Nigerian Times

Muhammed Dahiru Abubakar, the current Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) of Nigeria. Nigeria: Religious Irrationality and the New Inspector-General of Police ~ By John Egbeazien Oshodi, Ph.D . Mr. President, the Us vs. Them Religious Irrationality should not stop the Confirmation of the Inspector-General of Police. This is a time when President Goodluck Jonathan is facing increased pressure from those at home and abroad to find immediate solutions to the rising religious violence which is dividing Nigeria apart. Yet, some chapters of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) the main umbrella group that contains numerous Christian denominations in Nigeria will come out, publicly and in a petition form, objecting to the appointment of a veteran police officer who happens to have been born into to earth as a Northerner and as a Muslim. His name is Muhammed Dahiru Abubakar, the current Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) of the nation. One does not need to be a psychological...

PRESS RELEASE Security In The Country/Boko Haram Sect As mark of commitment and responsibility to our statutory duties, I find it very expedient to address the Press for the purpose of acquainting you and the nation at large with the recent happenings in Bauchi and Borno States The Inspector-General of Police Hafiz Abubakar Ringim, NPM, mni wishes to inform the general public that the Police are fully aware of the current threat to security in some parts of the country. The Police in collaboration with other security agencies are working tirelessly to restore peace and order in the affected areas and the IGP has vowed to bring to book the Islamic sect called Boko Haram and any other group of persons who are behind the current spate of bomb blasts in the country. Considering the previous activities of Boko Haram sect in the country, the sect is responsible for almost daily killings in remote northeastern Nigeria and is thought to be behind a bombing on Thursday 19/05/2011 that injured p...