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Police Deploy More Officers To Sanusi, Bayero Palaces, Guards Out

The Kano State Police Command has deployed more armed personnel to the two palaces housing the contending emirs in the metropolitan local government areas of Kano. It was gathered that the hunters guarding the two palaces withdrew with the arrival of more policemen…

24/06/2024

Flutterwave, EFCC To Establish Cybercrime Centre

To intensify the fight against internet crime and enhance the security of business transactions, unicorn payments technology company, Flutterwave, says it is partnering the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to establish and a state-of-the-art Cybercrime Research Centre. The fintech company with fortunes…

21/06/2024

Rivers Crisis: Police Barricade Of LG Secretariats To Continue – IGP

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has directed the continuation of the police barricade on local government secretariats in Rivers State to prevent a breakdown of law and order. IGP Egbetokun gave the directive while fielding questions from journalists in Abuja…

21/06/2024

Police Take Over LG Secretariats In Rivers

The Rivers State Police Command has taken over the secretariats of the 23 local government areas in the state, following the crisis that has rocked the state in the past two days over tenure of the local government council chairmen. The Police Public…

19/06/2024

Police Confirm Abduction of Fouani, Others on Lagos Waterways

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of the Managing Director of Fouani Company, Mohamed Fouani, distributors of LG and Hisense electronic and electrical products, and others on Lagos waterway. Fouani and three other persons of Lebanese descent, were kidnapped on…

16/06/2024

FBI, EFCC Partner To Crush Cybercrime

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Friday said they will collaborate to tackle cybercrime and other emerging criminal threats. EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, and FBI Director, Christopher Wray, met in Abuja on Friday to…

16/06/2024

Police Allege Irregularities, Corruption In Constables Recruitment

The Nigeria Police Force has raised an alarm over alleged irregularities and corruption regarding the recently released names of successful candidates by the Police Service Commission in the 2022/23 Police Constables Recruitment Exercise. A statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa…

16/06/2024

Police Bust Multibillion-Naira Jewellery Cartel Colluding With Abuja Robbers

Police authorities on Wednesday said it has dismantled a cartel dealing in jewellery worth billions of naira obtained from armed robbery operations in Abuja and its environs. Disclosing this in a statement, Force spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, said that on April 28th, an armed…

13/06/2024

Tinubu Replaces Arase, Appoints Argungu As Police Commission Chair

President Bola Tinubu has appointed retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, Hashimu Argungu, as the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC). Argungu replaces former Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, who was appointed to the position by former President Muhammadu Buhari in…

11/06/2024

Ondo Club Raid: EFCC Denies Assaulting Suspects, Says Video ‘Stage-Managed’

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied assaulting, brutalising, or subjecting to any dehumanising treatment of some suspects arrested last Saturday in Akure, Ondo State. A statement by the EFFC’s Hea of Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale, titled EFCC’s Akure Arrests: Setting…

10/06/2024

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