Police IG
Lagbaja: IGP orders police personnel to wear black bands for seven days to mourn COAS
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has ordered officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force to wear black bands for seven days to mourn the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja. It was reported that the presidency on Wednesday confirmed Lagbaja dead after battling an undisclosed ailment. President Bola […]
Police IG Orders Investigation Into Osun Policemen, Civil Defence Personnel Clash
Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun has directed the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 11, Osogbo to investigate the cause of the recent confrontation between officers of the Nigeria Police Force and personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Osun State. The IG in a statement issued […]
Police IG accuses PSC of fraud, corruption in police recruitment
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has accused the Police Service Commission, PSC, of populating the recently released list of newly recruited constables with unqualified and untrained individuals. Egbetokun said this in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Saturday. He said the police has since dissociated itself from […]
Police IG Bans POS Operators From Stations Nationwide
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has banned operators of Point-of-Sale popularly known as POS machines and other electronic mobile money transaction devices within police stations and other police facilities across the country. The IGP who announced the ban on Monday said that the ban became imperative following public outcry on alleged illegal transactions […]