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New IGP pledges to support Nigeria Police Trust Fund to achieve a better police force

Ihesiulo Grace 8 April 2021 0

Joy Joseph, Lagos. The newly appointed Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has promised to work closely with the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF), towards actualizing the vision of well-trained, well-equipped and well-motivated police force. Baba made the pledge during a visit

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33,783 police personnel deployed for Ondo State governorship election

Ihesiulo Grace 5 October 2020 0

  The Nigeria Police Force will deploy 33,783 personnel to provide security at the Ondo State governorship election holding on Oct. 10, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, has said. READ ALSO: Ondo Election: Jegede will defeat Akeredolu – Tambuwal Daily Times Nigeria gathered that Adamu made this known during a stakeholders meeting with […]

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Police arrest Native Doctor, 67 IPOB members.

Ihesiulo Grace 12 August 2020 0

A native doctor and 67 advocates of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have reportedly been arrested in Imo State. The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Isaac Akinmoyede, made this known on Wednesday. He said the arrested persons were picked up for unlawful assembly. Mr Akinmoyede further revealed that the IPOB members were en route to […]

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”Burna Boy is still owing his landlord N100M,” says neighbours as they drag him to police

Ihesiulo Grace 24 May 2020 0

Burna Boy’s neighbours have reportedly called in the men of the Nigeria Police Force to arrest him for being noisy. According to the video that has surfaced online, the neighbours claim that the music has been constituting a nuisance in the neighbourhood, insisting on his arrest and that of his father. They also alleged that […]

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CAN lauds Nigeria Police Force on renewed fight against Kaduna bandits

Ihesiulo Grace 6 February 2020 0

Kaduna – Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has commended Nigeria Police Force for its renewed zeal in fighting criminals, bandits and kidnappers in Kaduna state. Rev. John Hayab the state’s CAN Chairman gave the commendation in a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna. Hayab urged security operatives to keep the momentum until the state and country

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‘Badamasi: Portrait of a General’; Director, Obi Emelonye gets death threats over Film on IBB

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2019 0

After three years of painstaking work on ‘Badamasi: Portrait of a General’, an authorized biopic on former military President of Nigeria, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd.), the producer of the film, Nollywood star Obi Emelonye, has been warned against releasing it. During an interview, ahead of Nigeria’s 59th Independence anniversary, the filmmaker disclosed that he has […]

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FG opens website to report school sexual offenders, collaborates with police, NUC

Ihesiulo Grace 11 October 2019 0

The federal government has opened websites for easy reporting of cases involving sexual harassment and school sexual offenders. The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has also stated that they will collaborate with the Nigeria Police Force and the National Universities Commission (NUC) to curb cases of sexual harassment in universities. A

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SERAP writes UN over alleged poor human rights situation in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 9 August 2019 0

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has done a petition against Nigeria to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva over what it describes as the drastic deterioration of human rights situation in the country. In an open petition to all members and observer states of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, […]

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2019 Elections: Nigerian Customs intercept truck load of police uniforms

Ihesiulo Grace 7 February 2019 0

Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, the Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A,’ Nigeria Customs Service, said it intercepted bales of uniforms, tear gas canisters and other paraphernalia of the Nigeria Police Force. The command revealed that the uniforms that were intercepted along Lagos road were concealed in a Toyota Sienna space bus heading out of […]

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Analysing the IGP’s disrespect of the Senate shows that Nigeria does not have a separation of powers

Ihesiulo Grace 23 November 2017 0

Democracies are generally known to consist of the executive, legislature and the judiciary. These different branches, in purpose and function, work in tandem to provide as seamless a democratic experience as possible for the citizens they purport to serve. Nigeria’s democracy is no different, but the seamlessness with which all three tiers of government should […]

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We’re investigating wife who stabbed ex-minister’s son to death –Police

Ihesiulo Grace 21 November 2017 0

The Nigeria Police Force on Monday disclosed that it has begun investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of Bilyamin Muhammed Bello, son of a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and one-time Minister of Defence Dr. Haliru Bello. Bilyamin was allegedly stabbed to death by his wife, Maryam, in Abuja […]

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Court orders police to pay Evans Brother-in-law Obiechina, wife N2m

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2017 0

Peter Fowoyo Reprieve on Monday came the way of one Mr. Okwuchukwu Obiechina, the brother-in-law of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans as a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday entered judgment against the Nigeria Police Force in the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by the applicant. In the judgment yesterday, Justice Mohammed […]

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Kidnapping: Lawyer Accuses Ekiti Police of Silence

Ihesiulo Grace 18 May 2015 0

A Human Right Activist Lawyer, Morakinyo Ogele has picketed the Nigeria Police Force, in Ekiti State, over the rising kidnapping cases of innocent citizens in the state. In a statement issued to Journalists, on Monday, in Akure, the Ondo state capital,Ogele accused the Police of continuous silence, in seeking urgent action to stem the activities […]

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IGP Reverses Police Demotion of Officers in Ebonyi, Ondo, Anambra

Ihesiulo Grace 18 May 2015 0

The Nigeria Police Force, Ondo State Command has promoted nine of its senior officers, just as 12 were decorated in Ebonyi and Anambra, with a warning that the Force will no longer tolerate any act of indiscipline among rank and files of its officers. The State Commissioner of Police, Isaac Eke, who briefed journalists last […]