Usman Alkali Baba, Inspector-General of Police, has ordered the dismissal of nine policemen over allegations that they were the ones demanding wage increase and planning to lead the rank and file into an industrial action. It is understood that the police headquarters had ‘sleepless nights’ in March over threats that the junior officers would embark […]
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The Police command in Imo state on Monday has said it repelled an attack by gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)/Eastern Security Network (ESN) who threw petrol bombs and Improvised Explosive Devices(IED) that fell on a transit camp and a vehicle, shooting sporadically. In a release, Mike Abattam, […]
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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), has ordered the immediate implementation of the new salary structure for its Personnel. Alkali Usman Baba, the Inspector General of Police, who gave the directive, also approved the distribution of uniforms and other accoutrements to men of the NPF. The development may not be unconnected with reports earlier in the […]
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The Benue State Command of the Nigerian Police Force has discovered the lifeless remain of one of the two officers declared missing. Suspected herdsmen had attacked a police patrol team on Saturday after which four officers went missing. The officers were returning from an assignment from some villages in Logo local government area of the […]
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In an interview with NAN on Sunday, Mike Okiro said the number of police officers in the country is grossly inadequate for the population. He requested for the recruitment of more personnel. The issue of paucity of funds, he said, had been one of the problems hindering the recruitment of more police officers for enhanced […]
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The Kaduna State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the interception of fake drugs worth over N15 million in Zaria. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Muktar Aliyu, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview. He said the Police Area Command in Zaria had intercepted the fake drugs after a tip-off […]
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Although the Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris said the embargo on roadblocks is in force, he has ordered the immediate commencement of ‘stop and search operations’ nationwide. Nigerians may surely find this order conflicting with the earlier one, but Idris said the operations are designed to prevent crimes and criminality throughout the yuletide and […]
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The Nigeria Police Force has responded to allegations of torture and crimes levelled against the the special anti-robbery squad (SARS), which was established by the Nigeria police to fight violent crimes. On Saturday, Nigerians took to the social media to condemn the disregard for human lives which they say is evident in operations of SARS […]
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According to the 2016 World Internal Security and Police Index (WISPI), Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has been rated the worst in the world. The WISPI was released by two bodies – the International Police Science Association and the Institute for Economics and Peace. The report measured the ability of the police to address internal security issues. […]
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The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has announced its plan to establish an Anti-Cybercrime Unit (ACU). This was disclosed in Lagos yesterday by the Zonal Police Public Relations Officer for both Lagos and Ogun, Dolapo Badmus at the cybersecurity awareness programme organised by the United States Embassy in Nigeria, in collaboration with the International Centre for […]
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