NIGERIA POLICE FORCE

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, was in Lagos on Friday, for the inauguration of projects completed and equipment acquired under his watch. Among the equipment were five operational gunboats acquired for patrols and response to emergencies on internal waterways. The Force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa…

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has launched the Central Motor Registry Command Centre at the force headquarters in Abuja, to enable members of the public to report cases of stolen vehicles in the country for possible recovery. The Force Public Relations Officer,…

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba Alkali has said the Force is training 10,000 operatives in police colleges across Nigeria ahead of the 2023 general elections. The IGP added the trainees would pass out this month and would be deployed to augment…

The  Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has directed police commissioners in the 36 states to dismantle campaign bottlenecks put in place by governors to frustrate their opponents. This is even as the IGP and the chairman of the Economic and…

The Nigeria Police Force plans to spend a total of N10,636,337,691 on the fuelling and maintenance of operational aircraft, boats and vehicles in 2023. A breakdown of the figure shows that the NPF has proposed to fuel its aircraft with N3,029,009,032 and boats with…

The Federal Government has slashed the budget proposed by the Nigeria Police Force by almost N93bn, a situation which the security outfit has warned may frustrate its efforts towards effectively tackling the growing insecurity in the country. The police blamed the reduction largely…

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered that the cybercrime unit in the Nigeria Police Force be reorganised as a number of units were merged to make up the new cybercrime unit of the force. This was revealed in a statement by…

The Police Service Commission has promoted the Divisional Police Officer of Bompai Division in Kano, Daniel Amah, from Chief Superintendent of Police to Assistant Commissioner of Police. He was also given a cash reward of N1 million by the commission. Amah had handled a…

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, said yesterday that the federal government had significantly boosted the arsenal of the Nigeria Police. He listed the procurements made to enrich the weapon holding of the police to include 631…