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,…

The management of Globalupfront newspaper, an online publication, has confirmed the release of its publisher and editor in Chief, Madu Onuorah, by the police after he was arrested from his home in Abuja on Wednesday. Onuorah's release came in the wake of public backlash and media outcry over his arrest by men of the Nigeria…

The Nigeria Police have called for an investigation into a viral video depicting a police officer strangling an Uber driver while the car was in motion on the expressway. An individual identified only as Omolomo shared the video showing a police officer gripping the driver’s neck while a woman in the car pleaded for help.…

The Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the Globalupfront Newspaper (Online), Mr. Madu Onuorah on Wednesday was whisked away by men of the Nigerian Police Force at 6:00 pm The management of the newspapers, in a statement on Thursday, said that no fewer than 10 armed policemen stormed the journalist’s residence in Lugbe, Abuja, in two Sienna…

The Nigerian Army has warned members of the public to exercise caution and restraint in dealing with military personnel and other security operatives, especially when they are in uniform. Army spokesman, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu gave the warning today in a statement. Nwachukwu's statement is in reaction to recent unrest at Banex Plaza in Wuse,…

A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ordered the Nigeria Police to pay N3 million as compensation to Kelvin Anugwo, a traditional ruler

An Inspector of Police, Adabo Mohammed, has been dismissed for offences of criminal conspiracy, armed robbery/kidnapping, and corrupt practice. Apart from Adabo, some other officers were dismissed. According to police spokesman, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, the dismissed officer, along with five others were members of an armed robbery gang responsible for the robbery of the sum…

Undoubtedly, one major glaring absurdity of Nigeria’s convoluting federal architecture is that of over-centralisation in all ramifications.

Director General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, (NAPTIP), Professor Fatima Waziri-Azi, has stressed the importance of training and retraining gender desk officers of the Nigeria police to enable them effectively handle cases of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, (SGBV). She made this known at a three-day knowledge-building workshop for Gender Desk Officers…

The Kano State Police Command has disclosed that a large percentage of arms and ammunition being recovered from criminal suspects were imported from neighboring countries. Besides, the command said over 3,000 kidnapping, banditry, and criminal suspects have been apprehended and prosecuted in the last year. The Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Usaini Gumel stated this…

The strong objection of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egebtokun to the state police legislation in the works at the National Assembly should not be dismissed ordinarily.

The Nigeria Police have requested the public to help in identifying two officers caught in a viral video bashing a driver’s car in Lagos and ordered their arrest.