The Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Dingyadi has said that the inspector General of police, Usman Alkali Baba, cannot proceed on retirement while the country will be embarking on a general election. Dingyadi stated this to newsmen shortly after attending a Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting at the state House, Abuja. He stated this while making clarification on whether the IGP would proceed on retirement while he will clock the mandatory retirement age of 60yer by public officers on 1st march, 2023.

A Lagos-based lawyer by name Bolanle Raheem, who was allegedly shot dead on Christmas day by a policeman, ASP, Drambi Vandi has been laid to rest amidst tears. Colleagues, family member and friends congregated at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos, for her funeral service, after which she was interred. Representatives of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), and neighbours paid tributes to her.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, has been summoned by the Federal High Court in Abuja, to appear for a hearing on 18th January 2023, over a $53 million judgment debt arising from the Pars Club refunds. The order followed the application by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Joe Agi, against Linas International Ltd, the Minister of Finance, and the CBN through his lawyers, Isaac Ekpa and Chinonso Obasi, requesting an order directing the Inspector General of Police to arrest Emefiele and bring him to court alongside his lawyers: Damian Dodo, Audu Anuga, all Senior Advocates of Nigeria, and Ginika Ezeoke, Jessica Iyoke, Abdullahi Afolayan, and Olayemi Afolayan.

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) announced on Monday that its recruitment portal for 2023 is now open to interested members of the public, adding that the application form can be accessed and submitted online via https://cdcfib.career.
This was disclosed by the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire, and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) which stated that there will automatic disqualification of multiple applications, and the submission deadline is January 30.

The Department of State Services, DSS, has cleared the air over rumors making around that its operatives invaded the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) headquarters in Abuja to arrest Godwin Emifele, the CBN Governor. The CBN governor, Godwin Emifele since late last year has been in a controversial manner cast in a bad light by the media for the wrong reasons, initially over the Stamp Duty saga and later for terrorism financing by the DSS. Emifele left Nigeria for a medical trip overseas according to his claim, after failing to appear before the House of Reps Committee Panel o Investigation for Stamp Duty and the apex bank policies.

An Inspector of Police, Matthew Ahmed, a colleague to the alleged killer corp Drambi Vandi who was said murdered a female lawyer Bolanle Raheem on 25th December 2022 has told the Lagos State High Court at the Tafawa Balewa Square on 16th January 2023, how the incident occurred during a stop and search. Ahmed who appeared before the presiding judge, Ibironke Harrison testified how he and two other police officers, Inspector Ebieme and Vandi were on duty the said day. “While we were at the duty post at Ajah underbridge, we were conducting stop and search,” he recounted.