June 7, 2021 The Inspector-General of Police Usman Alkali Baba has announced the immediate suspension of tinted vehicle windscreens in Nigeria. The IGP announced this on Monday during a meeting with senior police officers including commissioners and DIGs from across the states. While making the announcement, he reiterated that roadblocks remain prohibited in the country ...

May 27, 2021 The acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Alkali Usman says the police has recorded successes against secessionist groups and criminals in the southeast, noting that prosecution to ensure justice is served has remained a major challenge because of the ongoing strike by judiciary workers. The acting IGP stated this on Thursday at a ...

May 7, 2021 Nine gunmen have been killed and four policemen injured in a botched attack on a police station in Imo State. This is according to the new Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, who disclosed this during a press conference on Friday in Owerri, the state capital. He said the attack on the Divisional ...

May 4, 2021 Members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday demanded that the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba to take over the murder case of Miss Iniubong Umoren who was killed in Akwa Ibom after she was lured to a fake job interview. The House concluded that the IGP ensure that justice is ...

April 30, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over a Security Meeting at the Statehouse in Abuja. The meeting is taking place at the First Lady Conference room as renovations in the Council Chambers is still ongoing. In attendance are the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; Secretary to the Government of the Federation-Boss Mustapha; ...

April 21, 2021 The acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has ordered the withdrawal of senior police officers attached to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Those affected by the directive of the police chief are officers from the rank of Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) and above. Baba gave the directive in ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is currently decorating Usman Alkali Baba with the rank of Inspector-General of Police (IGP). The decoration ceremony is holding at Vice President Conference Hall at the State House in Abuja. Those present at the event include the former IGP, Mohammed Adamu; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss ...

The Commissioner of Police in Imo, CP Nasiru Mohammed, has said 36 vehicles were burnt and 68 suspects escaped from detention cells during the prison attack and Police facility in the State. He noted that one inmate lost his life from stampede at the correctional centre and of the 1,844 inmates who escaped, 16 have ...

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has revealed that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)/Eastern Security Network (ESN) is behind the attack that was carried out on the Imo prison facility. The IGP’s statement comes few hours after gunmen on Monday attacked the Nigerian Correctional Services and the Police Headquarters in the state freeing ...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has condemned the murder of security operatives and attacks on facilities in some states of the federation. Adamu, in a statement issued on Sunday via his spokesman, Frank Mba, said no murder will go unpunished. “No murderer will go unpunished,” the IGP said while enjoining parents/guardians as well as ...