LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos lawyer, Chief (Barr) Malcolm Omirhobo has filed a case at the Federal High Court, Lagos suing President Muhammadu Buhari, Attorney-General of the Federation, (AGF) Mr. Abubakar Malami, Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Ibrahim Idris and Lagos state Police Commissioner, Mr Edgal Imohimi for aborting the proposed NBA Ikeja Branch protest…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigeria vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, has praised the decision of the Police Force, to withdraw its officers from guarding private individuals and organisations in the country. The Inspector-General of Police, Idris Ibrahim, on Monday announced the withdrawal of the officers said to number about 150,000. Atiku, in a statement signed by his…
LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris has decorated Commissioner of Police (CP) Danjuma Ibrahim with his new rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), after being acquitted over alleged killing of five traders and a woman in 2005 at Apo, Abuja. He was suspended from duty and charged on…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A key investigator of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Abubakar Aliyu Madaki has petitioned Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idris over the arrest and prosecution of cousins on alleged trumped-up charges by the Nasarawa Police Command. He alleged that his cousins were allegedly framed up because a businessman was arrested…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is discontent among some officers and men from South-East and South-South geopolitical zones in the police over what they described as “marginalisation of our officers” from the regions in the promotion of personnel. They fear they may not have satisfactory career in the force if events continue the way they are,…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN) has expressed concern over claims by the Nigeria Police Force that two of its members conspired to commit terrorism offences and cyber crime because they approved an opinion article on their website, which the police see as uncomplimentary and offensive. The Publishers of Elombah News…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has declared that the Force is ready for the 2019 general election. He spoke in Lagos at the weekend during a book presentation. “We are prepared for the elections. We have the men and we have the equipment to carry out our duties successfully before, during and…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has dragged the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, and 14 other Nigerian officials to a United States of America District Court over alleged complicity in the extra-judicial killings of its members. IPOB alleged that the extra-judicial killings…
