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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
ACTING Inspector General of Police [IGP] Mohammed Dikko Abubakar, yesterday decorated the newly promoted Deputy Inspectors General of Police [DIGs] and Assistant Inspectors General of Police with their ranks, stating that a new era in the policing of the country has come. Speaking shortly before the decoration, of the seven DIGs and 13 Assistant Inspectors […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
A storm is gathering over the recent promotions of a few senior police officers in the country, writes ADEOLA BALOGUN Consequent upon the promotion of some of its senior officers to the ranks of Assistant Inspector-General and Deputy Inspector-General last month, a cloud of uncertainty appears to overhang the Nigeria Police Force. As […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
The law caught up with an officer of the Lagos State Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI), on Wednesday night, when a police officer seized his cell phone for allegedly taking bribe from a bread seller. The drama took place on the premises of Motorway building on the Lagos Ibadan Expressway, Oregun, Ikeja, and threw the area […]
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Enugu, Nigerian Police, State News
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
Policemen shoot dead an Inspector returning from night duty, leaving his family in tears AFTER serving 31 years in the Nigeria Police Force, Clement Onwuegbuta, had slowly and painfully risen to the rank of an Inspector and was head of Surveillance Unit, Uwani Police Division, Enugu, till last Saturday. On that day, as he walked […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Monday, February 27th, 2012
By Seriki Adinoyi , Ahamefula Ogbu and Michael Olugbode At least eight persons died Sunday following a suicide bomb attack on the headquarters of Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN), Jos, Plateau State, during the church’s first service at 7.15am. Governor David Jonah Jang normally attends the second service which starts at 9am. An eye […]
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Boko Haram, Gombe, Nigerian Police, State News
Saturday, February 25th, 2012
TEN people have lost their lives following an overnight attack on the Gombe Divisional Police station by gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Orubebe Ebikeme, who confirmed this in a telephone interview with our correspondent in Gombe, said the situation is under control although no […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Saturday, February 25th, 2012
THE Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, has commenced move to decongest police cells across the country. The new police helmsman has also vowed to tackle corruption in the Nigeria Police. Abubakar has set up a committee that would ensure that the police detain all no citizen arbitrarily and that police cells are decongested. […]
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Headlines, Kwara, Nigerian Police, State News
Saturday, February 25th, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012 by Success Nwogu, Ilorin The Kwara State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old mother, Yemisi Fagbemi, for allegedly parading herself as a police Inspector. fake policewoman advertisement Speaking with journalists in Ilorin on Tuesday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Dabo Ezekiel, said the suspect was arrested on […]
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Breaking News, Nigerian Police
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
GUNMEN suspected to be members of the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, on Thursday killed four policemen and injured another two near the house of the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar. In Minna, Niger State, some gunmen suspected to be members of the sect similarly killed two policemen. Also, a bomb suspected to have […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
INDICATIONS emerged in Abuja, on Tuesday, that the presidency may have approved the names of some senior police officers made up of Assistant Inspectors General of Police and Commissioners of Police for promotion as new Deputy Inspectors General of Police, that will constitute the new management team. Police sources disclosed to the Nigerian Tribune that […]
