An international organization with focus on human rights, Amnesty International, has accused some officers of the State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of engaging in illegalities to make money. In a report released on Wednesday, the group said rather than work in line with its mandate of combating violent crime, the unit — carved out of the […]
Continue ReadingDuring a courtesy call on the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim K. Idris, at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, by the President, Coalition of Civil Society Group, Mr. Etuk Bassey Williams JP and members, concerns were raised over the current security situation of the country and the need for the police to do more to safeguard […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has requested redeployment of some police officers attached to the state’s Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences Unit for arresting innocent citizens.The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Steve Ayorinde, said in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday that the governor had sent the request to the state […]
Continue ReadingA Lagos-based lawyer has condemned parading of arrested suspects by the police, saying it is unconstitutional and damaging to the person involved. According to the lawyer, those often paraded were innocent and in the event of their being pronounced innocent by the courts of competent jurisdiction, the police never re-parade them. Mr Olawale Apanisile, told […]
Continue ReadingThe Police Service Commission (PSC) on Friday said it shortlisted 110,469 applicants out of the 338, 250 applicants invited for the just concluded screening at the states and FCT Police Commands. The chairman of the commission, Mike Okiro, who disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Friday, said the aptitude tests for the […]
Continue ReadingNIGERIA – Police Service Commission has approved the retirement of 21 Assistant Inspectors-General of Police who were senior to the new acting IG, Idris Ibrahim, before his appointment. With this mass retrenchment of senior officers, majority of the experienced officers in the Force may well have been let go. The affected AIGs include, Bala Hassan; […]
Continue ReadingDeputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has tried to exonerate himself from the alleged forgery of the senate standing order 2011, saying he has no business with the production of the document. There have been media reports that Ekweremadu and Senate President Bukola Saraki would be arraigned before a federal high court in Abuja, over criminal […]
Continue ReadingThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will today, Thursday arraign a retired Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Sambo, before an FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on a one-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N10 million. Mr. Sambo, who connived with Nuhu […]
Continue ReadingWhile unveiling a portal for the exercise in Abuja, the Police Service Commission (PSC) warned that there would be no short-cut into the Nigeria Police Force in the recruitment of 10,000 personnel. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had in 2015 approved the recruitment of 10,000 policemen at the National Security Summit in Abuja. In a […]
Continue ReadingMen of the Nigerian Police Force, from the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Lagos, on Wednesday abducted two teenage children in order to arrest their father. It was learnt that the police officers stormed the residence of the children’s father, one Mr. Mustard Ramadan over a crime allegation but did not meet the businessman who […]
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