The police command in Benin has presented 10 cheques worth N12.8 million to families of 10 deceased officers. Abubakar Mohammed, Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG, in charge of Zone 5, made the donation on Wednesday. Emeka Iheanacho, the zone’s media officer, said that the money was from the Nigeria Police Group Life Assurance Claim Settlement […]
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The Lagos state command of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has dismissed three officers it found guilty of illegal arrest and extortion. The affected officers are Okelue Nkemeonye, Braimoh Sunday and Yusuf Olukoga. Abayomi Shogunle, an assistant commissioner of police, who disclosed this, encouraged members of the public to report the misconduct of police officers. […]
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The Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has criticised the Nigerian police for planning to stop an anti-government protest scheduled for Monday. The protest was inspired by ace musician Innocent Tuface Idibia, to highlight the failure of the current government to tackle several issues facing Nigerians. After the police said it could not guarantee the safety of […]
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The Nigerian Police Force has pleaded with musician 2face Idibia and others to shelve their planned protests against the Buhari administration, in the interest of peace and public order. In a statement Friday night issued in Abuja, the police said they were in possession of ‘credible intelligence’ that some other groups are planning a counter […]
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Inspector-General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris, has appointed CSP Jimoh Olohundare Moshood as the substantive Force Public Relations Officer. He takes over from Ag. CP. Don N. Awunah fsi who has since been posted as Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State Command. CSP Moshood hails from Ilorin in Ilorin South LGA of Kwara State. He […]
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Thirty senior police officers retired in 2016, have challenged their retirement at the National Industrial Court, Abuja insisting the force was ‘influenced’ to retire them. The officers sought the powers of the court to interpret certain parts of the constitution binding on the Police Service Commission and its retirement processes. The officers sued the President […]
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Dapo Olorunyomi, publisher of PREMIUM TIMES and Evelyn Okakwu, the newspaper’s judiciary correspondent arrested on Thursday afternoon, have regained freedom. They were released on bail and instructed to report at the FCT Police Command Headquarters by 8:00 a.m. Friday morning. But a highly-placed police source said there are chances that the two could be taken before a Magistrate’s […]
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The Nigeria police have raided PREMIUM TIMES head office in Abuja, and arrested the newspaper’s publisher. The publisher, Dapo Olorunyomi, was arrested alongside the paper’s judiciary correspondent, Evelyn Okakwu. Plain-clothed officers conducted search at the office shortly after 5p.m. Thursday, and said they were acting on a complaint filed by the Chief of Army Staff, […]
Continue ReadingThe Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, on Thursday in Abuja inaugurated a joint investigative panel on the Dec. 10 legislative re-run elections in Rivers, with one of the tasks being to probe the phone call between Governor Nyesom Wike and some electoral officials. The 15-man panel, headed by DCP Damien Okoro, consists of officers […]
Continue ReadingThe Police Service Commission (PSC) has released names of successful applicants into the Nigeria Police Force in the just concluded recruitment exercise. As contained in a statement signed by Ikechukwu Ani, the commission’s spokesman, the recruitment was based on merit, federal character and geographical spread. Applicants are urged to check their names on its website, […]
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