Nigerian Police Force

Oct 1: IGP orders ironclad security, crack down on miscreants nationwide

Ahead of Nigeria’s 64th independence anniversary on Tuesday, October 1, Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun has directed a comprehensive security measure to ensure...

Rivers CP Tunji Disu is FCT Police Command’s new boss, takes over from two-day old CP

Barely two days after Mr. Peter Opara was named the Federal Capital Territory Police Commissioner, Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun has redeployed...

FCT, Abia, Lagos, Ebonyi, Akwa Ibom get new police commissioners

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has announced the appointment of a new Commissioner of Police for the Federal Capital Territory Command. The new...

CLO, 40 CSOs to IGP: Withdraw policemen from Rivers 23 councils’ secretariats or face mass protests

The Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) and more than 40 allied groups said they are mobilizing for a massive protest across Rivers State if...

Policeman who fatally shot man during petrol queue melee in Lagos identified, say police

The trigger-happy police officer who shot a young man, Toheeb Eniafe, at a filling station on Wednesday in Ikoyi area of Lagos has...

Police bust child trafficking in IDPs camp, recruitment of pregnant girls in Benue

A child trafficking syndicate at Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps and recruitment of pregnant girls has been smashed in Benue State. Already, four...

I will pursue excellence, professionalism, accountability, pledges Acting Police IG, Egbetokun

Mr Kayode Egbetokun, the Acting Inspector General of Police, has urged Nigerians and stakeholders to partner with the police in its re-modernization and...

Just in: Police Inspector-General, Usman Baba Alkali, sacked

With less than 38 hours to the presidential and governorship inaugurations, Nigeria’s Police Inspector-General, Mr Usman Baba Alkali, has been relieved of his...