{"id":13319,"date":"2026-11-09T14:01:05","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T14:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/psc-appoints-fago-as-new-niger-police-commissioner\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T14:01:05","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T14:01:05","slug":"psc-appoints-fago-as-new-niger-police-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/psc-appoints-fago-as-new-niger-police-commissioner\/","title":{"rendered":"PSC appoints Fago as new Niger police commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Police Service Commission has approved the posting of Commissioner of Police Salisu Fago as the new Commissioner of Police in Niger State.\n<\/p>\n<p>Fago succeeds CP Adamu Elleman, who retired from service.\n<\/p>\n<p>A statement released on Monday by its Head of Protocol and Public Relations, Torty Kalu said Fago\u2019s appointment followed an interview session presided over by the Chairman of the PSC Standing Committee on Police Matters, DIG Taiwo Lakanu (retd.), who represented the commission\u2019s Chairman, DIG Hashimu Argungu (retd.).\n<\/p>\n<p>The PSC Chairman urged the new police commissioner to remain neutral and develop effective strategies to tackle crime and maintain peace and security in the state.<\/p>\n<p>He specifically advised Fago to adopt intelligence-led and community-based policing approaches in addressing security challenges in Niger State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urge you to remain neutral and to develop a workable strategy \u2013 including intelligence-led and community-based policing \u2013 to combat crime and criminality and to maintain peace and security in Niger State, \u201d the statement quoted him as saying. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Fago joined the Nigeria Police Force on June 10, 1994, as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police.<\/p>\n<p>He holds a Bachelor of Science in Education and a Master of Conflict Management and Peace Studies. He is also a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.\n<\/p>\n<p>The new commissioner has attended several professional courses, including the Advanced Intelligence Detective Course, Police Mobile Force Commanders Training Course and Tactical Leadership Command Course.\n<\/p>\n<p>With over three decades of operational and administrative experience, Fago has served in various capacities, including Officer-in-Charge of the State Intelligence Bureau in Kano and Katsina states.\n<\/p>\n<p>He also served as Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Criminal Investigation in Katsina, Operations in Delta and Maiduguri, as well as Commanding Officer of the 6 Police Mobile Force in Maiduguri and 52 Police Mobile Force in Chalawa, Kano State.\n<\/p>\n<p>He was also Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Finance and Administration in Zamfara State Command.\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Police Service Commission has approved the posting of Commissioner of Police Salisu Fago as the new Commissioner of Police in Niger State. Fago succeeds CP Adamu Elleman, who retired&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}