JOS — Troops of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) have arrested a Police Sergeant, Azi Jonathan, 30, with 370 rounds of ammunition in Plateau. Maj. Ishaku Takwa, its Media Officer disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Jos. The statement explained that the suspect was arrested on Thursday afternoon at its checkpoint in the Werreng community of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of the state. The media officer in the statement...

JOS — The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba, on Sunday has ordered the immediate deployment of the Police Intervention Team to Plateau State to carry out an on-the-spot assessment following the killing of 25 travelers in the Rukuba area of Plateau Jos north local government on Saturday. A total 20 suspects have so far been arrested in connection with the killing, while other 33 people victims from the waylaid convoy of five buses have...

ABUJA — The Police Service Commission has suspended a Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head of the Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force, Abba Kyari, following his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for alleged involvement in a $1.1m internet fraud. His suspension came a few hours after the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, recommended the “immediate suspension” of the senior police officer from the Nigeria Police Force. The Police commission said...

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the request of Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali and suspended Nigeria’s most decorated policeman, DCP Abba Kyari. Abba Kyari’s suspension took effect from Saturday, July 31st, 2021, and would subsist pending the outcome of the investigation in respect of his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States. The Commission has also directed the Inspector General of Police to furnish it with information...