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In a landmark move towards gender inclusivity, the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has appointed Assistant Inspector General of Police, Yetunde Longe, as the first female Force Secretary. The announcement was made in a statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Wednesday. The appointment aligns with the Nigeria Police Force’s […]
President Bola Tinubu on Monday declared the first week of April as Police Week, with the last day of the week, April 7, labelled National Police Day. He premised this on the administration’s drive to honour the sacrifices of the men and women who serve the country in the decades-old institution. Tinubu announced the new […]
The Police Public Relations Officer of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, SP Josephine Adeh, has advised couples to refrain from sharing details of their marriages on social media. In a post on her social media handle on Sunday, Adeh emphasized the need for couples to utilize social media platforms for promoting their businesses rather […]
Police require N245 billion to address patrol van shortages, according to Inspector General Kayode Egbetokun. Each of the 1,537 divisional police headquarters across the country needs at least four patrol vehicles. Egbetokun highlighted poor funding and inadequate manpower as challenges facing the Nigeria Police Force during a Tuesday appearance before the House of Representatives. He […]
Late last night and into the early hours of today, a violent clash unfolded at the Nigeria Police Headquarters in Yola, Adamawa, resulting in the tragic death of Inspector Jacob Daniel as soldiers in 12 trucks attacked the facility. The Commissioner of Police, Afolabi Babatola, condemned the assault, urging heightened vigilance among officers. In a […]
The Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police, Haruna Garba, has lamented that some undisclosed persons drop the command’s emergency numbers with loan shark companies to obtain loans. He also said non-state actors had also been engaging the emergency lines. The CP, however, warned those behind the acts to desist, saying that the police would ensure […]
Authorities of the Rivers State Police Command said they had arrested one of their personnel, Bright Oke, for alleged armed robbery and car snatching. The command’s spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this to journalists in Port Harcourt, the state capital on Thursday. Iringe-Koko, a Superintendent of Police said the police corporal who had already been dismissed, […]
Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Yahaya Abubakar, newly deployed to the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos State, on Monday, assumed duty and read riot acts. The spokesperson for the department, SP Oluniyi Ogundeyi, confirmed the assumption of duty to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Ogundeyi said that Abubakar […]
Hajia Nana, the wife of the Nigerian Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has reportedly declined the services of DSP Fatima Abdu’aziz, a police orderly assigned to her. Surprisingly, her reasons for rejecting the orderly seem trivial and difficult to comprehend. Information obtained by Apples Bite Magazine reveals that Hajia Nana turned down the orderly, stating that […]
The Commissioner of Police, Sokoto State Command, CP Ali Kaigama, has commended officers of the command for exhibiting a high sense of professionalism as they reportedly rejected ₦800,000 bribe from some copper wires thieves in the state. His commendation came in a Thursday statement by the spokesman of the Sokoto State Police Command Sanusi Abubakar. […]