Police Announce Special Promotion Exercise For Over 4,300 Inspectors

  THE Nigeria Police Force has announced a Special Departmental Selection Board exercise for inspectors who were recruited in 2000 and have not been promoted to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), SaharaReporters has learnt. A document dated May 5, 2025, and signed by AIG Fom Pam Joseph, the Force Secretary, on behalf … Read more

How Nigeria Police Force Sacked Us To Stop Owohunwa From Becoming IGP, Says Simon Lough, SAN

…MY SACK WAS SPONSORED BY HIGH-PROFILE FRAUDSTER …WE ARE NOT AWARE OF THESE CLAIMS – POLICE …THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO COURT – PSC Compulsorily retired star prosecutor at the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Mr. Simon Asamber Lough SAN has vowed that he was sacked because he refused to back a plot against the … Read more

Zulum Distributes 110 Operational Vehicles, 280 Houses to Police, Others in Borno

  By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri THE Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has distributed 110 brand new operational vehicles, 500 motorcycles and 280 houses to the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies. The distribution was flagged off by the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, who commended the initiative and described the governor as a … Read more

197 Officers Forcefully Retired: PSC Chairman Only Need Obey the Subsisting Court Judgment, No Need to Reinvent the Wheel

By Oki Samson WHEN clarity and impartiality has been set by a court of competent jurisdiction over a matter, it is unbelievable and incomprehensible that an individual, group of individuals, or organizations will routinely choose to disregard the same. Cases of defying court judgements have become one too many in the growth of our democracy … Read more

1,030 Police Recruits Pass Out As Constables In Lagos

No fewer than 1,030 new police constables graduated from the Police College Ikeja on Thursday, in which 313 are females. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the 1,030 graduands are part of the 10,000 constables passing out simultaneously from four police colleges and 12 training colleges across the country. The police constables had undergone … Read more

PHOTO: Police Pull Out DIG, AIGs From Service

  THE Nigeria Police Force has pulled out the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Abiodun Alabi, two Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIGs Joshua Ogundele and Olanrenwaju Olaosebikan from the service. The retiring officers were pulled out at the Police College Ikeja on Tuesday amidst cheers by family members, colleagues and other dignitaries. The … Read more

Army Arrests, Probes Soldier Over Policeman’s Killing in Lagos

THE 81 Division of the Nigerian Army has launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a police officer following an altercation with a soldier in Lagos on October 9, 2024. In a statement issued by the Deputy Director of Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel Olabisi Ayeni, the division expressed regret over the … Read more

Edo 2024: Stop Your Obstructive Tactics, TAMO Tells Police and APC Thugs, By Kingsley Ohens

THE Nigeria Police Force and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been called upon to immediately cease their obstructive tactics aimed at frustrating the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, in the September 21 governorship election in his quest for legitimate access to BVAS data used for the election. These actions not only … Read more

NPF Condemns, Dissociates Self From Unauthorized Political Comments By Supernumerary Police Officer

As IGP Orders Arrest, Investigation THE Nigeria Police Force has been made aware of a recent video evidencing political comment by an individual dressed in a Spy Police uniform regarding the upcoming Edo State gubernatorial elections, which has been circulating on social media platforms. The NPF strongly condemns this act and clarifies that the individual … Read more

Court Grants Police Request To Further Detain 124 #EndBadGovernance Protesters

THE Nigeria Police Force has obtained court approval to detain 124 individuals arrested during the #EndBadGovernance protest, extending their remand for 60 days while the investigation is ongoing. Trojan News reports that Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja, in a series of rulings in response to ex-parte motions submitted by Ibrahim Mohammed, the counsel for the Inspector-General … Read more