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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 0Comments

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 0Comments

Ebonyi Killings: Police Arrest APC Chairman, NASS Candidate, 24 Others

Ebonyi State police command has confirmed the arrest of the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman, Hon Stanley Emegha, the Afikpo North/Afikpo South federal constituency candidate of the party, Hon Eni Uduma Chima, an Ebubeagu operative, one Nnamdi Omeoha and 23 others in…

24/01/2023 0Comments

Police Search for Hoodlums for Beheading LG Chair

The police in Imo State on Monday confirmed the beheading of the Sole Administrator of the Ideato North Local Government Area of the state, Chris Ohizu. Ohizu was kidnapped on Friday alongside two others after his country home at Imoko community, Arondizuogu, was…

24/01/2023 0Comments

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 0Comments

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 0Comments

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 0Comments

Fed Govt Accepts Naja’atu Bala Mohammed’s Resignation From PSC

The Federal Government has accepted the resignation of Hajiya Naja’atu Bala Mihammed as a member of the Police Service Commission (PSC). Her resignation as a Commissioner was confirmed last night by sources in the Police Affairs Ministry. She was representing the Northwestern zone in…

23/01/2023 0Comments

NDLEA Nabs Blind Grandpa, Leper for Drug Trafficking

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a blind 67-year-old grandpa, Aliyu Adebiyi, and a leper, Haruna Abdullahi, for drug trafficking. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, said Adebiyi was caught with 234 kilogrammes…

23/01/2023 0Comments

Lagos Police Arrest 405 Robbery Suspects, Kill 51

The Lagos State Police Command says no fewer than 405 robbery suspects were arrested and 51 others killed during an exchange of gunfire between 2021 and 2022. The command’s spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the figures to the News Agency of Nigeria while speaking…

19/01/2023 0Comments

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