Former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, PhD, is dead.
Arase was said to have died at Ceda Crest Hospital, Abuja.
Arase, whose details of death was yet to be officially confirmed at the time of filing this report, was Nigeria’s 18th Inspector-General of Police. He was appointed to the position in April 2015 by then-President Goodluck Jonathan.
He was also the immediate past Chairman of the Police Service Commission, PSC, from January 2023 under President Muhammadu Buhari. He was relieved of the position in June 2024 by President Bola Tinubu.
A seasoned intelligence officer, Arase, a doctorate degree holder, once led the Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, the police force’s apex intelligence unit.
He was also the Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom State and later as Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of intelligence.
He also served at the international level, including a stint in Namibia on a United Nations peacekeeping mission.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
