Mohammed Adamu

The Police Service Commission (PSC), on Tuesday, turned down the service extension granted a former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Abdulkarim Dauda, by a former Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed…

...Queries force legal officers Joy Amyim The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, has directed the immediate investigations into a suit purportedly challenging the legality of the States’ Judicial Panel of Inquiry,…

The 18.4 billion earmarked for the police in the N13-89 trillion 2021 budget estimate is grossly inadequate, Inspector General, Mr. Mohammed Adamu told House of Representatives members, on Tuesday. IGP Adamu urged the federal lawmakers…

By Chibuzo Ihegboro The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has been accused of 'acting beyond their powers' after their authorities recently proclaimed a ban on all forms of protests. Rights activists and Executive Director of the Rule of Law…

Joy Anyim The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has said the resilience, restraint and professionalism displayed by officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in the face of #EndSARS unrest has rubbished…

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Tuesday, received the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, at the State House in Marina on a commiseration visit. It was the first time the Number One cop in the country would…

By Rose Moses On October 22, 2020--the year of Covid-19 and good governance protests--the Nigerian speaking space gained additional vocab. “Speechless speech” enriched our blossoming political lexicon two clear days after the alleged…

The Nigerian Embassy in Paris, France, has called the police on young citizens demanding an end to police brutality and bad governance in Nigeria. Despite the presence of the French police, the demonstrators, who stormed the embassy at…

By Rose Moses Nigerian youths are angry, very angry. And understandably so! It is with mixed feelings--isn't it a sense of pride?--that in the past one week plus many have watched these people hitherto labelled as “lazy”, albeit…

The latest campaign to end Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) hit the country like a fierce storm. Everywhere you went, and on social media, angry youths, who are the worst hit by the police unit’s brutality, extortion and impunity were up…