LAGOS JANUARY 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, has regained freedom after over two weeks in detention. On Friday, a high court in Abuja granted bail to the lawmaker on health grounds. In his ruling, Yusuf Halilu, the judge, said Melaye should be allowed to attend to his health as he could not be arraigned…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President, has attacked Ibrahim Idris, the immediate retired Inspector General of Police. Mr Obasanjo launching the attack said Mr Idris is known to rig election. The former president, however, thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for not extending the tenure of the former police boss. Mr Idris did not leave the force…
Acting Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, NPM, mni assumes duty at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. In reply please quote Ref No. CZ.5300/FPRD/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.2/ Date: 15th January, 2019 The Director of News ……………………………. PRESS RELEASE ASSUMPTION OF DUTY OF ACTING INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, Ag. IGP MOHAMMED ABUBAKAR ADAMU,NPM,mni The Acting Inspector General…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, held a closed-door meeting with the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris. The meeting which began shortly after Friday prayers held inside the president’s office at the State House Presidential Villa Abuja. Mr Idris is expected to retire from service after reaching the mandatory 35 years…
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Barring any last minute change, there are strong indications that the tenure of Ibrahim Idris, Inspector-General of Police (IGP), which is expected to elapse statutorily on January 15, 2019 will not be extended. Daily Independent investigations revealed that overtures made to the presidency by people believed to have the ears of President…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely a few days after the People Democratic Party decried the incessant posting of police commissioners to Bayelsa state, the state House of Assembly has resolved to resist and would not be intimate-dated by the Inspector General of police who is conniving with members of the ruling party from…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Alleged kidnap kingpin Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike alias Evans on Friday gave graphic details of how members of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Intelligence Response Team and the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), tortured him and killed 30 people in his presence. Evans who made the revelation on Friday during the continuation of a trial-within-trial…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After months of anticipation and consultations, President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara and other aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) might defect from the party on Thursday. Last week, President Muhammadu Buhari and other leaders of the party,…
