The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mr Usman Alkali said on Wednesday that security arrangements for the conduct of the Saturday governorship election in Anambra covered land, sea and air. Alkali spoke during the stakeholders meeting organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the Prof. Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre, Awka. He said that […]
The federal executive council (FEC) has approved the sum of N28 billion for the total radar coverage project of the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA). Total radar coverage is an initiative towards enhancing civil and military surveillance of aircraft operating in the Nigerian airspace. The council gave the approval during the weekly meeting presided over […]
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has given the federal government a 48-hour ultimatum to unmask those behind the invasion of the Abuja residence of the former Governor, Peter Odili, and his wife, Justice Mary Odili of the Supreme Court. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Sunday alongside leaders of thought from the […]
The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr Echeng Echeng, on Thursday, said the deployed officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force, ahead of the November 6, Governorship election has commenced street monitoring across the 181 communities in the state. Mr Echeng, disclosed this at the Police Headquarters Amowbia while briefing the press on the […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says 20,000 of its officers have been deployed for the Anambra governorship election. The election is scheduled to hold on November 6. Ahmed Audi, commandant-general of the corps, disclosed this on Thursday at a three-day ‘train-the-trainers’ capacity building and electoral workshop held in Abuja. According to NAN, […]
Usman Baba, the inspector-general of police (IGP), says the massive deployment of officers for the Anambra governorship election is for the benefit of the people. Over the past months, violent attacks in the state and the sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have cast a doubt on the possibility of the […]
Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has expressed readiness to build three-bedroom flats and nine self-contained apartments across the 13 local government areas of the state to help address the issue of housing deficit among officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force serving in the state. This, according to the state government, was part of […]
Ahead of the November 6 gubernatorial election in Anambra, the Federal Government has been advised not to take the threat by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to disrupt the election with levity. A retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, Ambrose Aisabor, also charged the Igbo cultural organisation, Ohaneze and other leaders in the […]
Frank Mba, spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), says officers are not overwhelmed by the security challenges in the country. Speaking on Wednesday at a roundtable discussion on internal security management organised by Cleen Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Mba said the police are only challenged by the nature of security challenges in the […]
Joseph Egbunike, a Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), has been deployed to Anambra State in the capacity of the coordinator of the state’s security ahead of the gubernatorial election slated for November 6. Egbunike was the head of the Police Special Investigations Panel that examined Abba Kyari’s indictment in a recent FBI report on fraud […]
