The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, is expected to continue in his role for the next three months, the federal government said on Thursday. The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi disclosed this on Thursday while briefing State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Daily Times gathered. READ ALSO: FEC approves 20 private varsities, […]
ANDREW OROLUA, ABUJA. An Abuja based legal practitioner, Maxwell Okpara has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to stop Mohammed Adamu from parading himself as the Inspector General of Police forthwith. The plaintiff also asked the court to restrain Adamu from exercising any form of command over officers and men of the Nigeria Police […]
Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the arrest of Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho, over the quit order he issued on Fulani herdsmen in Igangan Town in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State. Failure of the Fulani in Igangan to heed the […]
Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has assured the training of a new police unit to take over from the disbanded Special Anti -Robbery Squad (SARS) will commence next week. Adamu spoke when popular musician, David Adeleke aka Davido, visited him in office on Monday over the ongoing #ENDSARS protests. He said with SARS being […]
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has pledged to check the extra-judicial activities of some personnel of the Federal Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) and other Special Tactical Units. READ ALSO: Banning FSARS not best way to go, Lagos Ex-CP says The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this in a […]
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has banned operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad from routine patrols. He also banned and other Tactical Squads of the Force including the Special Tactical Squad, Intelligence Response Team, Anti-Cultism Squad and other Tactical Squads operating at the Federal, Zonal, and Command levels, from carrying out routine patrols. […]
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the restriction of vehicular movement in Edo from 11.59pm on Friday to 6pm on Saturday. Adamu in a statement by the force spokesman, DCP Frank Mba, urged Edo people to vote on the day of the election, noting that the police and other security agencies have been […]
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria, also known as ‘Shi’ite’, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, and the National Film and Video Censors Board over a movie titled ‘Fatal Arrogance’. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Police kill Shi’ites members in Kaduna… The President, Media Forum of IMN, Ibrahim Musa disclosed this on Thursday, Daily Times Nigeria […]
*Says he won’t be distracted by campaign of lies, calumny Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has asked the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to investigate allegations that the suspended Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu gave him N4 billion for soft landing. He also asked the IGP to prosecute the […]
*To shut out NWC members, allow staff, journalists *Dissolution of NWC imminent The leadership crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) took a new dimension Tuesday morning as policemen believed to be acting on the order of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu barricaded the entrance to the party’s national secretariat, Abuja. Though a […]
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, met with the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, at the State House, Abuja. Speaking to State House correspondents after the closed door meeting, Adamu said he updated the president on sexual and gender-based violence across the country and the efforts of the Police towards addressing the menace. The IGP stated […]
Peter Nwuzor, an uncle of the 13 -year-old girl in Ebonyi state, Ukamaka Nwuzor, who was allegedly killed by her neighbour, Ogbonna Daniel, has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, human rights organizations, civil society organizations, women and child rights bodies to intervene in the killing of his niece, alleging attempts to cover […]
Governors of South-East states, on Wednesday, settled their differences with the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, over the modalities for Community Policing planned for the South East. Governor of Ebonyi State and Chairman of South East Governors’ Forum, David Umahi, stated this after a virtual meeting of the governors with the IGP. The […]
As part of measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered strict enforcement of the national curfew and inter-state movement restriction order emplaced by the Federal Government. The IGP gave this directive to the Zonal Assistant-Inspectors General of Police and State Commissioners of […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday asked the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to restore the police officers attached to the Rivers state Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic. The party stressed that the withdrawal of the police from the task force amounts to politicizing the efforts to check the spread of COVID-19 in […]
The House of Representatives have summoned the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu and Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abdullahi Gana over recurring extra-judicial killings under the guise of accidental discharge by the Nigerian Police and personnel of other security agencies. The motion brought by the Deputy Whip, Nkeiruka […]
The father of the kidnapped final year student of the Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma in Edo state, Mr. Thomas Ojemire, has appealed to the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu and Governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki to help him rescue his kidnapped daughter, Miss Ojemire Faith Bisi. Mr. Ojemire disclosed that since his […]
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has placed police commands and formations nationwide on red alert. This directive was contained in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer DCP Frank Mba and made available to the Daily Times on Sunday. According to the statement, the development follows intelligence report that some “domestic interests” are […]
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has ordered the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Legal) to return the case file in respect of allegation of forgery and threat to life reported by Whiteplains British School against First Bank PLC, Muftau Ande, Dibiaezue Chuks and Godwin Imakhai, to the DCP-lntelligence Response Team for conclusive investigation. The […]
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, says Mohammed Adamu, Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, has the power to recruit 10, 000 police officers contrary to the Police Service Commission (PSC)’s stand. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who delivered the judgment, held that the PSC’s suit lacked merit. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the PSC had […]