LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After serving the country for 35 years, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba and about 300 other senior police officers are to retire statutorily today. Baba clocked 35 years in service on March 1, 2023 and will be 60 years old today. However, Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Dingyadi, said in January…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has replaced the Commissioners of Police in five States. Their redeployment is contained in a statement on Tuesday by Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi. The major highlight of the shakeup, announced in less than three weeks to the general elections, is the removal of…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the Inspector General (IG) of Police, Usman Alkali Baba. The extension, which was contained in a letter to the relevant authorities, put paid to speculations about his likely retirement before the general election, starting February 25. Speculations had been rife that Baba might retire…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A human rights organisation, on Thursday, approached the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Alkali Baba with a petition, seeking the arrest and interrogation of spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential campaign council, Mr. Festus Keyamo, SAN. The group which is under the aegis of Advocat for Peoples Right…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Inspector-General of Police, Mustapha Balogun is dead He died after a brief illness Mr Balogun was Born August 25, 1947, in Ila Orangun, Osun State. He was appointed the IGP in March 2002. Balogun died at 74. He was a member of cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police Course 3. Having worked…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Some unidentified gunmen believed to be bandits operating in the Lame/Burra forest in Bauchi State on Tuesday attacked the convoy of the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 12 Bauchi, Audu Madaki injuring him and killing one of his Police guards. Reports have it that the convoy which…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has ordered an investigation into the comments by controversial artist, Habeeb Okikiola also known as Portable that he founded a cult group. Portable had in a viral video boasted to have formed ‘One Million Boys’ cult group. The group had caused unrest in many parts of…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria has noted with concern the arrest, detention and subsequent arraignment before a magistrate court in Bauchi of the publisher of WikkiTimes online newspaper, Mr. Haruna Mohammed and a reporter, Mr. Idris Kamal, by the police in Bauchi. The journalists claimed that they were physically assaulted while they were in…