The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Olukayode Egbetokun, has appointed Commissioner of Police Tunji Disu as his Principal Staff Officer. Egbetokun announced Disu’s appointment while unveiling the new policing strategies for the Nigeria Police Force. The IGP publicised the new strategy aimed at achieving operational successes and re-igniting public …
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New IGP Vows To Tackle Crime Head-On
The new Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has vowed to tackle crime head on and rid the nation of criminality. He disclosed this to State House correspondents on Tuesday after he was decorated by the vice president, Kassim Shettima at the Presidential Villa . He revealed his enthusiasm …
Read More »Court Orders Arrest Of IGP For Alleged Contempt
The National Industrial Court has ordered the arrest of the Inspector General of Police, Mr Usman Alkali and the Force Secretary, AIG Hafeez Inuwa, for disobeying the court order reinstating some police officers who were graduates of Course 33, 34 and 35 of the police academy. It said it regarded …
Read More »Abia State Police Command Appoint New PPRO
The Inspector-General of Police has approved the appointment of ASP Chinaka Chioma Maureen, LLB as the new Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO for Abia State Command. In a release by the state Commissioner of Police, CP Mustapha Mohammed Bala, “Before her posting, she was the 2nd-In-Command to the exiting PPRO, …
Read More »IGP Approves Promotion Of 31,465 Police Officers
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has approved the promotion of 31,465 personnel, consisting of 24,991 sergeants to inspector, 194 corporals to sergeant, and 6,280 constables to corporal cadres. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said the …
Read More »Police Order Tight Security In Eagles Square Ahead Of Inauguration
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Baba Alkali has again vowed not to spare anyone that attempts to disrupt Monday’s presidential inauguration in Abuja. Alkali said the police were collaborating with other security agencies to forestall any eventuality. He said in a statement yesterday by Force Public Relations Officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi that …
Read More »101-year-old man petitions IGP over son’s abduction in Enugu
A 101-year-old retiree Pa Nicholas Ugwoke has petitioned the Inspector General of Police over an alleged attack in his house and abduction of his 33-year-old graduate son, Kingsley Chika Ugwoke. Pa Ugwoke, the oldest man in Azuokpe village, Umudim, Ibagwa-Ani, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, alleged that some …
Read More »Demolition: Lawyer Asks IGP To Prosecute 30 Persons Over Impersonation
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chukwuma Machukwu-Ume, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police to immediately take measures to prosecute 30 individuals who used police uniforms to harass traders at the Area 7 Shopping Complex in Garki, Abuja. Machukwu-Ume in the letter dated April 28, 2023, said the dressing of …
Read More »IGP Reads Riot Act To Criminals
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Usman Akali Baba, has ordered the state commissioners of police to deploy police personnel and operational assets to flashpoints within areas of their responsibilities across the federation. Baba also charged supervising zonal Assistant Inspectors-General of Police with intensive and proactive visibility patrol at all worship …
Read More »IGP Boosts Operational Capacity Of Zamfara Command
Zamfara State police command has received logistical support from Force Headquarters Abuja. The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Alkali Baba deployed additional manpower, operational vehicles, weapons, personal protective equipment and anti-riot equipment ahead of March 18th governorship and State Assembly elections. Addressing newsmen on Thursday at the State Police …
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