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Police Drop N1.3B Access Bank Fraud Charge Against Obanikoro’s Son

The Nigeria Police Force has decided to drop fraud charges against Mr. Gbolahan Obanikoro, the son of former Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, along with four other defendants, over an alleged N1.3 billion fraud involving Access Bank. The five individuals, including Adejare Adegbenro, Balmoral…

06/02/2025

Lagos Hotelier Paraded Over Alleged Sexual Assault of Teenage Boy

Police officers at the Zonal Command Headquarters in Onikan, Lagos State, have paraded the managing director and chief executive officer of a Lagos hotel for allegedly sodomising a 16-year-old boy. The suspect, Opara Macdonald, was arrested following a petition alleging that he took…

06/02/2025

2023 Elections: We Have Paid All Officers’ Allowances – Police

The Nigeria Police Force says it has paid all allowances of police officers deployed for the presidential and National Assembly elections. In a statement on Saturday, Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi debunked allegations that the Force had yet to pay its…

04/03/2023

Owohunwa Assumes Duty as Lagos CP, Alabi Bows Out

A new Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, has assumed duty at the Lagos State Police Command, taking over from Abiodun Alabi, who was promoted to an Assistant Inspector-General of Police, in charge of Zone 2 with headquarters in Lagos. Confirming the…

15/02/2023

IGP Recommends ex-PPRO Mba, Owohunwa as Ogun, Lagos CPs

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has recommended Frank Mba and Idowu Owohunwa to the Police Service Commission for the office of Commissioners of Police, Ogun and Lagos Commands respectively. This was contained in a document obtained by press on Thursday, signed by…

27/01/2023

Prof. Abiola’s Defamation Allegations Against Police Hold No Water – Force PRO

The Nigeria Police has shrugged aside defamation allegations by Prof. Zainab-Duke Abiola, a widow of the late Chief Moshood Abiola, and a suit to that effect wherein she is demanding N100 billion in damages. The Force Public Relations Officer (PRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a…

26/01/2023

Buhari Nominates Former IGP Solomon Arase as PSC Chairman

President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the name of former Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase (Rtd) to the Senate for confirmation as the new Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC). President in a letter to the Senate which was read on the…

25/01/2023

PSC Denies Backing IG’s Tenure Elongation

The Police Service Commisson (PSC) yesterday denied backing tenure elongation for the Inspector-General of Police (IG), Usman Baba. In the same breath, the Rule of Law Accountability and Advocacy Center (RULAAC) faulted the claim by the Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Dingyadi, that…

24/01/2023

IG Posting Commissioners Without Our Clearance is Unconstitutional – PSC

The crisis of confidence between the Police Service Commission (PSC) and the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, which has been simmering for quite some time now, has been exacerbated by the recent redeployment of Commissioners of Police (CPs), with the commission…

23/01/2023

PSC Asks FG to Stop Salaries of Newly Recruited Constables

The Police Service Commission has asked the Accountant-General of the Federation to halt the capture of 10,000 constables who recently graduated from police training colleges on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel System. The commission stated that the police officers had not been issued…

23/01/2023

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