UK Police Arrest AIT Chairman, Raymond Dokpesi

The Chairman of DAAR Communications Limited, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi has been arrested by the Police in the United Kingdom. Dokpesi was said to have been arrested on Sunday while travelling to the United Kingdom. He had boarded a Lufthansa Flight LH916 from Frankfurt to London and was subsequently picked up at Terminal 2 of…

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Human Rights Group Asks Nigerian Secret Police, DSS To Investigate Ex-Chief Of Air Staff, Sadique For Allegedly Recruiting ‘1000 Militants, Political Thugs’ Ahead Bauchi Governorship Poll

The Human Rights Advocacy Centre has called on the Department of States Services to investigate the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Bauchi State, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (rtd) over alleged link to insecurity in the state. A security source had revealed during the weekend how Sadique and his party recruited 1,000 militants…

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Police Deploys 6, 000 Personnel for a Hitch-free Sallah in Borno

The Borno State Police Command has deployed 6,000 personnel for a hitch-free Sallah slated for next week. The deployment followed terrorists’ threats of targeting soft spots in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC), Bama and Konduga councils of the state. Announcing the deployment, yesterday (Thursday), in Maiduguri, the Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Sani Shatambaya disclosed that…

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Nigeria’s Police Chief Meets IPI Nigeria, Promises to check Violation of Journalists’ Rights  

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba, on Thursday, said his leadership of the Nigeria Police Force has zero tolerance for the abuse of the rights of journalists and other citizens, and that it would clamp down heavily on erring officers. The IGP told a visiting team from the International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria, that…

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