Following public outcry on alleged extortion through illegal and illicit transactions through point-of-sale (POS) machine operators and connivance with certain police operatives, the Police headquarters has reiterated the ban on the use of POS machines and other electronic mobile money transaction devices within police stations and other police facilities nationwide. A statement by Force […]
Former Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, says the failure of security agencies to stamp out kidnapping and banditry exposes collusion between criminals and security agents. The lawmaker, who has been representing Abia South Senatorial District since 2007 in the National Assembly, spoke on Inside Sources with Laolu Akande aired on Channels Television on Friday. […]
The House of Representatives on Tuesday, passed for second reading a bill to provide for the establishment of state police in the country. Sponsored by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Benjamin Kalu and 14 others, the bill seeks to alter the relevant Sections of the 1999 Constitution to pave the way for states […]
The senate has passed a vote of confidence on the country’s service chiefs and security heads. This came after an eight-hour meeting held with the service chiefs and security heads on Tuesday behind closed doors at the red chamber. The meeting, which commenced in the afternoon, came to a close around 9:00 pm. The […]
The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, has increased police presence in the Owerri West Local Government Area of the State. This is to tackle the rising in violent crimes, like kidnappings, raping and murder in a forest spanning across Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nekede, Ihiagwa, Avu and Obinze communities, all in […]
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has said the military has every reason to ensure a secure country under the current dispensation. Abubakar noted that President Bola Tinubu had provided the military with the needed equipment and resources to deliver on its constitutional mandates. With the N3.2tn earmarked for defence and […]
Muyiwa Adejobi, spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), says three more suspects linked to the attacks on some Plateau communities, have been apprehended. NAN reports that Adejobi disclosed this on Tuesday during a media briefing in Abuja. The development comes five days after the police announced the arrest of eight suspects connected to […]
No fewer than 30,000 youths will be recruited to join the Nigeria Police Force in the ongoing recruitment exercise. A statement by the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Solomon Arase, confirmed this on Sunday. Arase, a former Inspector General of Police, said over 400,000 Nigerians had applied for the police constable job after […]
The Imo State Police Command on Sunday to informed the general public particularly the successful applicants of the 2022 recruitment of General Duty/ Specialist Police Constables who are indigenes of Imo State that the Physical and Credential screening exercise will commence from 8th to 29TH January 2024 at the Command’s Senior Police Officers Mess, […]
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has disclosed a plan of his administration to double the manpower strength of the Police Force in the country, saying that one police man is currently doing the job of two policemen. Addressing men and officers of the Kwara State Police Command during a one-day visit […]
