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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Friday conducted a recruitment examination for about 37,000 police applicants across the country into the Nigeria Police Force. The examination, which held in JAMB centres nationwide was a Computer-Based Test, for the intending police constables w…

A human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN); a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome; and legal practitioner, Dr. Konyinsola Ajayi, have disagreed on an order by the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, for the transfer of suspects arrested in Kwara State over allegations of mu…

…as police launch probe, threaten bloggers’ arrest Oyetunji Abioye, Adelani Adepegba, Gbenro Adeoye and Afeez Hanafi A Liberty Television journalist, Aminu Nurudeen, suspected to have posted the viral video showing the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, struggling to read a speech at a…

CP Ibrahim Idris The video of the Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris struggling to read his speech at a police event in Kano has gone viral on the internet. Many wondered what could have happened to the police boss who couldn’t read his speech coherently. He was making mistakes a…

Abia police arrest and brutalize Jewish worshippers in Umuahia By Duncan Odey Today, Sunday May 13, 2018, Abia police command arrested more than eight Jewish adherents in Umuahia. According to Ima Nwachukwu, one of the Jewish leaders who spoke to this reporter, they were arrested around the count…

No fewer than 1,098 Abia indigenes have qualified to write the ongoing recruitment examination into the Nigerian Police Force out of the 1,589 applicants, an official of the Police Service Commission has said. Mrs Comfort Obi, the Commissioner leading the recruitment committee for Abia, said thi…

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) will start recruiting Constables on Monday, May 7. The authorities are planning to absorb 6,000 Nigerians in the 36 State Police Command Headquarters and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Invitation letters for testing at the screening centers, have already bee…

Melaye being taken to hopital Photo: Channels tv By Kazeem Ugbodaga The Nigerian police have re-arrested embattled Senator Dino Melaye at an Abuja hospital where he was taken to after he jumped from a police vehicle. A statement from the Force Headquarters, issued by Jimoh Moshood on Tuesday e…

•Senator ‘avoided kidnap’ Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) was last night confined to a hospital in Abuja where he was admitted after he attempted to escape from police custody. Melaye was stopped from travelling to Morocco on Monday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, because “…

The Kaduna State Police Command has written the Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, to appear at the command headquarters after identifying him as a person of interest in a murder case. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Austin Iwar, who wrote the letter, asked Sani to appear bef…

There was a mild drama, Thursday, at the State Command of the Nigeria Police headquarters, Lokoja, as the incoming Commissioner of Police, Esa Sunday Ogbu, was not available for handover. The outgoing CP, Ali Jaga came to the office in company of AIG of Police Zone 8, expecting to see the new CP…

The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has halted temporarily, the withdrawal of policemen attached to Very Important Persons. This, he said was to enable the force carry out an assessment of the current personnel deployment. He stated that the withdrawal would now take effect from Apr…

Three corrupt police officers looking for their usual bribe met their Waterloo yesterday after chasing a “stubborn” bus driver into the premises of Christ The King Cathedral Church in Aba Abia state for refusing to settle them. According to an eyewitness, the police officers chased the bus driver…

The Arewa Consultative Forum has rejected the proposal for the creation of state police, saying the privilege will be abused. The ACF’s position has, however, drawn heated reactions from organisations, including Middle Belt groups, pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere; and Civil Libe…

Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris has ordered the arrest of the controversial spokesman of former Military President Ibrahim Babangida should he fail to turn himself up within 24 hours. Afegua is wanted for ” issuing a fake statement.” Afegbua in the purported statement quoted the former…

Molly Kilete, Abuja | The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, has ordered state Commissioners of Police to, as a matter of urgency, disarm all militias, vigilantes and other armed protective units set up by state governors  across the country. Idris has warned state governors who h…

The police in Anambra State on Tuesday arrested two suspects who allegedly used abducted children for alms begging in Onitsha. The suspects, the police said, made N25,000 daily from the act. The suspects were identified as Friday Edet and Ezekiel Ubong, both from Akwa Ibom State. The suspects, w…