{"id":65749,"date":"2025-05-14T19:06:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T19:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=65749"},"modified":"2025-05-14T19:06:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T19:06:14","slug":"nigeria-unveils-first-smart-police-station-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/14\/nigeria-unveils-first-smart-police-station-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Unveils First Smart Police Station in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a step toward transforming law enforcement, the Federal Government on Wednesday commissioned Nigeria\u2019s first-ever smart police station in the Katampe-Mpape area of Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Built by the Nigeria Police Trust Fund and handed over to the Nigeria Police Force, the state-of-the-art station is equipped with advanced security technology including round-the-clock CCTV surveillance, solar power supply, and perimeter protection.<\/p>\n<p>Representing the Minister of Police Affairs, Senator Ibrahim Gaidam, at the handover ceremony was Permanent Secretary Dr. Anuma Ogbonnaya Nnia, who described the project as a milestone under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s Renewed Hope agenda.<\/p>\n<p>He said the facility reflects the administration\u2019s focus on safety, reform, and technology-driven policing.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Secretary of the Police Trust Fund, Mohammed Sheidu, praised President Tinubu\u2019s support, adding that the smart station sets a new benchmark for modern policing in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Inspector General of Police Victor Olaiya, who received the facility on behalf of the Inspector General of Police, urged officers to maintain the station with pride and responsibility, calling it a symbol of national progress.<\/p>\n<p>The Rural Electrification Agency\u2019s Managing Director, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, noted that the project is a result of strategic collaboration and a clear example of how infrastructure and security can work hand in hand.<\/p>\n<p>The new station signals a fresh era of smart policing and stands as a model for future law enforcement development nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal In a step toward transforming law enforcement, the Federal Government on Wednesday commissioned Nigeria\u2019s first-ever smart police station in the Katampe-Mpape area of Abuja. Built by the Nigeria Police Trust Fund and handed over to the Nigeria Police Force, the state-of-the-art station is equipped with advanced security technology including round-the-clock CCTV surveillance, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":65750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65751,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65749\/revisions\/65751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}