NIGERIA POLICE FORCE

No fewer than 480 police constabularies have protested the alleged non-payment of their 18-month salary in Osun. They marched on the major streets and junctions of Osogbo, the capital of Osun State to protest. The constabularies recruited to complement the police structure by providing…

Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has insisted there is no threat to the 2023 general elections in the country. The reassurance followed security threat analysis carried out using global best standards. The IGP disclosed this during the United Nations Chiefs of…

The inspector-general of police, IGP Usman Baba, has strongly condemned the recent trend of assault on police officers and men in uniform, carrying out official and lawful duties in various locations across the country. The IGP emphasised that attacks on police officers, who…

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has suspended two supernumerary officers (SPY) for allegedly wearing uniforms meant for conventional police officers. The suspended SPY officers are Obaze Blessing and Obaze Emmanuella Uju. Muyiwa Adejobi, force spokesperson, in a statement on Friday, said one of…

The Joint Union Congress of the Police Service Commission has issued a notice of indefinite strike to the management of the commission over a breach of agreement. The union noted that the strike will commence with effect from Monday, August 29, 2022. Chairman of…

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba yesterday ordered the posting of Police Commissioner Abubakar Lawal to the Kano State Police Command. The IGP also ordered the posting of Police Commssioners Kolo Yusuf and Ahmed Ammani to head the Zamfara and Enugu Police Commands. A…

The Police Service Commis­sion (PSC) has suspended the recruitment process of Constables into the Nigerian Police Force. The commission did this less than 24 hours after the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, fumed over an advertorial on recruitment. In a statement issued by the…

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Usman Baba, has assured residents of South-East that elections will hold in the zone during the 2023 polls. Baba, represented by an Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Isaac Akinmoyede, gave the assurance, yesterday, in Enugu, during the opening…

The Nasarawa Divisional Police Officer in Kano State, SP Daniel Amah, has been presented a certificate of commendation by the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, for rejecting a $200,000 bribe in a case of alleged armed robbery. Our correspondent gathered that the…

The Nigerian Police Force, has dismissed a police officer, for searching a commuter’s phone by the road side contrary to the directives of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba. Corporal Opeyemi Kadiri with No. 509745 attached to Dolphin Divisional Headquarters, Lagos…