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An officer of the Nigeria Police Force, Sergeant Sunday Wadzani, has reportedly killed his father in Maiduguri, Borno State capital.on Sunday. According to source, the incident took place in the vicinity of the State Police Command headquarters in Modugannari. It was gathered that the officer is attached to the Borno State House of Assembly complex….
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. Speaks Tough on Economic Sabotage. The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, in his continuous effort to combat pipeline vandalism and oil theft, has appointed Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Bayonle Kafar Sulaiman, as the new Commanding Officer in charge of the Inspector-General of Police Special Task Force on Petroleum And…
The Nigeria Police force has announced it will commence the enforcement of the digitalized Central Motor Registry (e-CMR) within the next 14 days. It said the enforcement will commence specifically on the 29th of July, 2024. This was made known in a release issued on Saturday by ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, Force…
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… IGP Calls For Review The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun PSC+ has called for a comprehensive review of the recently concluded Police Service Commission (PSC) conducted constable recruitment exercise. This is coming at the heels of a June 10th 2024 letter from the IGP to the PSC Chairman, in which the IGP…
The Nigerian Police Force has warned against planned demonstrations by certain individuals and groups to hold protests in several parts of the country on Democracy Day. The Force also placed its Zonal Assistant Inspectors General of Police and State Command Commissioners of Police on red alert, directing that they should “collaborate with other security agencies…
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. 5 DIGs, 15 CPs, 36 DCPs, 61 ACPs The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment of AIG Yahaya Sahabo Abubakar as Deputy Inspector General of Police. The Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani in a statement on Friday, stated that DIG Yahaya Sahabo was, until his appointment, the AIG in charge…
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The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, has clarified the presence of police officers at the Rivers State House of Assembly Quarters in Port Harcourt. Addressing speculations about the presence of police at the Assembly Quarters, Disu said that the police were solely there to prevent any breach of law and order. He was…
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President Bola Tinubu has declared April 7 as National Police Day. Tinubu, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, made this known on Monday night during the maiden edition of the Nigeria Police Awards and Commendations ceremony held in the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. He identified a complete overhaul of institutional mentality and memory of police officers…
The Nigeria Police Force, Kano State Command on Monday disclosed that its operatives had uncovered plots by some religious and political groups to cause unrest in the state during the Eid-el-fitr celebrations and hence Warn against such. This was stated by the state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Usaini Gumel, during an interactive meeting with the…
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The Police Recruitment Board, established by the Police Service Commission (PSC), has unveiled a list of 20 designated centres for the medical screening of candidates who successfully passed the initial phases of the recruitment process for the Constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force. Following the computer-based tests administered by the Joint Admission and Matriculation…
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