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JUST IN: Frank Mba, 23 Other CPs Promoted To Police AIG Rank, Egbetokun DIG

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March 29, 2023

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The Police Service Commission (PSC) has promoted Commissioner of Police Frank Mba and 23 others promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector General (AIG.

Also approved was the appointment of the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 7, Egbetokun Olukayode Adeolu, as a Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG).

The new DIG will be representing the South-West geopolitical zone of the country.

DIG Egbetokun will be replacing DIG Johnson Babatunde Kokumo who retired on March 15, 2023.

A press statement by PSC Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, late on Tuesday March 28 in Abuja, said the Commission also approved the promotion of 24 Commissioners of Police (CPs) to the next rank of AIG; just as 33 Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) were promoted to the rank of CP.

The Commission also approved the promotion of 37 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACP) to DCP; 118 Chief Superintendents of Police (CSPs) to ACP; 316 Superintendents of Police (SPs) to CSP; eight Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP) to Deputy Superintendents (DSP) and 61 Inspectors of Police to ASP 11.

Ani said the appointment and promotions were some of the highlights of the 19th plenary meeting of the PSC in Abuja on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 and presided over by Commission’s acting Chairman, Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi (retd).

The spokesperson said the PSC also considered and approved the confirmation and promotion of 4,449 ASPs.11 to ASP 1.

The Commission also approved the promotion of other senior Police Officers for outstanding performance and recognition from community leaders.

He listed the CPs promoted to rank of AIG to include: former CP Force Education, Rabi Umar; acting AIG Police Mobile Force, Mathew Akinyosola; acting AIG Zone 6, Calabar, Jonathan Towuru; acting AIG Zone 2, Sylvester Abiodun Alabi; acting AIG Zone 11 Osogbo, Akande Sikiru Kayode; Abimbola Adebola Shokoya; Christopher Adetokunbo Owolabi; and ,CP Workshop, Yusuf Chiromawa Usman.

Others are CP Kaduna state Command, Yekini Adio Ayoku; CP Eastern Ports, Calabar, Olofu Tony Adejoh; CP Force Headquarters, Aliyu Garba; ,CP Force Headquarters, Idris Dabban Dauda; CP Admin, Operations, DIG Operations,

Yusuf Ahmed Usman; acting AIG FCID, Alagbon close, Lagos, Babatunde Babata Ishola, Director Staff College Jos, Haladu Musa Ros-Amson; Commandant Police Detective College Enugu, Alexander Nengi Wannang; CP Delta, Ari Mohammed Ali: CP Nigerian Ports Authority, Lagos, Mamman Sanda Umar,; CP FCT,

Sadiq Idris Abubakar; CP Ogun, Emeka Frank Mba; CP Bayelsa Command, Benjamin Nebolisa Okolo; CP Ondo Command, Oyediran Adesoye Oyeyemi; Commandant, Police College Maiduguri, Babaji Sunday;and CP DFA FIB, Force Headquarters, Arungwa Nwazue Udochukwu.

The DCP include; Mohammed Bunu; Zubairu Abubakar; Fom Pam Joseph; Emuobo Fred Ekokotu; Garba Musa Yusuf; Fasuba Akinyele Olabode; Uzuegbu Kanayo; Garba Ahmed; Nemi Edwin Osigoboko Iwo; Hayatu Kaigama Ali; Nwonyi Policarp Emeka; Salman Dogo Garba; Musibau Omolabi Ajani; and Dungus Ali Munguno among others.

He stated that the CPs and DCPs appeared for an interactive/promotion interview, a condition for their consideration for promotion.

According to the spokesperson, the acting Chairman of the Commission, Justice Ogunbiyi, urged the newly promoted officers to rededicate themselves to the service of the nation.

She said the commission would continue to ensure that Police promotions were regular and motivational to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the officers.

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Welcome Home, Israel Confirms Return Of 20 Hostages From Gaza

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October 13, 2025

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Israel said that the last 20 living hostages released by Hamas on Monday had arrived in the country.

“Welcome home,” the foreign ministry wrote in a series of posts on X, hailing the return of Matan Angrest, Gali Berman, Ziv Berman, Elkana Bohbot, Rom Braslavski, Nimrod Cohen, David Cunio, Ariel Cunio, Evyatar David, Guy Gilboa Dalal, Maxim Herkin, Eitan Horn, Segev Kalfon, Bar Kuperstein, Omri Miran, Eitan Mor, Yosef Haim Ohana, Alon Ohel, Avinatan Or and Matan Zangauker.

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20 Members Of Gang Blacklisted By US Escape Guatemala Prison

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October 13, 2025

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Twenty members of a gang designated a “foreign terrorist organisation” by the United States have escaped from detention in Guatemala, a prison chief said Sunday.

The members of the Barrio 18 gang “evaded security controls” at the Fraijanes II facility, prison director Ludin Godinez said at a news conference.

He received “an intelligence report” on Friday warning about the “possible escape” from the prison, which is southeast of the capital, Guatemala City.

Godinez said they were investigating possible acts of corruption.

Washington last month blacklisted Barrio 18, an El Salvador-based gang which has a reputation for violence and extortion, as part of its crackdown on drug trafficking.

The US embassy in Guatemala condemned the prison escape as “utterly unacceptable.”

“The United States designated members of this heinous group as the terrorists they are and will hold accountable anyone who has provided, provides, or decides to provide material support to these fugitives or other gang members,” the embassy said on X.

It called on the Guatemalan government to “act immediately and vigorously to recapture these terrorists.”

According to Interior Minister Francisco Jimenez, there are about 12,000 gang members and collaborators in Guatemala, while another 3,000 are in prison.

The country’s homicide rate has increased from 16.1 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2024 to 17.65 this year, more than double the world average, according to the Centre for National Economic Research.

According to the Salvadoran government, the gangs Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha, better known as MS-13, are responsible for the deaths of about 200,000 people over three decades.

The two gangs once controlled an estimated 80 percent of El Salvador, which had one of the highest homicide rates in the world.

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South Africa Bus Crash Kills 40 Including Malawi, Zimbabwe Nationals

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October 13, 2025

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At least 40 people, including nationals of Malawi and Zimbabwe, were killed when a passenger bus rolled down an embankment in South Africa, a provincial transport minister said Monday.

The bus travelling to Zimbabwe crashed around 90 kilometres (55 miles) from the border on Sunday after the driver apparently lost control, Limpopo province transport minister Violet Mathye said.

“They are still working on the scene, but 40 bodies have already been confirmed to date,” Mathye told the Newzroom Afrika channel. The dead included a 10-month-old girl, she said.

Thirty-eight people were in hospital and rescuers were searching for other victims, she told eNCA media.

The bus was travelling from the southern city of Gqeberha, around 1,500 kilometres away, and its passengers included Malawians and Zimbabweans who were working in South Africa. The crash may have been caused by driver fatigue or a mechanical fault, the minister said.

South Africa has a sophisticated and busy road network with a high rate of road deaths, blamed mostly on speeding, reckless driving and unroadworthy vehicles.

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