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The Abba Kyari indictment in America: The unmasking of The Nigeria Police Force (1)

Ihesiulo Grace 7 August 2021 0

By Emeka Ugwuonye The criminal indictment of Nigeria’s most decorated police officer is the best thing to happen to Nigerians and the worst thing to happen to The Nigeria Police Force! Nothing could have saved Nigeria from The Nigeria Police without some external involvement, especially by the

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BREAKING: IG Announces Immediate Suspension Of Tinted Vehicle Windscreens

Ihesiulo Grace 7 June 2021 0

Usman Alkali Baba, Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, has announced that tinted vehicle windscreens will be banned in the country immediately. Baba made the announcement during a meeting with senior police personnel from throughout the country, including commissioners and Deputy Inspector Generals. Roadblocks are still illegal in the country, according to the

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INSECURITY: Police Parade 81 Suspected Bandits, Kidnappers, Others

Ihesiulo Grace 2 June 2021 0

On Wednesday, the Nigerian Police Force presented 81 individuals detained between April and May 2021. The suspects were detained for a variety of offences, including kidnapping, banditry, armed robbery, illicit gun possession, and illegal manufacturing and distribution of number plates, according to a statement from the Police Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba. According

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Imo jail escapee arrested in Lagos for stealing SIM card

Ihesiulo Grace 2 June 2021 0

Onyemachi Maduabuchi, 34, was apprehended by the Lagos State Police Command after he escaped from the Owerri Correctional Centre in Imo State on April 5, 2021. The suspect is said to have departed Owerri the same day to his town, Fegge in Onitsha, Anambra State, to see his mother, who eventually connected him with his […]

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Three Police officers dismissed for alleged extortion

Ihesiulo Grace 27 April 2021 0

Three police officers have been fired after they were accused of extorting N153,000 from one Sheriff Adedigba by intimidation. Inspector Sunday John, Sgt Jimoh Asimiya, and Sgt Solomon Adedapo are the officers who have been shot. They were accused of extorting the money from the victim when he was on his way from Abeokuta to […]

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Nine armed robbery suspects paraded by Niger state police command

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2021 0

Saka Bolaji – Minna Niger state police command has paraded nine suspected armed robbers arrested in different locations who were involved in various robbery operations in the state. This was disclosed by the state police Public Relations Officer PPRO, DSP Wasiu A. Abiodun who paraded the suspects at the command’s headquarter . He further revealed […]

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We lack operational fund, Acting IGP

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2021 0

Despite the country’s dire security situation, Acting Inspector-General of Police Alkali Usman Baba said on Wednesday that the police have no funding for their operations. Without support and in the face of attacks on its infrastructure and the killing of its officers and men in various parts of the world, the police have evolved into […]

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Lagos police command launch investigation into attack on traffic officer, hunt for fleeing driver

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2021 0

Joy Joseph, Lagos The Lagos State Police Command has commenced investigation into the attack on a Traffic Officer, attached to the Abattoir Police Division, Daudu Ajayi, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP). Ajayi in a viral video was attacked on Wednesday after he stopped the driver of a Dyna vehicle with Reg. No. BDG 746 […]

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BREAKING: Police monitoring team in Lagos, Port Harcourt disbanded – Ag IGP

Ihesiulo Grace 15 April 2021 0

Acting Inspector-General of Police Alkali Baba has ordered the immediate disbandment of the IGP Monitoring Satellite offices in Lagos and Port Harcourt, citing constant allegations of abuse and working outside their briefs in cases of investigations. The IGP said the IGP Monitoring Unit as a whole would be reorganized during his first meetings with Command […]

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Gunmen attack another police station in Imo, 2 officers injured, 1 missing

Ihesiulo Grace 8 April 2021 0

In the early hours of Thursday, unknown gunmen targeted the Mbieri Divisional Police Headquarters in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo state. Around 1 a.m., the fleeing gunmen hit, and the suspects in police custody were instantly released. Suspects’ and police operatives’ phones were also taken from the police station by the hoodlums. Orlando […]

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BREAKING: VP Osinbajo decorates acting IGP, Usman Alkali Baba

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2021 0

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has decorated the newly appointed acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba. The decoration is following his appointment yesterday by President Muhammadu Buhari to take over from Mohammed Abubakar Adamu . Until his appointment as the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba was the head of the Force Criminal

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Buhari sacks IGP, names replacement

Ihesiulo Grace 6 April 2021 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Usman Alkali Baba, the Deputy Inspector-General, as the Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP. Mohammed Abubakar Adamu is instantly replaced by him. On Tuesday, Maigari Dingyadi, the Minister of Police Affairs, told State House correspondents about it. On the 4th of February, the president extended Mohammed

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No hiding place for IPOB – IGP

Ihesiulo Grace 6 April 2021 0

Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Adamu Muhammed has vowed to pursue members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who he claims were responsible for the attack on a police station and prison in Imo state. Following the attacks, Muhammed made the pledge on Tuesday while visiting the Imo police command. In the early hours of […]

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Choice of new IGP divides Aso Rock cabal as one CP, AIG, DIG slug it out

Ihesiulo Grace 29 March 2021 0

Aruga Joe Omokaro, Abuja The choice of the next Inspector-General of Police (IGP) is said to be pitting kingmakers in Aso Rock Villa or Presidency against one another. Investigations showed that those who are at center of the imbroglio are the Attorney-General of the Federation (A-G), National Security Adviser (NSA), Chief of Staff to President […]

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After 8 yrs of trial Adamawa Court acquits 2 police officers of murder, orders IGP to reinstate them

Ihesiulo Grace 17 March 2021 0

By Tom Garba, Yola After about 8 years of trial, the Adamawa State High Court presided by the Chief Judge, I. K. Banu, has discharged and acquitted two police officers earlier accused of murder. Justice I. K. Banu, further ordered the Inspector General of Police to reinstate the officers, insisting that the dismissal of the […]

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IGP can remain in office till 2023

Ihesiulo Grace 17 March 2021 0

According to President Muhammadu Buhari and Attorney-General of the Federation Abubakar Malami, the law allows Mohammed Adamu, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), to stay in office until 2023 or 2024. On February 1, Adamu, who was appointed in 2019, completed the necessary 35 years of service and was scheduled to be replaced by the president. […]

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Lagos police beefs up security around Covid-19 cold store

Ihesiulo Grace 10 March 2021 0

Joy Joseph, Lagos The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Hakeem Odumosu, has warned negligence and complicity on the part of staff and security operatives deployed to the Lagos State Cold Store, where the recently received Covid-19 vaccines are kept. Odumosu, who was speaking during an inspection tour of the store which is located in Ikeja, […]

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Police arrest five suspects for multiple abduction, sexual abuse, car theft

Ihesiulo Grace 2 February 2021 0

Joy Joseph, Lagos Operatives of the Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), has arrested five members of a syndicate that specialise in abducting women and girls driving in exotic vehicles, sexually abuse them, before seeking ransom for their release. The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, who disclosed the arrest of […]

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Police arrest pastor for using 20yr old girl’s menstrual pad for money ritual

Ihesiulo Grace 13 August 2020 0

Nemesis seems to have caught up with 65-year-old clergyman, Festus Adebayo and his accomplice, a certain Gbemisola Olufusi who have both been apprehended by police detectives in Ondo state for reportedly using the menstrual pad of a 20-year-old Oluwasemilore Iluyomade for money ritual. Olufusi, 24 years of age, is said to be the boyfriend Miss […]

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Court rejects Rivers’ request for interim stoppage of police fund deductions

Ihesiulo Grace 3 July 2020 0

Justice Ahmed Mohammed of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, turned down a request of the Rivers Government to temporarily halt the deduction of funds from the federation account for the funding of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF). Earlier, Joseph Daudu, SAN, who represented the state’s government, had urged Justice Mohammed to issue […]