Over the period, the police authorities have stressed that the payment for bail at police stations is illegal. Again, the Acting Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has stated that it is improper for police officers to request for money from suspects for bail. Arase warned that he will no longer accept such from his…
The Nigeria Police has promoted over 30,000 of its officers, Aproko247 has learnt. It was gathered that the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Suleiman Abba, approved the elevation of the officers in the rank and files who attended the Batch ‘C’ 2014 Promotion Course at the various Police Colleges and Training Schools across the country.…
President Goodluck Jonathan is scheduled to declare his intention to contest in the 2015 presidential election on Tuesday, November 11, 2014. Some days ago, the President bought his expression of interest and nomination forms from the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, where he hopes to emerge as the party’s flag-bearer for the polls. He will declare…
The Nigeria Police has given reason for withdrawing security personnel attached to Speaker of House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, who defected from the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday to the All Progressives Congress, APC, a major opposition party in Nigeria. Barely 48 hours after Tambuwal’s defection, his security aides were redeployed by the Federal…
A village in Borno State was on Friday morning invaded by hoodlums believed to be members of Boko Haram sect. The gunmen, at about 5am on Friday, stormed Damboa community, killing several residents of the area and also burning down many houses. It was learnt that security officials were not on ground to repel the…