The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 13 Commissioners of Police (CPs) to the rank of Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs). The development followed their successful performance in the recently concluded written examinations and oral interviews held at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja, reports The Nat...
The Police Service Commission has denied allegations that senior police officers paid N5 million each to secure promotion to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police. A report by Sahara Reporter alleged that officers bribed officials of the Commission to secure promotion from the rank of Chief Superintendent of Police to Assistant Commissi...
The Police Service Commission (PSC) today refuted claims of undue delay in the promotion of police inspectors following the 2025 Departmental Selection Board (DSB) exercise. PSC described a recent online report as misleading, speculative, and based on unverified anonymous sources. According to a statement issued by Head, Protocol and Public Af...
The Police Service Commission (PSC) today approved the promotion of several senior officers of the Nigeria Police Force to higher ranks following written examinations and oral interviews conducted at the Commission’s headquarters in Jabi, Abuja. The exercise was presided over by PSC Chairman, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (rtd), reports Vanguard....
Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has petitioned the Police Service Commission (PSC) and the Inspector-General of Police over alleged unprofessional conduct, abuse of office, and violations of the Police Act by senior officers of the Kaduna State Police Command. El-Rufai’s petition comes in the wake of an invitation extended to ...
•Police recruits Ahead of the 2025 Cadet ASPs and Constables recruitment exercise, the Police Service Commission (PSC) has cautioned state governments against hijacking recruitment slots allocated to them. PSC Chairman, retired Deputy Inspector General of Police Hashimu Argungu, gave the warning today during a stakeholders’ consultative meetin...
The Police Service Commission (PSC) today approved the promotion of Commissioner of Police (CP) Garba Ahmed, CP Yobe State Command; Nemi Edwin Osigoboka Iwo, CP Border Patrol and CP Salman Garba Dogo, CP Kwara State Command to their next rank of Assistant Inspectors General (AIG) of Police. CP Ahmed from Katsina State was former Deputy [&helli...
•Banji Lawal The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment of AIG in charge of Border Patrol, Force Headquarters, Abuja, Banji Lawal as a substantive Deputy Inspector General of Police representing the South West Geopolitical Zone. A statement signed by the commission’s Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, said Lawal w...
The Management of the Police Service Commission today pledged to introduce written examination as a requirement for promotion in the Nigerian Police Force so as to ensure quality and improved capacity in the personnel management of the force. Chairman of the Commission DIG Hashimu Argungu (rdt) made this known when he received a delegation fro...
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has demanded sanctions against the Commissioners of Police in Imo and Delta States over killings of some police officers. The commission specifically said the killings in some states had become worrisome while calling on the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to take another look at the capacity ...
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