LAW ENFORCEMENT

The Nigeria Police Force has approved an upscaling of the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) to the Force Intelligence Department (FID) to consolidate and strengthen its intelligence capabilities for internal security. To that effect, the Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Kayode Egbetokun approved the…

A female undergraduate student (name withheld) has accused a lecturer at the University of Lagos, Akoka, simply identified as Dr Kadiri, of rape. The undergraduate said the incident occurred when she visited the lecturer in the office to sort out issues about her…

The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi has revealed that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, is probing a case of alleged land grabbing involving some police officers and the Chairman, Harmony Garden and Estate Development Limited and Ibile…

As part of efforts to reposition the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for greater operational efficiency, the acting Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, has approved the redeployment of comptrollers at various commands across the country. A statement signed by the National Public Relations…

The Department of State Services has arrested some officials of the Nasarawa State Emergency Management Agency and their accomplices for allegedly diverting palliatives meant for vulnerable citizens. The suspects were accused of selling the palliatives in the modern market in Lafia among others. A…

Ahead of the Wednesday’s judgment to be delivered by the Presidential Election Petition Court, the Nigeria Police Force has said that policemen across the country are “fully prepared” to maintain law and order. In a statement on Tuesday by Force Public Relations Officer…

The acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has set up a seven-man panel of inquiry to investigate the death of a young cadet, Sulaiman Jika, who died last Friday at the Nigeria Police Academy (POLAC), Wudil, Kano State. The Force Public…

The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has ordered the posting and redeployment of seven DIGs to various departments. This follows the promotion of deserving officers to the rank of Deputy Inspectors-General of Police by the Police Service Commission. According to a statement by…

The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Idowu Owohunwa, has ordered a probe into the death of a driver killed during a clash in the Mile 2 area of Lagos State on Tuesday morning. Eyewitness accounts indicated that the dispute between truck drivers…

The Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Solomon Arase, inaugurated a new board saddled with recruiting police constables into the Nigeria Police. Arase charged the board members to recruit only the best Nigerians for the force. Speaking in Abuja, Arase said the recruitment…