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Nigeria Police Force
Reps Decry Rampant Extortion, Excessive Checkpoints Along Onitsha-Enugu Expressway
The House of Representatives on Thursday expressed grave concern over excessive security checkpoints along Onitsha-Enugu expressway and extortion of commercial drivers plying the route.
Worried by the development, the…
Abuja Herbalist who Shot Self after Odeshi Failed to Face Charges of Attempted Suicide
Ismail Usman, an Abuja based self- acclaimed herbalist is currently battling for his life in a hospital after he shot himself on the stomach while testing the efficacy of his “bulletproof charm” popularly called odeshi.
Usman was said to…
IGP Egedokun Backtracts, Orders Rivers CP to Unseal All LGA Secretariats
Resulting from the nationwide condemnation and bashing of the police over its role in the just concluded local government elections in Rivers State, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has directed the Commissioner of…
CP Opara Redeployed to Delta Days After He Resumed in FCT, Ebonyi, Abia Others Get New CPs
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Olukayode Egbetokun has redeployed CP Ukachi Peter Opara from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to Delta State.
FACTHEET reported that CP Opara was on September 14 through a…
Kano New Commissioner of Police, Dogo Garba Resumes Duty
Commissioner of Police (CP) Salman Dogo Garba, has resumed duty and commissioner of police Kano State Command.
Garba takes over from the state’s former police boss. Hussani Gumel who was recently promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector…
Recruitment Under Arase’s PSC Riddled With ‘Irregularities, Corruption’- Nigeria…
The Nigeria Police Force has said that the recruitment exercise conducted by the Police Service Commission (PSC) under the chairmanship of retired Inspector General of Police (IGP) Solomon Arase was fraught with corruption, fraud…
Police Declares Social media Socialite, Dorcas Adeyika Wanted for ‘Murder, Extortion’
The Nigeria Police has declared wanted, popular UK-based blogger, Dorcas Adeyinka.
In a “special police gazette bulletin” published on Sunday in Abuja, the police said that Ms. Adeyinka is wanted in “connection with a case of…
IGP Egbedokun Wants NSCDC, FRSC Merged with Police, Says Nigeria Not Ripe for State Police
The inspector General of Police (IGP) Olukayode Egbetokun has called for the incorporation of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Federal Safety Corps (FRSC) into the Nigerian Police Force.
The IGP made the…
Police Arrest 341 for Murder, 148 for Rape, Rescue 461 Kidnapped Victims in 5 Weeks
The Nigeria Police Force arrested 1, 346 suspected criminals across the country in the last five week, its spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi has announced.
The arrest of the suspects is part of the Force’s effort improve security in the country…