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By: Awajis Josiah-Chijindu  The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, today, 5th October 2026, paid his maiden official visit as Inspector-General of Police to the INTERPOL General Secretariat in Lyon, France, as part of efforts to deepen international police cooperation and strengthen the Nigeria Police Force’s response to transnational crime. During the visit, the IGP met with the INTERPOL Secretary General, Mr Valdecy Urquiza, and other senior officials of the organisation, with discussions focused on enhancing cooperation in cybercrime, counter-terrorism, financial crime, organised crime, fugitive tracking, intelligence sharing and the effective use of INTERPOL databases and policing tools. A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP ANI INIEDU, said the engagement also provided an opportunity to review Nigeria’s participation in INTERPOL-supported initiatives and explore further areas of technical and operational collaboration aimed at strengthening...

By: Lanre Olagunju When the distress call came from Ayilamo, Logo Local Government Area of Benue State, the people on the other end knew what it meant. Armed men had invaded the community.  Residents were under attack. The police responded. Officers from the Police Mobile Force, tactical teams and conventional units moved towards the danger and engaged the attackers for several hours before forcing them to retreat into the surrounding forest.  By the time the shooting stopped, seven civilians and four police officers were dead. The officers were identified as “ASP Paul Ina, Inspector Mohammed Yusuf, Inspector Oge Ikechukwu and Inspector Edeh Andrew”. Their bodies were later recovered from the surrounding bushes. There is a tendency to read an incident like this through the cold language of security reporting: four officers killed, seven civilians killed, attackers repelled, suspects fled. The language is necessary, but it can also make terrible things sound ordinary.  Fou...

By Evelyn Usman On February 25, 2026, IGP Olatunji Disu took charge of the Nigeria Police Force with a solemn promise not to squander the confidence reposed in him. Today, that pledge is being tested against the hard realities of policing Nigeria , the crimes fought, the reforms pursued, the officers disciplined and the continuing effort to rebuild confidence in the Force. When the number one cop in Nigeria, IGP Disu assumed office as the 23rd indigenous Inspector-General of Police, he inherited more than a crime-fighting institution. He took over a Force grappling with the longstanding challenges of crime prevention, public confidence, internal discipline and operational effectiveness. Since then, the police leadership has sought to reshape its approach around intelligence-led operations, internal accountability, tactical restructuring and closer engagement with communities. A career officer with a strong operational background, Disu had served as Assistant Inspector-General of Police...

By: Awajis Josiah-Chijindu  The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Disu, has deployed the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Operations, DIG Shehu Umar Nadada, to Imo State to provide operational direction for the ongoing search-and-rescue mission of the prospective NYSC corps members and other passengers abducted along the Owerri-Onitsha Road, Umunoha, on 1st October 2026. The DIG Operations arrived the State with two Commissioners of Police and conducted an on-the-spot assessment of the situation and the ongoing search-and-rescue efforts of the Command CP. He also reviewed the operational strategies, deployment of personnel as well as operational assets, and provided further directives to strengthen the coordinated response. A statement by the Force  Public Relations Officer, CSP Anietie Iniedu, stated that the assessment was conducted alongside the Commissioner of Police, Imo State Command, CP Audu Garba Bosso, the Commissioner of Police, Federal Operati...

By: Awajis Josiah-Chijindu  The Women in Innovation and Tech Initiative, WITI has called on the Rivers State House of Assembly to include gender mainstream into the Rivers State Climate Change Bill with focus on education.  Executive Director WITI, Deborah Iroegbu while speaking at the sideline of the Stakeholders engagement meeting on ''Incorporating Provision for Education in the Rivers State Climate Change Bill 2026'', said government institutions, CSOs and the media were gathered  together by the organization to brainstorm on the way forward for the educational system in Rivers State. The WITI Executive Director, explained that Climate issues like flooding  affects the ability of schools  in Rivers State to maintain clean and safe education.  She noted that there is reduction in attendance to school as students find it difficult to attend schools when flooding occurs. The Executive Director who seeks the inclusion of the provision for education into the...

  The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, was today, 26th September 2026, honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the St. Gregory’s College Old Boys Association at a grand reception held in Lagos State. The IGP was honoured alongside the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Olayemi Cardoso at the event, which celebrated distinguished old boys who have made remarkable contributions in their respective fields of national service and leadership. The award recognised the IGP’s distinguished career in public service, leadership and over three decades of service to the Nigeria Police Force, as well as his professional accomplishments since leaving St. Gregory’s College, where he completed his secondary education in 1985. The recognition highlighted the IGP’s journey through frontline policing, criminal investigation, intelligence operations, international peacekeeping and senior command responsibilities.  Since joining the Nigeria Police Force as a C...