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Oyo Speaker, Ogundoyin lauds Police for rearresting serial killer, Sunday Sodipe

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In view of the recent re-arrest of the prime suspect in Akinyele Local Serial killing, Sunday Sodipe, the Speaker Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin has commended the Oyo State Police Command for its all round surveillance and search which led to the capture of the fleeing suspect. The Speaker while reacting to the news of the re-arrest of the 19year old suspect, said that the Nigerian Police had put the minds of millions of residents of the state particularly Akinyele Local Government at rest. Hon Ogundoyin said…

Presidency sends EFCC zonal heads, others back to police

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The Presidency has ordered some zonal heads and sectional heads in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) who are police officers to return to the police headquarters. The latest development, Nigerian Tribune learnt, is part of ongoing clean-up at the anti-corruption commission, following the suspension of its acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu, in the wake of an ongoing investigation of the commission under his watch. Mohammed Umar Abba, who was the Director of Operations in the commission, has since been named as Magu’s replacement. The clean-up also saw 12 top…

COVID-19: China General Chamber of Commerce donates PPEs to Nigeria Police

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The Nigeria Police Force has received Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) from the China General Chamber of Commerce in Nigeria, today, 25th June, 2020, at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. The donation of the PPEs was in recognition of the critical roles of the Nigeria Police Force in the ongoing efforts at curtailing and containing the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. While receiving the PPEs, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu,who was represented by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, thanked the China General Chamber of Commerce in Nigeria for the…

Why we are at APC National secretariat – Police ​

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Nigeria Police Force has said that the deployment of its personnel to APC National Secretariat was a proactive move by the Force to maintain peace and ensure there is no breakdown of law and order at the Secretariat. Personnel of the Nigeria Police Force were deployed to the National Secretariat of the All Progressive Congress, located at Blantyre Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja.   Police statec that the presence of police personnel at the Secretariat was not to seal-up the Complex as has been reported in some quarters but rather to…

Oyo First Lady calls for integrated action against sexual violence …urges police to expand forensic protocols against crime

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Wife of the Oyo State Governor, Engr. Tamunominini Makinde, on Thursday, declared that the state government would harmonise all efforts to ensure that justice is served to all victims of sexual violence in the state. Mrs. Makinde, who gave this position in a statement commemorating the June 19 International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, reassured residents of the state of the government’s determination to “activate integrated action by the police, the judiciary, as well as communal responsibility to ensure justice for victims and protection for the…

Rape,other sexual offences, A global menace says IGP …As Police, NAPTIP, NHRC Unite Against Rape and Gender-Based Violence In Nigeria

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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, has called for improved partnership, strategy and joint operations by the Police and other relevant stakeholders to stage a common front against rape, child molestation, trafficking in person and other sexual-based violence in the country. The IGP stated this, today, 11th June, 2020 at the Force Headquarters, Abuja during a tripartite meeting held between the Police Chief and the Heads of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) – Dame Julie Okah…

OPAN hails judgement against Police over detention Of Online Journalists

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The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN) has applauded the Judiciary for the award of 15 million naira damages against the Nigeria Police for the arrest and detention of Daniel and Timothy Elombah in January 2018. The Police had arrested and detained the online journalists and particularly detained Tim Elombah from 05:00am of January 1 to around 03.00pm of January 25, 2018, on the instruction of the former Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris Kpotum. The Elombah brothers thereafter filed separate actions against the Nigeria Police and the IGP for…

Police Appoints New Zonal AIGs for Yola ,Bauchi ….As Delta, Imo, Kaduna commands, four others get new CPs

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The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A. Adamu has ordered the immediate deployment of AIG Sanusi Nma Lemu to Zone 12, Bauchi comprises of Bauchi, Borno and Yobe States and AIG Gwandu H. Abubakar, to Zone 3, Yola ,comprises of Adamawa, Gombe and Taraba States. This is in line with IGP’s astute determination and drive to reposition the Force for optimal service delivery, Similarly, the following Commissioners of Police have been deployed to States as follows: CP Hafiz Muhammed Inuwa – Delta State CP Muri Umar Musa …

Police Adopts Fresh Measures To Tackle Rising Insecurity in Niger

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The Nigeria Police Force has adopted new measures to tackle incessant insecurity especially armed banditry in Nigeria and Niger State in particular. The Inspector General of Police,Mr Mohammed Adamu stated this when he played host to Governor Abubakar Sani Bello in Abuja. The IGP who said Armed banditry and kidnapping were issues peculiar to states across the country pointed out that the police force would not relent in its efforts aimed at tackling security challenges bedeviling the nation. “They are not challenges that are not surmountable. The Governor is here…

Breaking: Senate’s Stolen Mace Recovered Under Bridge In Abuja – Police

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The Nigeria Police Force said the Mace forcefully taken away by men suspected to be thugs during plenary of the Senate on Wednesday has been recovered. Deputy Force Spokesman, SP Aremu Adeniran, said that the mace was abandoned under the flyover before the city gate in Abuja where a passerby saw it and alerted the police. According to him, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris had ordered the FCT Police Command to beef-up security at the National Assembly. He said that investigation into the incident was still ongoing to…