LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Minister of Police Affairs Maigari Dingyadi, says the three-month tenure extension granted to outgoing Inspector-General of Police Muhammad Adamu was terminated following completion of selection process for a new I-G. Dingyadi has earlier announced the appointment of Deputy Inspector- General of Police (DIG) Usman Baba as Acting Inspector-General of Police.. The…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the law permits him to remain in office till either 2023 or 2024. He said this in his court documents filed to counter a suit challenging the three-month extension granted him by President Muhammadu Buhari in February….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-TVC News has confirmed that the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu worked the whole day in his office and left to receive President Muhammadu Buhari this evening as he arrived from Katsina. The IG escorted him to the villa before he went home. It had been speculated that Mohammed Adamu handed…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja, was on Tuesday sealed off by the police to forestall breakdown of law and order following leadership crisis rocking the party. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Police Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DSP. Anjuguri Manzah, confirmed the development. Manzah said that the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has directed that with effect from Friday, 15th November, 2019, all security aides attached to the Governors, their Deputies and all other public office holders, politicians and any other personality involved in the elections in the Bayelsa and Kogi States be withdrawn until the conclusion…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Inspector-General Muhammed Adamu has retired seven deputy inspectors-general of police who were his seniors, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt from police sources. The affected officers are Maigari Dikko, the DIG in charge of finance and administration and Habila Joshak, the DIG in charge of operations. The remaining five DIGs are Emmanuel Inyang, information…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWRANGERS)-Barely a week into his appointment as the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has swung into action aimed at sanitizing the Police Force by ordering the immediate disbandment of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS). Other units of the police that the IGP also disbanded are the Special Investigation…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has blamed the rot and inefficiency in the Nigeria Police Force on deficient leadership. In what appeared to be an indictment of his predecessors, the new Police chief pointed out that the absence of good leadership was the missing link in policing in the country….