By Umar Yusuf, Yola – THERE was tragedy at the Mayo Belwa Local Government Area of Adamawa State Wednesday night when a police Inspector posted to the private residence of Governor Murtala Nyako ran amock, killed his wife and that of his land lord. An eye witness told Vanguard in Yola that the Inspector (names […]
A police corporal shot a suspected tout on Thursday night for refusing to give him N500 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The policeman, whose identity is yet to be released by the Airport Command of the Nigerian Police Force, was said to have been shot in the stomach at the public car […]
Inspector- General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has dismissed as unfounded the allegation by Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State that the police was shielding the killers of his private secretary, Olaitan Oyerinde. The IG said on Friday that he would respond to the governor’s allegation at the appropriate time and in “due course.” During the […]
From GEORGE ONYEJIUWA, Owerri A combined team of the Department of Security Services, popularly called the State Security Services (SSS) and the army has arrested a serving police constable, Matthew Ofurum, in Owerri, the Imo State capital, over alleged involvement in the kidnap of Nollywood actress and Special Assistant to Governor Rochas Okorocha on Public […]
…As IGP warns against abuse of human rights From EMMANUEL UZOR, Onitsha The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar yesterday made his first official visit to Anambra State where he received 53 operational vehicles from Governor Peter Obi. Speaking during a courtesy call on the governor at the Governor’s Lodge, Abubakar commended the state government’s […]
From TIMOTHY OLA, Maiduguri Seven people including a soldier, a policeman and five others died yesterday in a fresh attack on a military formation in Borno by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram. According to sources, the gunmen had launched the attack on the 21 Brigade troops’ located at Marte, Marte Local Government Area in […]
HENCEFORTH, senior police officers (whether serving or at the verge of retirement) who publicly make comments on policies of the federal government may face serious sanctions. A circular to that effect has been sent to the Inspector-General of Police, M. D. Abubakar. The police high command has in turn sent out a signal to all […]
THE Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has directed all operatives of the special Anti- Robbery Squads in the country to be in their police uniform henceforth. Informed police source disclosed this to Saturday Tribune on Friday, saying the order followed the infiltration of the Special Anti – Robbery Squad office in Abuja, which led […]
No fewer than 18,357 constables yesterday graduated simultaneously from the seven Nigerian Police Colleges nationwide, the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports. In the history of police training, the constables were trained for a period of 13 months, against six months in the past. The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, who was represented by […]
By VINCENT UJUMADU, Awka THE Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Inspector General of Police, IGP, to investigate the activities of the Divisional Police Officer, DPO in Ogidi Anambra State over allegation of kidnapping and robbery levelled against a community leader and businessman, Chief Okechukwu Nwafor Agu. The police had, in a […]
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