Tag: IGP
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IGP orders redeployment, posting of AIGs
In line with the new Manpower Development Policy of the Force, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the posting and redeployment of twenty-four (24) Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs) to Zonal Commands and Formations. Below is a list of the AIGs and the formations they have been assigned. i.…
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Eid-el-Kabir: IGP, COAS celebrate with policemen, troops in Northeast
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Usman Alkali-Baba, on Tuesday hosted a special feast with officers and men of the Command in Borno, to mark the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the maiden IGP feast is designed to enable the police hierarchy celebrate the festive season with personnel of the…
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JUST IN: Court stops IGP from arresting Oba Elegushi
A Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) on Thursday barred the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) from arresting the Elegushi of Ikate Kingdom in Lagos Oba Shaheed Ademola Elegushi and two others. Justice Gafar Safari ruled the order subsists pending the hearing and determination of a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by them.…
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JUST IN: Court upholds President’s power to extend retiring IGP’s tenure
A Federal High Court in Abuja has upheld the power of the President to extend the tenure of a retiring Inspector General of Police (IGP) pending the completion of the process for the appointment of a substantive successor. Justice Ahmed Mohammed made this pronouncement in a judgment on Friday in the suit by a lawyer,…
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Looted funds: Reps grill NSA, IGP; invites Presidential Committee chair on arms, ammunition
The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the recovery and management of looted funds and assets by agencies of the federal government on Tuesday grilled the Office of the National Security Adviser ONSA and the Office of the Inspector-General of Police IGP on the amount of funds so far recovered. The panel also resolved to…
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IGP orders retrieval of SPY number plates from unauthorised users
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba has directed the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIGs) and Commissioners of Police (CPs) to ensure all SPY number plates in use by unauthorised users or fitted to unauthorised vehicles are retrieved forthwith. The IGP stated existing SPY number plates must be used by authorised users for purposes…
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BREAKING: IGP suspends use of tinted vehicle windscreens nationwide
The Inspector-General of Police Usman Alkali Baba has announced the immediate suspension of tinted vehicle windscreens in Nigeria. The IGP announced this on Monday during a meeting with senior police officers including commissioners and DIGs from across the states. While making the announcement, he reiterated that roadblocks remain prohibited in the country and warned that…
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JUST IN: Police Council confirms Usman Alkali Baba as substantive IGP
The Police Council has confirmed Usman Alkali Baba as the Inspector General of Police, almost two months after President Muhammadu Buhari approved his appointment. Usman Alkali was confirmed on Friday during a meeting of the council in Abuja presided over by President Buhari. The Minister of Police Affairs Maigari Dingyadi who confirmed the development in…
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Late COAS excellent partner in the fight against insecurity – IGP
The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr Usman Baba, has described the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, as “an excellent partner in the fight against insecurity”. A statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, quoted Baba as saying that Attahiru’s demise was particularly painful because…
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Senate shifts meeting with Service Chiefs, IGP
The Senate on Tuesday shifted its proposed meeting with Service Chiefs, the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Inspector General of Police to Thursday. Senate President Ahmad Lawan disclosed this at plenary. Lawan said the security chiefs, who are supposed to brief the Senate, are still engaged at the National Security…