IG directs air-tight security for Eid-Fitr (Didn’t direct same for xmas celebrations)

To ensure a peaceful and incident free Sallah celebration, the Inspector-General of Police in Nigeria, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, has directed all zonal Assistant Inspector-Generals to take adequate measures to ensure security across the country. He also mandated State Police Commissioners to personally ensure that places of worship, recreation centres, resorts and other public places were adequately […]

Teenager’s killing sparks protest in Kano

By AbdulSalam Muhammad, Kano There was protest in Gwale area of Kano central by residents following the killing of a 12-year-old boy identified as Hassan Muhammad by a police sergeant attached to Gwale divisional station. The trigger happy cop, identified as Laminu Adamu, was said to have fired a shot that hit the teenager on […]

Fed Govt, southern states may clash over state police

The Canadian government is allowing these businesses to outsource a lot of their jobs to foreign countries which employs a lot more people in other countries while having a great amount of unemployed in Canada.  Statistics indicate that Canada has increased their share of material and services inputs from abroad (Gu, 2008).  According to appendix 1 […]

DIG Leha replaces late DIG Haruna, 9 AIGs redeployed

Four months after the death of former Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in charge of Operations, Haruna John, in a helicopter crash in Jos, Plateau State, a new DIG has been appointed to take the vacant position. This is in continuation of the present efforts aimed at restructuring and repositioning of the Nigeria Police […]

Bayelsa: Policeman arrested for killing driver

The Bayelsa State Police Command on Monday confirmed the arrest of a policeman attached to MOPOL 30 Squadron in connection with the killing of a driver. The Bayelsa Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Fidelis Odunna, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria on the telephone. “It is true that the driver died. The […]

Presidential panel wants police ministry scrapped …says IG earns less than D-G SSS, EFCC chair

The 2012 Presidential Committee on the Reorganisation of the Nigeria Police told President Goodluck Jonathan to scrap the Ministry of Police Affairs, saying the ministry was no longer relevant in line with the 1999 Constitution as amended. The committee also faulted the disparity in the salaries of policemen and personnel of organisations carved out from […]

Retired deputy commissioner of police murdered in Lagos

 retired deputy commissioner of police with the Air wing of the Nigeria Police, Pullen Agbonifor, was, on Tuesday, killed by gunmen suspected to be hired assassins in Lagos. Agbonifor was shot on Tuesday around 9.00 a.m. by a  four–man gang, who invaded his Idimu Egbeda, Unity Estate home. The killers reportedly took advantage of the […]

Policeman arraigned for shooting girlfriend’s sister

The police on Tuesday arraigned Emmanuel Okujo, a 31-year-old police corporal, who allegedly shot his girlfriend’s sister, Blessing Isanbor, with an AK47 rifle on February 10, 2012. Okujo, who also absconded with the victim’s 19-year-old sister, Patience Isanbor, was charged with attempted murder before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court. The charge reads in part, “That you […]

Policemen fraternise with criminals – Officers, others now to spend 2 years at duty posts

WORRIED by the growing insecurity in the country and the inability of the police to curtail the ugly development, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Muhammed Abubakar, has ordered the immediate transfer of all general duty police personnel of all ranks in all formations  and commands, including Police Training institutions, who had  spent more than […]

Terrorists in mass importation of rocket launchers

Terrorists behind the rash of bombings in the North have a game-changer, as they plan to replace the Improvised Explosive Devices with rocket launchers and rocket-propelled grenades, investigation revealed on Friday. Consequently, massive importations of these high-calibre weapons are currently on. RPGs are explosive projectile weapons used by insurgents to attack or destroy targets from […]

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