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IGP Reaffirms Crime-Fighting Vision at Senior Officers’ Elevation
Abuja, December 23, 2025 The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has reaffirmed its commitment to professionalism, service excellence, and people-centred policing at a senior officers’ elevation ceremony, underscoring the Force’s vision and mission in safeguarding lives and property across the country. Speaking at the ceremony, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, emphasized that career advancement…
PRESIDENT TINUBU CELEBRATES DIG CECILIA UGOWE (RTD) AT 90
Abuja – Tuesday, December 2025 President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has extended warm birthday felicitations to Mrs. Cecilia Adebisi Ugowe, retired Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), as she marks her 90th birthday today. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, the President described Mrs. Ugowe as a…
Opposition Senators from Rivers Move to Ruling Party in the Senate
Abuja – Tuesday December 2025 Two opposition senators from Rivers State have defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Senate. The senators are Senator Mpigi Barinada, who represents Rivers South East Senatorial District, and Senator Allwell Onyesoh, representing Rivers East Senatorial District. In separate letters formally…
Borno: Zulum Gifts Food Items to Christian Widows, Vulnerable Persons
Maiduguri, Borno State December, 2025. Monday Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has distributed essential food items to widows and other vulnerable members of the Christian community as part of activities to support them ahead of the Christmas celebrations. The humanitarian gesture is expected to benefit over 6,000 people across the state. Among the…
Traffic congestion on the Lokoja–Abuja highway has entered its third day, with the gridlock at the Kotonkarfe axis showing no signs of easing, causing severe hardship for motorists and commuters, especially as the Yuletide season approaches.
Lokoja, December 23, 2025 An appeal has been made to the Federal Government to urgently direct the contractors handling the ongoing road construction to temporarily open up the affected sections of the highway to allow for the free flow of traffic during the festive period. According to reports from Solomon Ayedehin, who has been on…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has deployed over 55,000 operatives nationwide to ensure the safety of lives, property, and critical national assets during the Christmas and New Year celebrations.
Abuja, December 23, 2025 The Commandant General of the Corps, Ahmed Abubakar Audi, disclosed that the massive deployment is part of proactive measures to strengthen the nation’s security architecture during the Yuletide period. He noted that festive seasons are often targeted by criminal elements who seek to exploit increased movement of people and heightened commercial…
EFCC Arrests Herbalists with $3.4 Million and €280,000 Counterfeit Notes in Osun, Lagos
Osun/Lagos, December 22, 2025 Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have uncovered a massive cache of counterfeit foreign currency totaling $3,430,000 (Three Million, Four Hundred and Thirty Thousand United States Dollars) and €280,000 (Two Hundred and Eighty Thousand Euros) in the possession of a five-member syndicate. The…
EFCC Arraigns Three Indians, Nigerian for Alleged Criminal Breach of Trust
Ilorin, Kwara State, NigeriaDecember 17, 2025 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, arraigned three Indian nationals—Lalit Sarwat, Ravi Raghavendra, and Gagan Sarswat—alongside an Ilorin-based dispatch manager, Oniyide Samuel, before Justice Sulaiman Akanbi of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin.The defendants are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and criminal…
NPF Mourns Passing of Retired DIG Theophillus Adetunji Akeredolu
Abuja, NigeriaDecember 21, 2025 The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) announces with profound sorrow the passing of a distinguished senior retired police officer and elder statesman, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Chief Theophillus Adetunji Akeredolu, CON, mni, who passed away on December 9, 2025. Born on October 25, 1942, the late DIG Akeredolu dedicated several decades of…
Christmas/New Year: IGP Directs Massive Deployment Nationwide for Safe, Peaceful Yuletide Celebrations
Abuja, NigeriaDecember 22, 2025 The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD, NPM, has ordered a strategic and extensive deployment of police personnel and operational assets across Nigeria to ensure a safe, peaceful, and crime-free Christmas and New Year celebration. Under the Force’s proactive festive season security strategy, all Zonal Assistant Inspectors-General (AIGs) and…