Tag: Mohammed Abubakar
Nigeria police maintains freeze on firearms licences
Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, on Sunday restated that the ban imposed on the issuance of fresh…
Capital Oil Boss, Uba Sues EFCC
In a bid to forestall his arrest and detention, the chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Capital Oil and Gas…
A Nation Adrift
There is no doubt that the security situation in the country is on the verge of total collapse given the…
Killing of policemen distressing, says IGP
Nigeria’s Police High Command has condemned the unprovoked and brutal killing of scores of Policemen in Nasarawa state. “This disturbing,…
11 police commissioners get new postings
Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Abubakar, on Tuesday ordered the redeployment of 11 Commissioners of Police to different…
Easter: IG Orders Tight Security
To ensure a peaceful Easter celebration, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has directed all zonal Assistant Inspectors-General of Police…
X-Squad Arrests 2 Police Officers For Extortion
The Federal X-Squad, Force Criminal Investigation Department, CID, Alagbon, Ikoyi,Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has arrested two police officers for alleged extortion…
Monarch Petitions Police IG Over Alleged Extortion
The traditional ruler of Cardoso town in Ayobo Ipaja Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, High Chief…
Police Warn Motorists Against Use Of Tinted Glass Vehicles
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has warned motorists to desist from indiscriminate use of vehicles with tinted glasses. He…
Abubakar, IGP Inspects College, Shuns Journalists
By Ayodeji Dedeigbo & Oluwasanmi Joseph The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, Friday visited the Police College in Ikeja,…
Nigeria’s senior cop, 147 others to serve in Mali
A Nigerian deputy commissioner of police, Subair Olusola Kamar, has been appointed by the ECOWAS Commission as the Deputy Police…
Nigeria Police Launches New Code Of Conduct
The Nigeria Police will launch the special ‘Code of Conduct and Professional Standards for its officers on Thursday at International…
Police promote 1,944 junior officers
Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubabar, has approved the promotion of 1,944 junior police officers to their next…
Christmas: Abubakar, police IG urges security beefed up
Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, MD Abubakar, has directed all Zonal AIGs and State Command Commissioners of Police to take all…
Nigeria graduates 18,357 police constables
No fewer than 18,357 constables on Friday graduated simultaneously from the seven Nigeria Police Colleges nationwide, after a training programme…
Gunmen freed 30 detainees, says Nigeria Police
The Nigeria Police has confirmed that 30 suspects in its detention were freed by gunmen who attacked the premises of…
Police impose curfew on Ondo state
Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has slammed a curfew on Ondo state, 72 hours to the governorship election.…
Police IG, bankers meet on security
Nigeria’s the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar on Tuesday in Abuja briefed bank executives and their security teams on…
Police: Why we could not save the Port Harcourt 4
Nigeria’s police boss, Mohammed Abubakar has revealed why the police failed to save the four students of the University of…
Illegal siren users to be arrested
Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has ordered all state Commissioners of Police to enforce the ban on the…
Police IG promotes 3 crime busters
Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, on Friday in Abuja elevated two police sergeants, Frank Okorobon and Patience Biokoro, to…
Nigeria’s insecurity will soon be over, says Police IG
Nigeria’s head of police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, said in Kano on Tuesday that the security challenges in some parts of…
2 Cops Detained Over Oil Bunkering
Two police officers attached to the Area ‘E’ Command in Lagos State have been detained at the Zone 2 of…
Odimegwu uses police to arrest ex-business partner
A Lagos businessman, Mr Okon Iyanam, has petitioned Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr Mohammed Abubakar, over alleged unlawful arrest…
Need For State Police
The opposition to the creation of state police is getting strident by the day. But those who do not want…
‘You’ve got mail’… Nigeria’s top cop gives e-mail link
The Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar has approved the release of a new e-mail address to enable the…
Abubakar Confirmed As IG
The Nigeria Police Council has confirmed the appointment of Mohammed Abubakar as the substantive Inspector General of Police. This was…
4 Arrested over murder of Oshiomhole’s aide
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Four persons have been arrested by the Edo state Police Command in connection with the murder of Olaitan…
Abia gives police 30 patrol vans
Governor Theodore Orji of Abia state, eastern Nigeria, on Monday donated 30 patrol vans to the State Police Command as…
The Police We Desire
From all indications, the desire of the acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, to reform the police is on course…