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The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the appointment of six Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs) and promoted Uzuegbu Kanayo, the Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, to the rank of Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police. Newly Appointed DIGs The six officers elevated to Deputy Inspector General of…
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has urged all groups planning to participate in the proposed nationwide protest to submit their details to the Commissioners of Police in their respective states. He spoke while addressing journalists in Abuja on Friday. He said this was to ensure the protest was…
The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASSENI), is set to revamp more than 10,000 redundant tractors and convert 5,000 Police vehicles, in a bid to create thousands of jobs and boost the country’s security. The Chief Executive officer of NASENI, Mr Khalil Halilu, disclosed this to newsmen on…
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Gudu, Abuja, has ordered the Inspector General of Police to pay N50m damages to the wife of late Chief M. K. O Abiola, Prof Zainab Abiola, for violating her fundamental rights. The court, in the judgment that was delivered by Justice Modupe Osho-Adebiyi,…
Operatives of the Niger State Police Command have arrested three suspected bandits and rescued nine kidnapped victims. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman, disclosed this during his maiden press briefing on Wednesday, December 20, 2023. According to the CP, the bandits were arrested based on credible intelligence…
Mrs Mercy Bassey, the wife of a school teacher at Government Day Secondary School, Model, Jalingo, Bassey Sarduana, who was stabbed to death by a former pupil on November 11, 2023, talks to JUSTIN TYOPUUSU about the incident Can you confirm your relationship with the deceased? My name is Mrs…
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested several criminal suspects for alleged offences ranging from culpable homicide, kidnapping, armed robbery, stealing, ‘one chance,’ illegal possession of firearms, and cultism, to carjacking. The police on Tuesday paraded a total number of 43 suspects, 11 of whom were arrested over alleged…
The Police Service Commission has approve the dismissal of three senior Police officers over cases of misconduct and abuse of office. Nine other officers were reduced in rank including a Commissioner of Police,” the statement read.
The call center was in the same area as where the human remains were discovered.
According to a brief statement by spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, the rescue took place in the early hours of Friday.
