Nigeria

From March 31 to April 4, 2025, GS-Foundation hosted its first Train-the-Trainer course of the year in Abuja, aimed at empowering Gender Desk Officers of the Nigeria Police Force in their response to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV).

In December 2024, we celebrated the successful procurement and delivery of 10 container clinics for the Nigeria Police Force . Following the official handover ceremony in Lagos, the clinics began their journey to various police schools across Nigeria.

Community policing in Abuja: A new pilot project fosters trust, enhances security & strengthens police-community collaboration for a safer, more connected Garki.

Mobile container clinics for Nigerian police schools: Equipped with solar power & medical essentials, they enhance healthcare access for officers & communities alike.

Last week, a workshop on Community Policing took place in Nigeria, organized by Georg Partenheimer from the GS-Foundation. Key attendees included AIG Muhammed Ali and CP Robert Clemens from the Department of Research and Planning, Head and members from PRS (Police Reform Secretary). Garki was selected as the project site due to its diverse social […]

Our team in Nigeria, led by Matthias Seeger and Georg Partenheimer, met with the Deputy Inspector General of Police for Forensic / CID (Criminal Investigation Department) Sylvester Alabi, and lawyer Sulayman. During this visit, we were able to obtain the DIG’s approval for our new Community Policing sub-project in the Garki area of Abuja.The aim […]

The GS Foundation trainer team with Patrick Franck and Siegfried Leyrer team teaching with Adewale Ajadi (UNDP) during the training of Nigerian trainers from the 32 police colleges at the Nigerian Institute of Police Science (NIPS) in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. It is gratifying to note that more and more female police officers are […]

The presidential decree gave a further boost to Nigeria’s Police Reform last year. In this context, new activities are being planned at the beginning of the year to further strengthen the security institutions in Nigeria and to achieve new goals.

This week saw the handover of equipment and furniture for the police colleges in Ilorin, Kaduna, Maiduguri and Enugu (Oji-River).

The first round of our Women Leadership Course for the Nigerian Police was successfully completed.