The Nigerian Army has suspended all statutory and voluntary retirements for certain categories of officers following the nationwide security emergency declared by President Bola Tinubu. Over 600 cases of mass abductions were recorded in November alone. Some of the incidents included the kidnapping of over 300 students in Niger State, 38 worshi...
•Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos The Lagos State Police Command says its operatives have been deployed to prevent any unlawful disruption on the Third Mainland Bridge. This followed reports of a planned protest by youths from the Oworonshoki area of the state, reports Channels TV. But in a statement today, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ...
•IGP Kayode Egbetokun The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has issued a stern warning to officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to steer clear of land disputes and other civil cases. In a video post on the Force’s X handle yesterday, the IGP declared that officers “have no business escorting parties for land […]...
•Policemen The Edo State Police Command has recovered N300,000 extorted from a furniture maker by the officers attached to the Oba Market Area Command, Benin City. This was contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Moses Yamu, today. Yamu said that officers involved have been detained and would face [&hell...
•FRSC officials The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has secured full international scholarships for nine of its officers to pursue Master’s degree programmes at Rashtriya Raksha University in Gujarat State, India. The university, a premier national security and police institution under India’s Ministry of Home Affairs, will host the Nigerian ...
•Sylvester Nwakuche The Controller-General of Corrections, Sylvester Nwakuche, has blamed recent “unfortunate incidents” in the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) on the complacency of personnel. He stated this at the weekend during the decoration ceremony of newly promoted Assistant Controllers-General (ACGs) of Corrections at the Service h...
•Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, CP Ajao S. Adewale The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command Abuja, CP Ajao S. Adewale, has issued a firm directive to all officers warning against illegal detention, meddling in civil matters, especially land disputes, and extortion. This follows reports of unlawful detention for bailable offences, extortio...
•The FCT Police Command is investigating an alleged harassment by officers in a viral video The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command said it has launched a formal investigation into a viral video circulating on social media in which a yet-to-be-identified male individual alleges harassment by some officers. The spokesperson of...
•FRSC patrol In preparation for the Eid el-Kabir celebrations on Friday, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has launched a special patrol across the country, scheduled to run from June 5 to June 11. According to a statement by Corps Public Education Officer, Olusegun Ogungbemide, the operation will involve over 36,000 regular and special mar...
•Police operatives The police have summoned their officers caught in viral videos over what they described as unprofessional conduct in the discharge of their duties. Disclosing this in a statement on X, Force spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, stated that the cases involved officers serving in Benin, Edo State, and a traffic officer in the Federal Ca...
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