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Police/PDP clash: Rivers Assembly calls on IGP to transfer ACP, SARS commander

Ihesiulo Grace 18 November 2016 0

As a fallout of last Thursday’s clash between the Rivers state police and members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the State House of Assembly has passed a resolution  calling on the Inspector-General of Police to effect the immediate transfer of the State Assistant Commissioner of Police,

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APC Reps Candidate Petitions IGP, Alleges Threat to Life

Ihesiulo Grace 17 May 2015 0

By Correspondent The All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Representatives candidate for Ukanafun/Oruk Anam federal constituency, Akwa-Ibom State, Mr Eshiet Offiong, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, over alleged threat to his life. In the petition by his lawyer, Felix Udoh, he alleged that his life was being threatened by a […]

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FG Names Streets after Jonathan, Yekini, Okadigbo, Others

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2015 0

President Goodluck Jonathan and other prominent Nigerians have been honoured by the Federal Government through the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) administration by naming major streets in Asokoro Extension, Guzape, Wupa, Wuye and Maitama Extension districts after them. FCT Minister, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, who disclosed this on Monday, during the FCT Executive

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APC Tasks New Acting IGP, Arase On Professionalism

Ihesiulo Grace 23 April 2015 0

The All Progressives Congress has urged the new Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, to approach his new task with a high level of professionalism while shunning crass partisanship, which it says has dragged key national institutions of state, especially the police, into the political fray. In a statement in Abuja on Thursday by […]

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The Many ‘Sins’ of Suleiman Abba

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2015 0

More facts are emerging as to why immediate past Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, was booted out of office by President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday. In a tweet message by presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati, President Jonathan had asked Abba to quit his exalted position and in his place, he appointed Deputy Inspector General of […]

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IGP Reshuffles Senior Officers Ahead Guber Polls

Ihesiulo Grace 10 April 2015 0

Inspector General of Police (IGP), Suleiman Abba, on Thursday, redeployed some Assistant Inspectors- General of Police to supervise the April 11 gubernatorial and states Houses of Assembly elections. The redeployment was an addition to an earlier postings of six Deputy Inspectors- General of Police to coordinate police activities in the six geo-political zones of the […]

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MD YUSUF, FORMER IG DIES AT 84

Ihesiulo Grace 2 April 2015 0

The Nigeria Police on Thursday announced the death of a former Inspector-General of Police, Mr Muhammadu Dikko Yusuf. In a statement issued in Abuja by the force spokesman, Mr Emmanuel Ojukwu, Yusuf, aged 84, died on April 1. NAN reports that late Yusuf was the third indigenous Inspector-General of Police and served between 1975 and […]

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Don't Bring Weapons into Polling Booths – Mbu

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2015 0

Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 2 Command, Mr Mbu Joseph Mbu, has warned the electorate under his area of coverage not to come to the polling booths with weapons of any kind. Mbu said this during a meeting with police commissioners of Ogun and Lagos states at his Onikan, Lagos […]

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2015: Confusion as Jega, IGP give conflicting directives on Presidential Polls

Ihesiulo Grace 23 March 2015 0

Ahead of next Saturday’s Presidential election, there is confusion in the land over conflicting directives emanating from two different agencies involved in the conduct and management of the polls. The Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Mr. Suleiman Abba, and the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) Prof. Attahiru Jega, are in serious disagreement

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Edo law-maker tackles IGP over election comments

Ihesiulo Grace 23 March 2015 0

Majority Leader of the Edo State House of Assembly and House of Representatives candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Etsako Federal Constituency, Mr Philip Shaibu, has accused the Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, of being a stooge of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and should, therefore, resign.   He said the IG’s […]

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Declaring Parallel Results is an Electoral Offence – IGP

Ihesiulo Grace 20 March 2015 0

Inspector-General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, yesterday, warned politicians against declaration of parallel results during the forth-coming elections. Abba maintained that doing so is an electoral offence. Rather that cause chaos in the country, the police boss advised politicians who might feel aggrieved on the outcome of the election to approach appropriate tribunal for