LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Service Commission (PSC) has accused Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu of hijacking the on-going recruitment of constables. The allegation, which betrays the power tussle between the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and its supervising parastatal, is contained in an interview which PSC Commissioner, Austin Braimoh, granted The PUNCH. Braimoh…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)- Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu has charged officers of the Lagos State Police Command to redouble their efforts in fighting crime in Lagos. Adamu spoke when he visited Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the State House, Ikeja at the weekend. Adamu said his visit to the governor was informed by…
LAGOS SEPEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)- The Islamic Movement in Nigeria may be in for a new ordeal as the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the arrest of all identified Shi’ite leaders across the country. He has also directed a team of special police to dismantle the structures of the IMN in the country immediately….
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Islamic Movement in Nigeria on Tuesday said its designation as a terrorist group by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration had the backing of Saudi Arabia. The group through its Spokesman, Ibrahim Musa, in an interview with one of our correspondents in Kaduna, said the Buhari administration designated the IMN, also known…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights activist Chief Malcolm Omirhobo has via sit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/564 instituted an action at the Federal High Court Abuja challenging the propriety and constitutionality of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria executive order and/or proclamation revoking gun licenses throughout the Federal Republic of Nigeria with effect from today June…
LAGOS MAY 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Council, to be presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, will on Thursday formally confirm the appointment of Mr. Mohammed Adamu as the substantive Inspector General of Police (IGP), The Bridge News can confirm. Mr. Adamu was appointed the acting IGP on January 15, 2019 by President Buhari following the retirement…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has sent a petition to the Inspector General of Police and the Department of State Services asking both agencies to investigate the Peoples Democratic Party over its alleged access to the server of the Independent National Electoral Commission. Director of Strategic Communications of the APC…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Nigeria Police Force says it is investigating the authenticity of a photo showing some policemen endorsing President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term. In a photo which has since gone viral on social media, three policemen are seen throwing up eight fingers, a sign that has been adopted by the…
