The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has demanded that the Nigeria Police headquarters, Army headquarters, and DSS headquarters in Abuja release unconditionally all IPOB members detained in their cells who have sustained bullet injuries or charge them to court immediately if they have case against them. Nigeria Security Agencies must stop ridiculing themselves in the…
The Police Service Commission has backed the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, asking policemen aged 60 and those who have spent 35 years in service to immediately tender letters of voluntary retirement. The PSC urged the affected police officers to obey the IG’s directive and proceed on retirement. A memo containing Egbetokun’s…
Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has appointed a new Commissioner of Police (CP) for Rivers State. The newly appointed CP for Rivers State is Olatunji Disu. This development is part of a broader strategy to bolster security measures and improve the coordination of police operations throughout Nigeria. The appointments of the new CPs and…
The Nigeria Police Force has bowed to pressure from the Nigeria Labour Congress, the Trade Union Congress, the Labour Party, and Civil Society Organisations by redeploying the Imo State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Barde out of the state. Egbetokun announced the redeployment of the commissioner on Sunday night He said the police were not unaware…
Kayode Egbetokun has been officially confirmed as the substantive Inspector-General of Police by the Nigeria Police Council (NPC). The new IGP replaced Usman Baba, appointed by former President Muhammadu Buhari on April 6, 2021. Egbetokun, who enlisted in the Nigeria Police Force on March 3, 1990, would clock 35 years in service by September 2024….
