2023 General Elections: Police Begin Training Of Personnel For Election Duties
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has started training its officers on how to handle electoral offenses before, during, and after the general elections in Nigeria in 2023. IGP Usman Baba, the inspector general of police, said during the flag-off ceremony of the training over the weekend in Abuja that the training was required by the Nigeria Police Force in order to...
Police Job Not Slavery, Officers Can Consume Alcohol – Police Spokesperson
Mr. Hundeyin, the Police Image Maker added of the policeman seen drinking, "They have not misbehaved, they have not assaulted, they have not extorted (money from) anybody, they are simply drinking." Anyone can drink. Being a police officer is not slave labor. They were just drinking and intoxicated, which is what made it unprofessional; they were wearing uniforms. However, if...
DSS Arrests ISWAP Commander, Associate Over Kogi Explosion
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday, said it arrested the mastermind of a December 29, 2022 explosion near the Palace of the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland in the Okene area of Kogi State. The secret police said the suspect, Abdulmumin Otaru aka Abu Mikdad and one of his associates, Saidu Suleiman were arrested on January 3, 2023. The DSS identified...
Body Of Slain Ogun Couple’s Son Recovered In River
The police in Ogun State have recovered the remains of Oreoluwa Fatinloye, son of the slain couple, Mr and Mrs Kehinde Fatinloye, who were murdered and set ablaze by suspected assassins at their residence in Abeokuta, on Sunday. The corpse was recovered from the Adigbe river, along Obada Oko area of Abeokuta. According to information, the deceased’s hands were tied before...
Buhari Meets Uzodimma Over Insecurity In Imo, Approves Deployment Of Technology
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma at the State House in Abuja. The meeting with Uzodinma may not be unconnected with the security challenges in the South-East region where gunmen have continued to unleash violence. Addressing journalists after the meeting, the Imo governor revealed that President Buhari approved the deployment of technology to combat insecurity...
Ohakim Breaks Silence On Gunmen Attack That Killed Four Policemen In His Convoy, Says Bullet Proof Car His Saving Grace
Former Imo State Governor, Ikedi Ohakim has broken his silence on his attack by gunmen on Monday and the killing of four policemen in his convoy. The former governor escaped death by the hair’s breadth when gunmen rained bullets on his vehicle at Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. Narrating his ordeal after the ugly incident, Ohakim revealed that...
Ogun Couple Burnt Beyond Recognition In Their Home After Cross Over Service, Son Abducted
Tragedy struck in the Ibara area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Sunday, when a couple, Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye, were killed in a fire incident. Their son was reportedly taken away by suspected hoodlums, who set the house on fire. PUNCH Metro gathered that the couple were murdered in their private residence in Abeokuta shortly after returning from a New Year...
Gunmen Kill Ebubeagu Commander’s Wife In Ebonyi, Set House On Fire
Gunmen have killed the pregnant wife of Kalu Chima (aka Oyeku), the Ebubeagu Commander in Ama-Etiti village, Etiti community, in the Afikpo South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The two-man gang reportedly wore face masks during the attack on Sunday. An eyewitness, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the hoodlums took the commander’s wife outside, shot her in...
Opening Dialogue With Leaders Of Terror Group Part Of Solutions To Insurgency — Theatre Commander
Talks with the commanders of terror groups form part of the “non-kinetic” aspect of ending Nigeria’s 13-year insurgency war, the Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) in the North-East, Major General Chris Musa has said. Maj-Gen. Musa made this known on Saturday during a live appearance on Channels TV’s 2022 In Retrospect, an End-Of-Year special. When asked whether talks should...
IGP Begs Law Abiding Nigerians To Join Police For Nation Building
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba, wants law-abiding citizens and parents to encourage their children and wards to take interest in policing. Baba made the appeal in a message he sent to the passing out of 374 Police constables from the Police Training College, Oyin Akoko, Ondo State. He said more people should join the police not just as a...
