In line with the new Manpower Development Policy of the Force, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the posting and redeployment of twenty-four (24) Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs) to Zonal Commands and Formations. Below is a list of the AIGs and the formations they have been assigned. AIG […]
Traders at building materials and timber market in Orlu, Imo State were shocked on Tuesday when soldiers prevented them for accessing their shops. The soldiers mounted road blocks along the Orlu-Owerri roads near the market, cutting off the traders from their shops. The angry traders were seen protesting the action noisily distances away from the […]
The High Command of the Nigeria Police on Friday said that there was no recruitment exercise currently going on in the Force as being made to believe in some quarters. This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Frank Mba, a Commissioner of Police […]
Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff, says the army will not condone violent secession agitations. Irabor said this during a meeting with retired senior military officers in Imo on Thursday. He said the military has no business with those who follow the law but will not condone anyone instigating violence. “It is not the job […]
The Lagos State Government has announced a restriction of movement across the State between the hours of 8 am and 3 pm on Saturday, July 24, 2021. This is to enable the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) to conduct hitch-free local government and local council development areas elections. LASIEC is to conduct elections into […]
The first batch of A-29 Super Tucano aircraft has arrived in Kano, on Thursday 22 July 2021 at about 12.34 pm, Vanguard reports. Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information confirmed the arrival of the fighter aircraft in a statement. “On hand to receive the aircraft were the Hon. Minister of […]
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya, says that the Nigerian Army has lived up to expectations in tackling insecurity in the country. Yahaya made this known on Monday in a statement titled “Goodwill message from Lieutenant General F. Yahaya, the Chief of Army Staff, to officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday said that the first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft have departed the United States of America on Wednesday en route to Nigeria. This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet. […]
Joining calls for state police, a former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, said in Lagos on Monday that Nigeria’s policing system had failed to tackle insecurity. Speaking on “Nigerian State and the Call for Restructuring’’ at the opening of Law Week 2021 of the Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ekweremadu […]
A former Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Wilson Inalegwu, has voiced concerns against calls for state police across Nigeria. As insecurity worsens in many parts of the country, State Governors and other stakeholders have called for a restructuring of the police. Under the current arrangement, the police is controlled and funded by the Federal Government but […]
