Nigerian Police Appoints Replacement for Embattled Abba Kyari

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has appointed Mr. Tunji Disu, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, as a new head of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), a position occupied by Abba Kyari, who the police authorities suspended, following his indictment by the U.S. for an alleged role in the $1.1million fraud. In a media statement…

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Insecurity: Super Tucano Aircraft Arrives Nigeria

the Nigerian Air Force  (NAF), on Thursday, took delivery of the first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft from the U.S. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, announced this in a statement in Abuja. According to Gabkwet, the aircraft arrived Kano, at about 12.34 p.m. He added…

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ICPC Calls for Strict Law Enforcement to Tackle Corruption

ICPC Chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owansanoye, has declared that effective enforcement of the law would tackle corruption. He made the declaration in a message he sent to a one-day South-South stakeholders’ dialogue on the implementation of the National Ethics and Integrity Policy held on Tuesday in Uyo. The policy was launched by President Muhammadu Buhari on…

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Police Foil Armed Robbery in Abuja, Recover Mazda Space Wagon, Pistol, Others

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command says it has foiled an armed robbery attempt at a hotel in Kubwa, Abuja. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mariam Yusuf, in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, said that police personnel from the command engaged the suspected armed robbers in a gun duel while on…

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