Following the recording and audit of the state’s woods, the Edo State Government will start the process of hiring forest police. The recruitment, according to Crusoe Osagie, Special Adviser, Media Project to Governor Godwin Obaseki, who announced it on Monday, August 1, is a part of a reinvigorated effort to improve security throughout the state. … Read more
The Nigeria Police Force is alarmed by the country’s citizens, notably movie and skit creators, who often and illegally obtain and use police uniforms and accouterments. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force’s public relations officer, stated this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He said that the unlawful sale of police equipment and … Read more
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has presented N84.5 million cheques to 34 dependents of policemen who died in active service in Zamfara. NAN reports Baba was on Thursday represented at the ceremony by the acting Commissioner of Police, Ali Dabigi. The IGP said the fund provided by the Police Family Welfare Insurance Scheme would … Read more
The Niger State Government has instructed the state’s police and other security agencies to arrest anyone who refuses to use the old naira notes for business. SSG, Alh., the Secretary to the Niger State Government, The disclosure was made on Monday in Minna by Ahmed Ibrahim Matane. He explained that the old naira notes are … Read more
In response to a video that surfaced earlier this week showing a guy brandishing a pump action rifle and endangering public order, the CSP Egbeyemi-led Rapid Response Squad (RRS), acting on useful information, conducted a sting operation on the suspect’s home in the state’s Surulere region. Three pump action rifles, one Beretta handgun magazine, one … Read more
A user of Twitter has taken to the microblogging platform to complain that the Nigeria Police Force is demanding N100,000 to investigate the sexual assault and HIV infection of a female friend. @AS_Ahmadu claimed in a series of tweets that a formal complaint was filed with the police following the incident on Ibadan Street in … Read more
The Police Service Commission, (PSC), said it does not sell promotions in the Nigeria Police Force and will not start now when a deliberate effort is being made to reposition and reinvigorate the Force. The Commission disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday while reacting to allegations labelled against it. The statement said the … Read more
CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the public information officer for the Nigerian Police Force, has demanded the detention of Trinity Guy, a well-known comedian. After he disregarded earlier requests for sketch creators to moderate their practical jokes because they jeopardize Nigerian lives, the FPRO issued the arrest warrant. On Monday, CSP Adejobi shared a Trinity Guy extreme … Read more
Former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has reacted to the arrest of Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti. Kuti, who is currently in police custody, has been handcuffed and taken to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID, in Panti for further investigation and possible detention. Recall that the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Usman Alkali Baba ordered … Read more
Lagos State Command Commissioner of Police Abiodun Alabi has reassured residents of appropriate security following indications that the state may be on some people’s radar who are preparing attacks throughout the country. Alabi gave this promise in a statement issued on Sunday by Benjamin Hundeyin, the state police public relations officer. “The command is also … Read more