LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have razed another police station in Imo State few hours after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and outgoing Inspector General of Police (IGP), Muhammed Adamu left Owerri, the Imo State capital. Osinbajo and other officials of the Federal Government, including Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola, had visited the state to inspect the…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has appointed a Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, as the acting Inspector-General of Police with immediate effect. The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, disclosed this to State House correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday. Baba is taking over from Mohammed Adamu, whose tenure Buhari…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The controversy surrounding the office of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) has taken a legal dimension with a suit asking the federal high court to stop Mohammed Adamu from further parading himself as the holder of the office. In an originating summons marked FHC/ABJ/CS/106/2021, the plaintiff, Maxwell Opara, an Abuja based legal…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho has broken his silence over the order given by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, for his arrest. Igboho caused tension in the country when he ordered the Fulani herdsmen in Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government of Oyo State to leave the area within seven days. At…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Inspector-general of Police Mohammed Adamu, says that the force is already practicing the decentralization of the decision-making structure of the police adding that the Commissioners of Police in the 36 states of the country dont need his approval before taking decisions in the areas they operate. Adamu disclosed this on Wednesday…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A major crisis is brewing at the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) over the decision by the retiring Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, to sell off the multi-billion naira Police Officers Mess located at Onikan, Lagos State. According to investigation, the Lagos Officers Mess, Onikan, contains about 40 chalets, two big…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Security expert, senior Lawyer and some Police officers have kicked against the disbanding satellite offices and bases of the Intelligence Response Squad (IRT) and Special Tactical Squad (STS). The IGP has directed that satalite offices across the country should be shut down as moves by the Force to reposition the police…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has asked Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police (IGP), to investigate the allegation that he collected N4 billion from Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a petition dated July 8 and addressed to Adamu, the vice-president through Taiwo Osipitan, his lawyer, said…