Kayode Egbetokun
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A legal practitioner and human rights activist, Orchardson Umoh, has urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, to revisit the 2018 Ayilamo attack in Benue State, where over 12 police officers were ambushed and killed during an operation.
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Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) has handed over various arms and ammunition smuggled into the country that it intercepted from the Lagos airport. This was as the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) dismissed reports suggesting that 3,907 weapons were missing from its armoury..
13 Feb
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has written to the Senate requesting an executive session with the Senate panel on public accounts over the investigations into the 3,907 missing firearms citing security reasons. The IGP's request aims to push back against the 2019 Audit Report by the Auditor-General for the Federation, which alleged…
12 Feb
Police Commands in Oyo, Ogun, and Kwara have commenced the enforcement of the third-party vehicle insurance policy directive amid different public opinions. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports on Wednesday that the enforcement officially began across the three states on Feb. 1 as directed by the Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Kayode Egbetokun. The Oyo…
4 Feb
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has warned against the misuse of police authority in civil disputes, particularly, matters of land ownership. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. Egbetokun said police officers had no jurisdiction over purely civil matters unless there…
3 Feb
The Police Command in Osun, on Monday, says it has started enforcing the third-party vehicle insurance policy, as directed by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Osogbo by the command’s Spokesperson, CSP Yemisi Opalola. READ ALSO:No unoccupied estates in Benue –…
3 Feb
Motorists may witness heavier police presence as men/women of the force roll out to enforce Third-party Motor Insurance policy. The enforcement actually began on February 1, 2025, as directed by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.
30 Jan
The Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has struck out the case of defamation against human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, instituted against him by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun.
29 Jan
Human rights lawyer and activist, Deji Adeyanju, has berated the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) for initiating charges against activist Omoyele Sowore over comments he made on social media, referring to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, as an "illegal IG." According to Adeyanju, the charges represent an abuse of the legal process, noting…
25 Jan
As 616 Police Constables passed out from the Police Training School, Jos, Plateau State Capital, on Friday, the Inspector- General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has charged them to work hard to reduce the security challenges currently facing the country.
24 Jan
After six months of intensive training, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), yesterday, passed out 313 females and 717 male constables at the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos.
17 Jan
The 2025 budget defence session of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) turned chaotic, yesterday, as lawmakers erupted into a heated dispute, culminating in a dramatic walkout by Senator Onyekachi Nwaebonyi (APC, Ebonyi North).
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The Inspector-General of Police has ordered the deployment of more decoy operatives to Osun State to maintain law and order following violence over a court ruling on the reinstatement of sacked local council chairmen. Police spokesman, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, who disclosed the new move by the police, noted that it was in response to the…
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