Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday in Abuja frowned at the appointment of former Inspectors-General of Police as chairmen of the Police Service Commission (PSC). President Muhammadu Buhari appointed former Inspector-General of Police, Musiliu Smith as chairman of the PSC in 2018. He resigned in 2022 and retired Justice Clara Ogunbiyi took over as acting chairman. In January 2023, President Buhari appointed another retired Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase as substantive chairman of the PSC Obasanjo expressed his misgivings when he spoke at the public presentation of a book: Policing…
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Police announce new date for closure of constable recruitment application
The Police Service Commission (PSC) says it has extended the closure of its recruitment portal for the 2022 batch of constables in the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) by one month. The PSCs Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, said this in an issued statement yesterday, in Abuja. According to him the recruitment portal, originally scheduled to close on Sept. 26, would remain open to applicants till Oct. 26, to give enough time and accommodate all interested applicants. Ani urged eligible applicants, who were unable to apply, to take…
Read More90% of intending Police officers failed recruitment exams PSC
The Police Service Commission (PSC) at the weekend in Benin, said over 90% of intending Police officers did not score up to 30% in its recruitment examinations across the country. The Commissioner representing the Mass Media and the South-south Zone in the Police Service Commission, (PSC), Austin Braimoh made the revelation at a one-day town hall meeting organised by the Commission and the Edo State Police Command. He said the aim of the town hall meeting is to work on the relationship between the police and the public and also…
Read MoreHushpuppi: Police Service Commission kicks out Abba Kyari over alleged fraud scandal, FBI indictment
As Arewa youths blow hot, take swipe at US Court The Police Service Commission, (PSC), has temporarily kicked out the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), and Head, Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force, Abba Kyari, over his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, (FBI), for alleged involvement in a $1.1m internet fraud. This came a few hours after the Inspector-General of Police, (IGP), Usman Baba, recommended the immediate suspension of Kyari, from the Nigeria Police Force. The statement, titled: FBI indictment: PSC suspends DCP Abba Kyari, directs…
Read MoreHushpuppi: Police Service Commission suspends Abba Kyari over alleged fraud scandal, FBI indictment
The Police Service Commission, (PSC), has suspended a Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head, Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force, Abba Kyari, over his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, (FBI), for alleged involvement in a $1.1m internet fraud. This came a few hours after the Inspector-General of Police, (IGP), Usman Baba, recommended the immediate suspension of Kyari, from the Nigeria Police Force. Kyari, who is popularly known as super cop, had been under fire since the FBI, last Wednesday, unsealed a 69-page court document showing that…
Read MorePolice: Group writes PMB, seeks reversal of promotion by Commission
A group from the South-East, under the aegis of ‘Conference of Igbo Professionals Worldwide’, has lamented the recent promotion of Police officers by the Police Service Commission (PSC), alleging that the zone was left out and not favourably treated as others. It was also gathered that the group wrote an open letter addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari, where it alleged that, like in past recruitments, appointments, promotions and allocation of resources, the region has been denied its rightful place in the exercise carried out by the Commission. The letter, which…
Read MoreConstables recruitment exercise: PSC drags IGP Adamu to Buhari
The Police Service Commission, (PSC), has reported the Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, to the President Muhammadu Buhari for refusing to hand over the 2019 recruitment of 10,000 constables. The agency said the IGP refused to obey an Appeal Courts judgment nullifying his purported mandate to recruit constables into the Nigeria Police Force because he enjoys the supervision of people bearing arms. It was earlier reported that the Commission complained to the President after the IGP wrote to the PSC, saying he would not hand over the recruitment exercise.…
Read MoreWhy we cant threaten officers with dismissal over duty posts – Police Commission
The Police Service Commission, (PSC) has denied reports that it threatened to sack its police officers who refused to return to work following the violence which trailed the #EndSARS protests in which about 25 personnel of the law enforcement body were killed. Its Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, said in a statement yesterday that the Commission did not at any time threatened to dismiss Police officers over their failure to return to work. The Commission, he clarified, can only plead with officers to return to work in the…
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