The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment of Assistant Inspector General of Police, Dankwara Mohammed, as a Deputy Inspector General of Police to represent the North-East geopolitical zone. Mohammed replaces DIG Sahabu Abubakar Yahaya, who recently retired from service. In a statement by the PSC’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, on…
The Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), retired Deputy Inspector General of Police Hashimu Argungu, has announced that any police officer who fails the compulsory promotion examination three times will be retired from service. Argungu made this declaration on Monday, September 29, 2025, when 30 senior police officers sat for the promotion examination conducted…
Former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has filed a petition before the Police Service Commission (PSC), accusing the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police and some officers of gross misconduct, abuse of office, and serial violations of the Police Act. In a letter dated September 8, El-Rufai urged the PSC to launch an immediate and…
The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Monday, March 17th, 2025, approved the promotion of 66 senior Police Officers. The Commission approved the promotion of 20 Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police. It also considered and approved the promotion of 19 Deputy Commissioners to the substantive rank of Commissioners…
The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment of six Deputy Inspectors General of Police. The newly appointed DIGs are Sadiq Abubakar, Commandant Police Academy, Wudil, Kano; Benjamin Okolo, AIG Department of Information Communication Technology, Force Headquarters Abuja; and Williams Adebowale, Commandant, Police Staff College Jos, Bzigu Bali, AIG FCID, Annex Enugu; Idegwu Basil Ukuoma,…
The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Monday approved the promotion of 27 senior Police Officers comprising 11 Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General (AIGs) of Police and 16 Deputy Commissioners of Police to the substantive rank of Commissioners of Police. The newly promoted Officers were in the Corporate Headquarters of…
The Police Service Commission has approved the dismissal of 18 senior police officers which comprised ten Assistant Superintendents, four Deputy Superintendents, two Chief Superintendents and one Superintendent. The Commission also approved the reduction in ranks of 19 other senior Police Officers, one Assistant Commissioner of Police, one Chief Superintendent, two Superintendents, two Deputy Superintendents and…
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the appointment of four substantive Commissioners of Police for Abia, Lagos, Ebonyi and Akwa Ibom state Commands respectfully This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Friday by the Spokesperson of the Commission, Mr Ikechukwu Ani. According to the statement, “The appointments followed…