FCT Police Commissioner, Wilson Inalegwu, assumed office September 15, 2014. Before then, he served in the United Nations Peacekeeping operation in Sierra Leone and was also in charge of the police at the Presidential Villa. In this interview, he explains the challenges of fighting crime where the seat of power resides as well as preparations for the 2015 elections

Residents of Kubwa, an Abuja suburb, are living in fear as armed robbers have continued to unleash terror on them; even the police are not spared by these criminals.

In the late afternoon of Thursday, when residents of Jos, the Plateau State capital, witnessed the first rain of the year, many were elated as the heavy showers brought coolness to the environment.

A MIDDLE- aged mother of four sent shock waves into the the spines of police detectives in Lagos recently, when, on seeing her first son being paraded as a suspected armed robber, she broke down and started crying out loud, telling everybody that cared to listen that his son could not have, ordinarily, done any bad thing.

THE police in Lagos recently arrested two suspected members of a robbery gang that had been terrorising residents of Apapa and Wilmer Cresent areas of the state. The suspects identified as Ugochukwu Samuel(24)and Saturday Akpan (20) reportedly operate as early as 5am, dispossessing their victims, majority of whom were traders and defenceless workers, of cash and other valuables.

As the 2015 elections draw near, stakeholders, including INEC and security agencies, have been dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s to ensure the elections are credible and violence-free. In this interview, Enugu State Commissioner of Police and one time Vice President of INTERPOL Worldwide, Abubakar Adamu, speaks on the police preparation and other issues.

A father of three who was arrested alongside three suspected members of a notorious robbery gang that had been terrorizing Lagos and its environs has confessed to be the gang’s armourer.

Policemen attached to Area ‘B’ Command, Apapa, have foiled a bank robbery , arresting four suspected members of the gang.

Recently, a former Minister of External Affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, warned of a possible post-election crisis this year and the need to do everything possible to avert or minimize it. There have also been calls from some quarters that the military has the right to protest. Following this development, Sunday Vanguard sought the views of forensic criminologist and the Security Coordinator at the American University of Nigeria, Yola, Dr Lionel Von Frederick Rawlins.

Dr. Sylvan Ebigwei (MON) is immediate past chairman, Federal School of Dental Technology and Therapy, Enugu, president emeritus, Aka Ikenga and board member, Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital, Nnewi. He was recently honoured as Member of the Order of the Niger, MON, by the Federal Government. In this interview, he takes a look at the issues affecting the country