The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, has ordered members of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad to wear police uniforms with full identification, pending the launch of the new FSARS uniform. The force Spokesman, Acting Deputy […]
A recently released journalist, Jones Abiri, has explained the circumstances that resulted in his arrest and detention for two years, without trial, by security operatives. Mr Abiri was arrested in July 2016 by operatives of […]
Under severe pressure to curb the widespread insecurity in the country, the National Economic Council, which comprises the Vice-President and the governors, has proposed the decentralisation of police operations in Nigeria. At its last meeting, […]
On a very lovely and fascinating day, I was randomly going through some of these random thoughts of some articulate public affairs’ commentators and one thing led to another, leading to my attention being drawn […]
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)For more than a quarter of a century, Nigeria’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)– has taken the lead on the country’s most serious crimes — armed robbery, kidnapping, assault, and murder. But following a […]
The unwelcome recrudescence of soldiers refusing to be deployed in the battlefield against the rampaging Boko Haram fighters occurred on August 12 in Maiduguri. The troops were assembled at the airport to board a flight […]
The Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of operation, Joshak Habila, has met with the Special Anti-Robbery Squad commanders at the force headquarters. He used the opportunity to brief them about the planned overhaul and […]
By Innocent Anaba, Charles Kumolu, Abdulwahab Abdulah, Peter Duru, Gbenga Oke, Onozure Dania, Chioma Onuegbu In this concluding part of the report which was first published yesterday, popular human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, continues his […]
Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police, has ordered immediate psychological evaluation on all operatives of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS). Idris has also announced new measures aimed at overhauling the police outfit. Part of the measures […]
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi on Wednesday said eight officers were dismissed over “very serious criminal offences”, while six others were demoted in ranks. Edgal, also said that 108 officers were disciplined […]
Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, Osai Ojigho, has called on the government to take active steps to ensure that personnel of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), found culpable of assaulting Nigerians, are brought to book. […]
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has directed Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris to immediately overhaul the management and activities of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The security outfit has been widely accused of highhandedness […]
Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has directed the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to immediately overhaul the management and activities of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The order follows persistent complaints and critical reports about […]
Democracy is on trial in Nigeria. Tragically this ugly spectre is the consequence of a sinister connivance between some elected citizens and elemental vestiges of dictatorship epitomised by some security and quasi-security agencies in the […]
People living in Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital, are inhabiting the third worst city for humans to live in the world. This is according to the newly released ranking of the 2018 Global Liveability Index released […]
The Department of State Services, DSS, on Monday said the rumour that N21 billion and weapons were found in the house of the sacked Director General of the DSS, Lawal Daura, was completely untrue. The […]
Ebuka Anichebe, Managing Director of Jean-Paul and Associates Consultancy, has narrated how policemen, who mounted a stop-and-search post along the Warri-Port Harcourt road, demanded N500,000 because he couldn’t immediately produce a receipt for his laptop. […]
The Nigerian army has reacted to the protest staged by some of its men at the Maiduguri international airport in Borno state on Sunday evening. TheCable had reported how some soldiers threatened to shoot their […]
The Nigerian police yesterday urged Nigerians to join the partnership to reform and reposition the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) to conform to international best practice. The call was made at the event co-hosted with pop […]
The Nigerian Army hase announced the arrest of a wanted Boko Haram suspect, Maje Lawan, at Banki, Borno. According to a statement by Texas Chukwu, the army spokesman, the suspect is believed to be number […]
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