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  • Police IG threatens Sahara Reporters with N10bn damages suit

    Police IG threatens Sahara Reporters with N10bn damages suit

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    The Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Thursday, threatened to sue Sahara Reporters and its publisher, Mr Omoyele Sowore, over a publication considered to be defamatory if a retraction was not published within seven days. Adamu denied the said report in a letter signed by his Lawyer, Dr Alex Izinyon, SAN, which was sent…

  • Police IG deploys forensic support to Edo over killing of UNIBEN undergraduate

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    The Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, has deployed forensic support to the Edo State Police Command to complement and quicken actions in the ongoing investigation into the killing of a 100-level student of the University of Benin, UNIBEN Uwaila Omozuwa. In a statement on Monday by Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, the IG said…

  • APC crisis: Police IG warns Oshiomhole to distance self from APC secretariat

    APC crisis: Police IG warns Oshiomhole to distance self from APC secretariat

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    The crisis surrounding the embattled National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday got more entangled as the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, warned the former labour leader against showing up at the party’s national secretariat or moving near any formal function of the party in an official capacity. The…

  • Court orders Police IG, Kyari to produce suspect dead or alive

    Court orders Police IG, Kyari to produce suspect dead or alive

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    A Federal High Court sitting in Jos on Tuesday ordered the Inspector-General of Police (I-GP) and Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr Abba Kyari, in charge of Intelligence Response Team (IRT), to produce a suspect before it dead or alive. Justice Dorcas Agishi of Federal High Court 1, gave the order in her ruling on two…

  • IGP orders AIGs, CPs to beef-up security nationwide

    IGP orders AIGs, CPs to beef-up security nationwide

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    The Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu has ordered the immediate beef-up of security in all the States of the Federation including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Zonal Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) and Commissioners of Police (CPs) across the country have also been mandated to ensure that customized security arrangements are put…

  • 2019: Deal with electoral offenders, Police IG orders personnel

    2019: Deal with electoral offenders, Police IG orders personnel

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    Deputy Commissioners of Police ( DCPs) in charge of operations at zonal and state commands have been charged to deal with politicians who violate the Electoral Act during upcoming elections. Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Mohammed Adamu, gave the charge at a meeting with the DCPs on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that the meeting…

  • Breaking: IGP disbands Federal SARS

    Breaking: IGP disbands Federal SARS

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    The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu on Monday has ordered the immediate disbandment of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, FSARS. Speaking at his inaugural conference with Commissioners of Police and other senior officers in Abuja, Adamu said the SARS would now work under the direct supervision of the Commissioners of Police in all…

  • [Video] Social Media is a technology for the criminally minded – Police IG

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    The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, may have stirred another controversy after saying social media “is a technology for the criminally minded”. Idris said this while fielding questions from newsmen shortly after attending a function in Abuja on Friday. The Police boss was asked what the Force is currently doing about restructuring the Special…

  • Security: Be on red alert, Police I-G orders CPs, AIGs

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    Inspector-General of Police ( I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has directed Commissioners of Police in state commands and their supervising Assistant Inspectors-General of Police to be on red alert. Force Spokesman, acting DCP Jimoh Moshood, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, and said that the directive was to enable all police formations to…

  • How gunmen killed district head in Zamfara

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    Unknown gunmen Friday killed the District Head of Kucheri, Alhaji Ibrahim Madawaki in Isafe Local Government of Zamfara State. It was gathered that the traditional ruler was shot while sitting in front of his house. Residents told journalists that the assailants arrived at the residence of the district head on motorbikes, fired shots in to…