The Independent National Electoral Commission has raised the alarm over the existence of fake continuous voter registration (CVR) portals. In June, the commission launched a portal where Nigerians can register or request to update their voter information before they complete the process physically at designated centres. In a statement issued on Friday by Festus Okoye, […]
Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has said the embattled Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Abba Kyari, who was indicted of complicity in a fraud investigation should be handed over to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The group’s spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman was recently caught on leaked tape seeking the suspended DCP’s extradition. Recall CNG and other […]
A group of 31 lawyers from northern Nigeria on Wednesday volunteered to render free legal services to the former commander of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari. Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, is facing allegations of corruption levelled against him by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States for […]
Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, says the US government will get Abba Kyari, the deputy commissioner of police, to face trial whether he likes it or not. Falana spoke on Sunday during a Twitter Spaces conversation hosted by Rinu Oduala, the rights advocate and community organiser. A US court had issued a warrant of arrest […]
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) and other Arewa Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have demanded a review of the suspension of DCP Abba Kyari. The Police Service Commission had suspended Kyari following his indictment by the FBI. suspension of DCP Abba Kyari. The Police Service Commission had suspended Kyari following his indictment by the FBI. […]
The House of Representatives has said a former Commander of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari, will remain its honouree until he is found guilty of the allegations against him by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States. Kyari has been suspended by the Police Service Commission on the […]
John Campbell, a former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, has noted how the scandal surrounding disgraced and suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has reduced the trust of foreign countries in the Nigerian police. “Whatever Nigeria’s reputation, that of the police is poor, both at home and abroad. Among Nigerians, the police are a […]
Muhammed Aliu, who claimed to be a lawyer, has disclosed that he only uses lawyer’s Identity card to protect himself from being harmed by criminals. Aliu said he had once handed over some criminals to police and had to protect himself from the consequences of his act by pretending to be a legal practitioner. He […]
In his former role as Commissioner of Police in charge of Budget and Finance at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Joseph Egbunike, head of the police internal panel probing Abba Kyari’s indictment in a recent FBI report on fraud conspiracy, joined other police chiefs to approve more than N1billion for sham police transit camps project […]
The Imo State Police Command has arrested three persons suspected to be involved in vandalising oil pipelines and adulteration of petroleum product in Imo. The Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, told newsmen in Owerri on Friday, while parading the three suspects at the Command’s headquarters, adding that they were arrested at Akachi road in Owerri. […]
