Contrary to reports that the Inspector-General of Police may have gotten a tenure extension from the Federal Government, the police high command has said that law governing the IGP's tenure of office was what applied.

The Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit instituted against the anti-hunger protesters, Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Inspector General of Police (IGP), Department of the State Service (DSS), and the Chiefs of Army and Defence Staff. The suit filed by about 17 Nigerians against the last nationwide protests was thrown…

The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has deployed additional detectives to Benue State to assist in the rescue of 20 abducted medical students. The students, from the University of Maiduguri and the University of Jos, were kidnapped along the Otukpo/Otukpa/Enugu road on Thursday while traveling to a convention in Enugu. On Saturday, Egbetokun ordered the…

Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has condemned the mass uprising, looting, destruction of properties, and attempts to take over government buildings on Thursday by some individuals protesting against the hardship under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Egbetokun during a live broadcast in response to the #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest said a police officer was murdered, some…

Ahead of the September 21 governorship election, the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has cried out to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun over alleged harassment of its supporters. In a petition addressed to the IGP on Tuesday, the Senate Committee chairman on Police Affairs, and chairman of the…

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has approved the appointment of AIG Yetunde Longe as Force Secretary, a top office in the Nigeria Police system. With this appointment, Longe has become the only woman police officer in the Police management team, eight others are men. Spokesman of the police, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi,…

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force attached to the IGP Special Task Force on Petroleum and Illegal Bunkering (IGP-STFPIB) have apprehended two trucks suspected to be involved in the smuggling of petroleum products, believed to be crude oil. The trucks were identified as a MAN-Diesel open-body truck with registration number LGT 775 XA and a…

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has vowed that Interpol under him would soon rearrest Nadeem Anjarwalla, an escapee Binance executive detained in Nigeria for alleged tax evasion and other offences. Egbetokun disclosed this while responding to questions from newsmen at the Police headquarters, Abuja. According to IGP, “I am not going to tell…

Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun; Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), Solomon Arase and Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), Prof. Anthonia Simbine, have said that the prevalent insecurity across the country is surmountable if there is strong political will and cooperation from the people.

A Federal High Court, Lagos, has ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and seven others to maintain status quo, suspend and hold all actions pending the hearing and determination of the suits filed against them by a property developer, Gbadebo Aina Odunusi. 

Two legal practitioners, Bala Dakum and Nurat Usman, have petitioned the Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Aliyu, over alleged extortion levelled against the Joint Tax Board (JTB). Dakum, a principal partner, and Usman, a counsel, in the law firm of B.I. Dakum & Co, in two letters jointly…

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun has presented a whooping N1.5 Billion insurance money to widows and next-of-kins of policemen who died in the line of duty. The cheques were presented at the police headquarters, Abuja by the IGP and his lieutenants. The benefits, according to IGP were given to the relatives of…