A court order must be obeyed until it is set aside on appeal. Getty Images Abiodun Odusote, University of Lagos Three security chiefs in Nigeria were convicted of contempt of court in November 2022 after failing to comply with various court orders. This is the first time that officials at this level have been held to account in this way. ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said his expectations of the acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, are high. He spoke on arrival after 16 days in London for a routine medical checkup in response to questions on his expectations of the Ag. IGP appointed while he was away. The president said among those presented by a committee set up by the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has announced Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Usman Alkali Baba, as acting Inspector General of Police with immediate effect. Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, disclosed this to State House Correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday. Buhari had on February 4 extended the tenure of Adamu for three months. Adamu, however, spent two months and three days of ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, as the acting Inspector-General of Police with immediate effect. The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, disclosed this to State House correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday. Baba is taking over from Mohammed Adamu, whose tenure Buhari extended for three months on February 4. He has only spent about ...

By Casmir Igbokwe Nigerian army and police desperately need our help. Both appear overwhelmed by terrorist and criminal activities in the country. While the police are still picking up the pieces after the trauma they faced during the #EndSARS protests, the army is seeking spiritual solution in its battle against terrorists. Before we embark on this spiritual game, let’s realise that ...

…say we’ve to be alive first before combating crime …Return to normalcy will be gradual …As criminals take advantage of police absence Barely a month after the #EndSARS protest against police brutality which turned bloody with loss of lives and massive destruction of property, the police, which were the main target of the mayhem are yet to recover. Policemen virtually ...

Nigerians don’t know difference between policemen and armed robbers – Osinbajo Inspector-General stops squad from patrols, checkpoints, stop-and-search, others There was outrage across the country on Sunday over the harassment, extortion and extra-judicial killings of innocent Nigerians by operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, one of the units of the Nigeria Police Force. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; the Deputy Senate ...