The Inspector General of Police, MOHAMMED ADAMU, has approved an adjustment in the postings of some senior police officers. These include Deputy Inspector General of Police SANUSI LEMU, who takes charge of the Department of Operations, while Assistant Inspector-General of Police USMAN ALKALI BABA has been put in charge of Finance and Administration. Force Public Relations Officer,…
Four hundred members of the newly formed Special Weapons and Tactics Unit, also known as SWAT, have started training. The Minister of Police Affairs, MUHAMMAD DINGYADI, was at the Police Mobile College in Eggon, Nasarawa State to inspect the SWAT team’s training. DINGYADI charged the participants to prepare to tackle the challenge of armed robbery and other…
The Lagos State Government is to provide financial support to families of police officers in the state who lost their lives due to the violent turn of the EndSARS protests. These include funding the burial of those who died in the violence, compensation for their families, scholarships for their children, and paying the medical bills of those…
Those who joined in the mass looting of warehouses in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, including Covid-19 palliatives, face the risk of arrest and prosecution even if they return the looted items. This was made known by the FCT Commissioner of Police, BALA CIROMA when he appeared on a television programme earlier today. C.P. CIROMA maintained that…
At least three persons have been shot as the EndSARS protesters blocked the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, around the Orile-Iganma area of Lagos State. Lasgidi FM’s CHUKWUEMEKA OBIOMA reports that the incident happened after the protesters were confronted by the police Tuesday morning, October 20, 2020. In Yaba area of Lagos metropolis, motorists could not drive through Adekunle- inward…
Lagos State Governor, BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU, will today inaugurate the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution into abuses by operatives of the disbanded Special Anti—Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police. Ahead of the ceremony, the State Government has revealed the terms of reference of the panel, which includes to listen and take evidence from all victims or the…