The Nigerian Police have released picture of the Deputy Police Commissioner, Usman Umar Belel that was killed during a clash between Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN also known as Shiites and the Nigerian Police Force at the National Assembly area earlier today in Abuja. He was reported to have been hit by…
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The spokesperson of the Nigerian Police Force Jimoh Moshood has said the people calling for the proscription of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) may be armed robbers, The Cable reports. Nigerians on Twitter have, since Saturday morning, with the hashtag #EndSARS, been sharing their experiences, a lot of them featuring extortion and some deaths. Although former vice president Atiku Abubakar has contributed to the…
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Officials of the Nigerian Police Force, 24,000 of them, deployed in Edo State to ensure security of lives and property during the election have been asked to remain apolitical. In a report by Channels TV, a statement issued on Monday by the spokesman for the police, Mr Don Awunah, the Inspector General of Police, Mr…
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The Nigerian Police Force, earlier today, sealed off the Sharks Stadium in Port Harcourt, Rivers State,the venue of the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Force Public Relations Officer, Mr. Donald Awunah, disclosed this while appearing on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’. According to Awunah, “The warring parties need to follow due…
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Spice TV hostess, Elma Godwin has accused a policeman in Lagos of assault while two other officers looked on. According to her, she was on her way home from Sao Café, Victoria Island where she went to show support for DJ Obi (who is on his way to breaking the world record for longest DJ…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Kpotun Idris, as the Acting Inspector-General of Police. This was made known by Special Adviser to the President on media and publicity, Femi Adesina today. The Acting Inspector-General, who hails from Kutigi, Lavun in Niger State, was born on 15th of January…
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Recall our report at the beginning of April that the Nigerian Police Force was looking to recruit 10,000 graduates into the force as officers? Read here if you missed. It seems the force will have to increase the number of recruits seeing as over 700,000 applications have been sent in already for 10,000 slots.…
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IGP Solomon Arase Following the directive given by President Muhammadu Buhari, at the last National Security Summit, that 10,000 graduates be recruited into the Nigeria Police, the force has now opened its website for recruitment, reports The Guardian. According to a statement issued yesterday in Abuja, by the Assistant Director, Press and Public Affair,…
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The Police Service Commission (PSC) has warned that there would be no short-cut into the Nigeria Police Force in the recruitment of 10,000 personnel. President Muhammadu Buhari had in 2015 approved the recruitment of 10,000 policemen at the National Security Summit in Abuja. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Head, Press and Public Relations…
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Olabisi Kolawole The Nigerian Police Force is celebrating the birthday of one of its own today. ACP OlabisiKolawole, the first female Public Relations Officer in the history of the Nigerian police force was born today 8th of December, many years back. The verified handle of the Nigerian Police Force, in celebration of her big day…
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