LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, has deployed the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), the Special Tactical Squad (STS) and Federal-SARS Crack Detectives to Kogi State following Thursday’s bank robbery in Isanlu and attack on a Police Station which led to the death of some persons, including police personnel on duty. Adamu,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police(IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has directed state commissioners of police to impound all vehicles using illegal sirens, Spy number plates, revolving lights and covered number plates across the country. The IGP, has also ordered the commissioners to arrest and prosecute all those found violating the order. He described the unauthorized…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu has placed Police Commands and Formations nationwide on red alert. This proactive measure follows an Intelligence report that sequel to the recent killing of an Iranian General; some domestic interests are planning to embark on massive public disturbances and sabotage. In a press statement by…
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 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has been urged to probe the alleged extra-judicial killing of an upcoming artiste, Chinedu Obi, at Sango Police Station in Ogun State. A statement on behalf of Obi’s family by rights group, Conference for the Actualisation of Human Rights (CAHR), gave the police a seven-day ultimatum…
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 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force says it has started a “massive manhunt” for the killers of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, daughter of the leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Reuben Fasoranti. Mrs. Funke Olakunrin was shot by armed men on Friday afternoon while travelling along the Benin-Ore Expressway in South-Western Nigeria. According to…