Kaduna: Police arrest 500, rescue 40 corps members

  The Kaduna State Police command has arrested 500 suspects from different parts of the state for their roles in last Monday’s violence in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Aminu Lawan, told our correspondent that many of the suspects were laready being prosecuted. Lawan also said no fewer than […]

Police arrest 5 for printing voters’ cards

Five persons have been arrested by police detectives in Ede town for allegedly printing voters’ cards. Besides, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Peter Gana, warned politicians contesting in the April 26 polls to eschew violence or face the wrath of the law. Daily Sun gathered that police personnel from A Division, Ede had swooped […]

Police arrest four suspected bombers in Maiduguri

The Nigeria Police have arrested four persons who threw an improvised explosive device at a police patrol convoy in the Borno State capital, Maiduguri on Saturday morning. The police said in a statement that the suspects were arrested at Galadima Junction in Lamisula area of the state capital around 8.30am. INEC and the National Emergency […]

IG promotes 31 in Ogun, bars OPC others from electoral duties

  The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, has promoted 31 police officers in the Ogun State Police Command. Ringim, at the decoration of the promoted officers at Police Headquarters at Eleweran in Abeokuta on Friday, described electoral duties as part of the ad hoc functions of the police. He stated the need for the […]

Man impersonates ACP, frees criminals

  The police in Lagos State have arrested a 50-year-old mechanic, Mr. Akin Omole, for parading himself as an Assistant Commissioner of Police and influencing the release of criminals. Besides, he was also accused of obtaining money under false pretence. The spokesperson for the Federal Anti-robbery Squad, ASP Lekan Ogundare, said Omole was a fraudster […]

Police order restriction of movement from 10pm today

Barely 48 hours to the Presidential election across the country, the Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Abubakar Ringim, has said that the restriction of movement for Saturday, April 16, Presidential election will commence from today 10pm to 6am. The restriction, according to the police, will resume from  8am to 6pm on Saturday, April 16 within […]

Postponed Polls: IG redeploys Squadron commanders

Ahead of the rescheduled 2011 General Elections and in furtherance of his resolve to ensure  that the Police do not compromise in the areas of rigging, ballot stuffing and snatching, the Inspector General of Police, Monday,  ordered the redeployment of all the Squadron Commanders of the Mobile Police Squadron in the country. The redeployed Commanders […]

IG sacks all Police Commisioners in the 36 states

BARELY 24 hours to the commencement of the 2011 general elections beginning with the National Assembly elections, the Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Mohammed Ringim, yesterday dropped a bombshell by removing and redeploying all the commissioners of police in the 36 States and Abuja.he redeployment of police commissioners was followed by the deployment of the […]

Polls: Police ban thugs, Bakassi, vigilance groups in S’East

Twenty three thousand police officers and men, in addition to other sister security agencies have been mobilised by the Nigerian Police to ensure the security of lives and property as well as to ensure successful, credible, free and fair 2011 polls in the South Eastern states. This was stated by the Deputy Inspector General of […]

Withdrawal of Mopol: Banks in Delta close down in protest against IGP order

Bank customers in Delta State went through harrowing experiences, on Wednesday, as financial institutions put their offices under lock and key in protest against withdrawal of mobile policemen attached to them. The mobile policemen were withdrawn in response to the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, and the need for their services in […]

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