A former Inspector-General of Police, Musiliu Smith, yesterday resigned as chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) following some controversies in the commission. Sources said the PSC Board, at its meeting on Wednesday, asked Smith to resign and hand over to retired Justice Clara Ogunbiyi, who represents the judiciary at the commission. Muhammadu Buhari […]
Musiliu Smith, the chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), has resigned from his position. Ikechukwu Ani, PSC spokesperson, confirmed the development to TheCable on Wednesday. According to him, Smith resigned on “health grounds”. The PSC spokesperson said the commission will issue an official statement regarding the development on Thursday. The PSC chairman’s resignation […]
GOVERNORS of the 19 Northern states under the aegis of the Northern Governors Forum, NGF have called for the immediate establishment of State Police in order to address the continued insecurity challenges in the country with kidnapping, massive killing and wanton destruction of property. The decision was arrived at in Abuja by the Governors […]
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has continued the recruitment process of constables into the Nigerian Police Force (NPF). The commission had suspended the process last month after the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, fumed over an advertorial on recruitment. Baba, in a statement issued by the Force spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, had asked Nigerians to […]
There is no security threat to the conduct of the 2023 general elections in the country. This is according to the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, who addressed the United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UN COPS) in the United States of America. According to a statement issued on Sunday by the Force […]
Gunmen have threatened to kill the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Birnin Gwari Police Division in Kaduna State Sani Mohammed who was kidnapped in June while on official duty. Mr Muhammad, a chief superintendent of police, was kidnapped alongside many travellers on the troubled Birnin Gwari highway while reporting as the newly posted DPO […]
Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff, says 137 out of about 261 borders in the north-east and north-west regions of the country are unguarded. He said this on Thursday while delivering a lecture on “security, defence & development in Nigeria” at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) in Lagos. Irabor said the porous […]
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali, has activated the redeployment of some senior police officers. With the new posting, The Guardian gathered that CP. Abubakar Lawal is now the new Commissioner of Police Kano State Police Command, while the former commander of Special Tactical Squad (STS); CP. Kolo Yusuf is now the […]
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has suspended the recruitment process of constables into the Nigerian Police Force. The commission did this less than 24 hours after the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, fumed over an advertorial on recruitment. IGP, Police Service Commission in fresh disagreement over recruitment After Daily Trust Report, Police Rearraign driver […]
The Bauchi state police command has arrested a retired armourer in connection with the alleged threat to the life of Yakubu Dogara, former speaker of the house of representatives. Dogara had said two police officers are conspiring with one Barau Joel Amos to take his life. In a petition dated August 18 and addressed […]
