CP probes DCO accused of torturing policewoman for rejecting sexual advances
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CP probes DCO accused of torturing policewoman for rejecting sexual advances

…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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Police sanction drunken Officer in viral video - Force PRO
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Police sanction drunken Officer in viral video – Force PRO

…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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Just In: Musiliu Smith resigns as Police Service Commission Chairman
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Just In: Musiliu Smith resigns as Police Service Commission Chairman

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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We're watching you, IGP warns 39 promoted officers in Anambra
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We’re watching you, IGP warns 39 promoted officers in Anambra

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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DPO in Kano gets certificate of commendation for rejecting $200,000 bribe
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DPO in Kano gets certificate of commendation for rejecting $200,000 bribe

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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Anambra CP orders policemen’s prosecution over N500,000 bribe, cash recovered 1
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Anambra CP orders policemen’s prosecution over N500,000 bribe, cash recovered

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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Senate approves N11.35bn Police Trust Fund budget 2
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Senate approves N11.35bn Police Trust Fund budget

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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IGP approves 4,134 traffic wardens rank promotion 4
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IGP approves 4,134 traffic wardens rank promotion

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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EndSARS: Police pleads with court to stop ongoing probes by judicial panels 5
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EndSARS: Police pleads with court to stop ongoing probes by judicial panels

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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Resignation from 100 of policemen allegedly rejected by police high command 6
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Resignation from 100 of policemen allegedly rejected by police high command

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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Police graduate 400 Police special constables in Imo 7
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Police graduate 400 Police special constables in Imo

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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EndSARS: PSC denies threat to dismiss police officers who fail to return to work 8
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EndSARS: PSC denies threat to dismiss police officers who fail to return to work

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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IGP files fresh 20 grounds of appeal at Supreme Court over recruitment of 10,000 constables 9
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IGP files fresh 20 grounds of appeal at Supreme Court over recruitment of 10,000 constables

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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EndSWAT: SARS members will not be part of new tactical team – Police 10
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EndSWAT: SARS members will not be part of new tactical team – Police

The police have said that no member of the now-defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) will be a part of the newly constituted Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team. Following a very intense protest that has lasted for days, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, dissolved the infamous subunit of the force, SARS. Two days after

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