…warns officers within the zone to desist from extorting members of the public The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone13, Ukpo, Mr. Abutu Yaro has warned all officers within the zone to desist from extorting members of the public who run to them for assistance. Yaro who is feared for his
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…victim claims the DCO tortured her because she turned down his sexual advances Following a video that has gone viral on social media, the Commissioner of Police in Osun State, CP Sunday Faleye, has quizzed the Divisional Crime Officer, DCO, of Ode-Omu Police Division, Matthew Ajayi. The Daily Vendor reports that Matthew Ajayi was accused
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…says incident leading to the demobilization of the Inspector among other sanctions, occurred in the year 2020 The Nigeria Police Force said that adequate disciplinary sanction has been meted out to a drunken Police officer seen in a video trending on social media. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi made this known on
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Musiliu Smith has resigned his appointment as Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC). The Retired Inspector General of Police, who had been at loggerhead with the Police Hierarchy over the organizatiin constitutionally responsible for the recruitment of Constables into the Nigerian Police Force, was said to have resigned on the grounds of ill health. In the
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The Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba has charged the newly promoted officers in Anambra State to discharge their duties with every sense of responsibility. He said the force would be expecting excellent performance from them, warning that those found wanting would be disciplined. The IGP spoke through the Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng at
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The Nasarawa Divisional Police Officer in Kano State, SP Daniel Amah, has been presented a certificate of commendation by the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, for rejecting a $200,000 bribe in a case of alleged armed robbery. Sources claimed that the armed robbery case involved a Kano-based legal practitioner and some police officers. In
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Some policemen allegedly caught with a bribe of N500,000 in Anambra State have been arrested. The cops, whose identities could not be ascertained as of press time, were arrested following a petition by the victim. The Police Public Police Relations Officer in the state, Ikenga Tochukwu, who confirmed the development, said the Commissioner of Police,
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The Senate on Wednesday approved N11,352,457,101.70 as the budget for the Nigeria Police Trust Fund in the 2020 fiscal year.The approval came following consideration of the harmonized report of the Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs.The implementation of the NPTF 2020 budget would lapse on the 30th of April, 2021.Chairman of the
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The Anambra State Police Command on Thursday says a missing child has been found in Ogbunike, Oyi Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in a press release signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, Haruna Mohammed (CSP) He said at about 11:47am, a good samaritan brought a female
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The promotion of 4,134 traffic wardens to their next ranks, has been approved on Thursday by the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu. The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mbah, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, said the beneficiaries include 65 officers who were elevated to the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Traffic and
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The Nigeria Police Force has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja praying for an order stopping the various states’ judicial panels of enquiry probing allegations of rights abuses and other acts of brutality perpetrated by the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other police tactical units. The probe panels which have been
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The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, said he has rejected up-to hundreds of resignation letter from police officers following the EndSARS protests incidents. The Senior officers told newsmen that hundreds of policemen were ready to leave after their humiliation and burning of stations. “There is no amount of talk that will assuage the anger
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Four hundred Community Policing Special Constables on Friday, passed-out of the Police Training School, Nekede, Imo state. Speaking during the passing out parade, the representative of the Inspector General of Police and the Commissiner of Police, Imo State, Isaac Akinmoyede congratulated them for the successful completion of the training. In a statement issued by the
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The Police Service Commission (PSC) has denied that it threatened to dismiss any police officer who failed to return to work in the wake of the #EndSARS protests. Head, Press and Public Relations of the Commission, Ikechukwu Ani, in a statement on Saturday, said they condemned the killing of Police officers on legitimate duties and
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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has filed 20 new grounds of appeal against the September 30, 2020 judgment of the Court of Appeal which nullified the recruitment of 10,000 constables. The fresh notice of appeal filed at the Supreme Court, on Thursday, incorporates the earlier one containing only three grounds of appeal filed
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