By NAN ASSISTANT INSPECTOR-General of Police (AIG), Zone 2 command, Olohundare Jimoh, has declared that officers must pay fares before boarding commercial vehicles, warning against abuse of authority. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr. Jimoh spoke on Wednesday at the Obalende garage during a sensitisation meeting with drivers and tr...
By Bola BOLAWOLE It is no longer news that Kayode Egbetokun has ceased to be Nigeria’s topmost police officer; the new sheriff in town, as it were, is Olatunji Disu. The change of batons took place less than a month ago. It was a case of one “family member” handing over to another “family member”. […]
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter TOTAL RETIREMENT and death benefits of N97.5 billion have been paid to thousands of former police officers and families nationwide by the Nigeria Police Fund Pensions Limited (NPFPL). Acting Managing Director, Mr Abdulkareem Gezawa, disclosed this during the 2026 pre-retirement seminar organised by NPFP...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent COURT PROCEEDINGS commenced in Ogun State following the arraignment of the driver involved in the Lexus sports utility vehicle crash that occurred while transporting former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua. The defendant, Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, appeared before a Sagamu Magistr...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent REDEPLOYMENT OF police officers previously assigned to protect Nigeria’s supposed Very Important Personalities has commenced after being recalled to their bases and reassigned to routine community policing duties, as the presidency moves to bolster police presence in underserved areas. The dire...
By Abdulsalam Abdullah, TheCable Online THE KADUNA police command says its operatives have arrested a man with N25.9 million cash allegedly for vote-buying in the state’s by-election. In a statement on Saturday, Mansir Hassan, spokesperson for the police command in Kaduna, said the arrest was made in collaboration with the Department of State ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNMedia Reporter DEMONSTRATORS RETURNED to the streets in Rivers and Lagos States for a second day, rallying against hunger and economic hardships in Nigeria. The ten-day protest began in major cities on Thursday, August 1. In the South, demonstrations remained peaceful. In the North, violence erupted with looting and c...
By Joke Kujenya THE INSPECTOR-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, announced that all police units across Nigeria are on red alert following the violent turn of the planned nationwide protests. The protests, which started as peaceful demonstrations against economic hardship, quickly escalated into chaos, looting, and destruction of property. O...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter WITH THE aim to bolster security and protect lives and property across Nigeria, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has announced it will begin enforcing the digital Central Motor Registry (e-CMR) on July 29, 2024. This initiative was announced by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Satu...
By Joke Kujenya AGAIN, THE Nigerian Police has summoned a journalist with PREMIUM TIMES, Emmanuel Agbo, over a pending investigative report concerning a contentious land dispute. In an official invitation, dated May 31, 2024 and sent to Agbo via WhatsApp on Monday from the office of the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Intelligence Response...
