Eight States Get New Police Commissioners IG summons officers who ran over handcuffed man in Edo with police car Bennett Oghifo in Lagos and Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City The Police Service Commission
(PSC) yesterday approved the appointment and deployment of eight Commissioners of Police to state police commands in the country.
On the same day, the acting Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbedokun, summoned to Abuja the policemen involved in the
trending video in which a handcuffed middle-aged man in Ekpoma, Edo State, was run over with a police vehicle. The newly appointed State
Commissioners of Police are Godwin Aghaulor, CP Borno State Command; Adelesi Oluwarotimi, CP Kwara State Command; Adebola
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Irabor: I’m Leaving Military Stronger Than I Met it Says armed forces under his watch curbed terrorism, oil theft; warns against playing politics with army The immediate past Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor (retd), was yesterday pulled out of the Armed Forces of Nigeria amid encomiums.
During the ceremony held at Mogadishu Cantonment, Asokoro, Abuja, and attended by Chief of Defence Staff, Maj Gen Christopher Musa; Chief of Army Staff, Major General
Taoreed Lagbaja; Chief of the Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Ikechukwu Ogalla and the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Hassan Abubakar; an elated Irabor declared that
he was leaving the Nigerian military stronger and more capable of tackling adversaries than he met it. He also admitted that the task wasn’t easy due to the
large and diverse nature of the country. The former CDS said, “National security for a large and diverse country like Nigeria is not an easy task, but it is also
not an impossible one. In 2021, the security situation of the nation was admittedly in a state of dynamic plus. Efforts made Continued on page 5
Support Tinubu to Tackle Insecurity, Poverty, Shettima Pleads with Sultan, N’West Leaders Sultan: We will do whatever it takes to maintain peace, stability in our country; pledges backing for FG’s programmes, policies
Deji Elumoye in Abuja and Onuminya Innocent in Sokoto Vice President Kashim Shettima has called on leaders in the North-west region of Nigeria to unite and support the present administration’s efforts at addressing insecurity and other mounting challenges confronting the country. Shettima, who made the call yesterday while paying Sallah homage to the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammad Saád Abubakar III in his palace stressed: "I am here to represent Mr. President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu who asked me to convey his Sallah greetings and well wishes to the Sultan. "President Tinubu is aware of the challenges facing our people - the insecurity that Continued on page 5
SHETTIMA IN SOKOTO… L-R: Vice President Kashim Shettima; Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar III; and Governor of Sokoto State, Ahmed Aliyu; during the vice president’s Sallah homage to the Sultan in Sokoto…yesterday.