Kano: Police Kill 17 Gunmen, Arrest 3 Others

State Commissioner of Police Mr. Ibrahim Idris   By Ibrahim Shuaibu Kano State Police Command has disclosed that it has killed 17 of the suspected gunmen, who attacked the police post at Dala division with explosives and gun fire on Tuesday night. State Commissioner of Police Mr. Ibrahim Idris said three of the suspected gunmen […]

How I Masterminded Ningi’s Death, Says Suspect

Late  Sale Abubakar Ningi   Ibrahim Shuaibu Family and associates of the recently assassinated Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Mr. Sale Abubakar Ningi, were Tuesday taken aback when one Salihu Goni,  during interrogation by a team of detectives from the Kano State Police Command, allegedly owned up as the mastermind of the plot that […]

Boko Haram: ACF, ex-police chiefs reject state police

The northern socio-political group, the Arewa Consultative Forum, and some ex- police chiefs on Tuesday rejected the Nigeria Governors’ Forum’s demand for state police. They described creation of state police as an invitation to chaos. But the Action Congress of Nigeria has backed the NGF, saying security in the country should be decentralised. The National […]

Pension scam: FG beefs up security around investigator

The Federal Government has advised security beef up around the chairman of the Presidential Task Team on Pension Reform, Abdulrasheed Maina. This action by the government, at the weekend, is a subtle demonstration of support for Maina, notwithstanding the stance by the Senate which alleged in a report by its Ad Hoc Committee on Pension […]

Police quiz Lawan as search for $620,000 bribe continues (What a joke)

PENSE and curiosity were palpable at the House of Representatives and the Force Headquarters, Abuja yesterday as the two institutions continued their search for the $620,000 bribe, a member, Farouk Lawan, received. While the House is tracing the whereabouts of the money, Lawan, the chairman of the House Ad-Hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy Monitoring, who […]

Three police officers detained for helping Lawan

June 19, 2012 by Niyi Odebode and Adelani Adepegba 113 Comments Three policemen consisting of a superintendent and corporals have been detained for allegedly allowing the suspended Chairman of the House of Representtaive Ad hoc Committee on fuel Subsidy Regime, Mr. Farouk Lawan to go home at night while in detention. It was learnt on […]

Bribery: Police to declare Farouk Lawan wanted

June 14, 2012 by Adelani Adepegba, Abuja  Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on the probe of fuel subsidy mismanagement, Mr. Farouk Lawan | credits: File THE Chairman of the House of Representatives probe panel on fuel subsidy management, Farouk Lawal, on Wednesday failed to show up at the police headquarters for interrogation. An […]

Mr. President, Stop the Domestication & the Abusive Privatization of the Police – Dr. John E. Oshodi

By Dr. John E. Oshodi | NNP | June 13, 2012 – President Jonathan, it is time for an executive order to be issued in order to put an end to the ongoing  deeply painful domestic and abusive relationship between law enforcement officers, the police in particular and very important persons in the country.  Many […]

Police arrest 5 students with charms, alcohol

By DAYO JOHNSON, DAUD OLATUNJI & AMAKA ABAYOMI ABEOKUTA – Ogun, Ondo and Lagos states, yesterday, marked the Children’s Day with funfare and policy statements from their  governors. In Abeokuta, men of the Nigeria Security  and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, arrested no fewer than five secondary schools students at M.K.O. Abiola Stadium,  the venue of […]

Abubakar deploys AIGs to zones

Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has deployed 11 Assistant Inspectors-General of Police to various zonal formations and commands across the country. The postings came a day after the AIGs completed a two-week intensive course on leadership and strategic management at the Centre for Management Development, Shangisha, Lagos. The training was designed to prepare them […]

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