Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo has promised a total reengineering of the Service to meet emerging security challenges. He made this promise on the occasion of the handover/takeover ceremony, held at the Naval Headquarters, Abuja. He also pledged to "leverage on all factors of national location technology,...
Operatives of the Uyo zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on February 3, 2021 arrested one Edidiong Emmanuel Inyang, a fake medical doctor who specializes in employment scam. He was arrested along Ritman University Road, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State. TheFact Nigeria gathered that Inyang met his...
Constitutional lawyer and Human Rights Activist, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, has expressed in no uncertain terms, strong disapproval of the action of President Muhammadu Buhari in extending the tenure of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu for an additional three months. Adamu was enlisted into the Force in 1986,...
Residents of four Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Borno State have been forced to flee their homes due to incessant attacks staged by Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs). According to the Yobe State Police Command, the LGAs are Gubio, Magumeri, Kaga and Konduga. TheFact gathered from a statement on Thursday from the Public...
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of IGP Mohammed Adamu, by three months. This was announced Thursday by Minister of Police Affairs, Mr. Maigari Dingyadi. TheFact had earlier reported that Adamu was to hand over the reins of the Force on 1 February, having served in the Force for 35...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the green light to arrest Mr. Richard Laing, Managing Director, ExxonMobil Nigeria. Justice Okon Abang on Friday January 29, 2021 granted the Commission’s application for a Bench Warrant to arrest the managing director of the international...
Retiring Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, on Monday, met with senior police officers at the Louis Edet House, headquarters of the police in Abuja, where he briefed them about the intricate succession crisis. Adamu, who was officially due for retirement on Monday, did not hand over the reins...
The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, has ordered the Assistant Inspectors General of Police in the seventeen (17) zonal commands and their constituent Commissioners of Police in the thirty-six (36) States of the Federation and the FCT, Abuja, to carry out full enforcement of the Coronavirus Disease...
Amotekun Corps   The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has  pitched its tent with the southwest security Network, better known as Operation Amotekun, for its commitment to enhanced security in the region. This was disclosed in a statement at the weekend by the Congress's Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yinka Oguntimehin, who said that in...
The Vice Chancellor of Federal University, Gusau, Professor Magaji Garba has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) over his involvement in acts bordering on abuse of office, corrupt practices and contract scam. Professor Garba, on Thursday, 28 January, honoured an invitation from the anti-graft...