on Wednesday, the President of Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki has alleged that Mr. Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), is planning to implicate him. Saraki said Abdulfatah Ahmed, Kwara governor, called him him Tuesday night to give him the information. His statement “Last night, my state governor, revealed to me an […]
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