Usman Baba News Today

The saying, “A good name is better than silver and gold.” was recently exhibited by another officer of the Nigeria Police Force, who recently rejected the sum

Two years after securing a court order flor their reinstatement into the Nigeria Police Force, some police officers who are graduates of Courses 33, 34, and

The police said the police officers were caught demanding tinted glass permit from a motorist against the directive of the Inspector General of Police.

Justice Modupe Osho-Adebiyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Gudu, Abuja, has ordered the Inspector-General of Police to pay N50 million damages to the widow of the late Chief M. K. O. Abiola, Prof Zainab Duke-Abiola, for violating her fundamental rights. The court held that arresting and parading the widow in a nightgown was illegal. Delivering judgment on Thursday in a fundamental human rights enforcement Suit No: FCT/HC/CV/2431/2023, the court also ordered the police to apologis...

The Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād, has attacked Kwari, a town in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State.   Geidam is the council area of the immediate former Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali.   It is located 177 kilometres away from Damaturu, the state capital, and is about 40 kilometres away from Nigeria/Niger Republic border.  

The Lagos State High Court has granted an order of injunction prohibiting and restraining the Nigeria Police Force from further harassing Adeyinka Igbinoba with arrest, intimidation and threatening her life.   This is regarding the case linked with the matter of suit numbered MISC/MCY/371/22 which is pending before the Magistrate Court of the State in the Yaba Magisterial District.  

Stamping out the systemic rot therefore requires a more extensive top-to-bottom overhaul to instil a culture of discipline and rectitude.

Electoral offences remain a major threat to credible, free and fair elections in Nigeria, as they often heighten political tension and trigger violence.

Oliver Ezra Barawani, a graduate of Taraba State University, was driving with his boss, Liu, an LG chairman, before a policeman killed him on June 4, 2022. According to a Facebook user, Abainitus Hamman, the victim was allegedly shot by a cop at a checkpoint in Kpanti Napo near Jalingo. Oliver Ezra was brutally killed for nothing. He was driving alongside the executive chairman of Lau LGA between Lakaviri and Jalingo. He was unarmed, innocent, and calm. Nigerian Police brutality has continued un...

The issue of police brutality has been a highly debated topic for many years, with numerous cases remaining unresolved due to insufficient evidence.