LAW ENFORCEMENT

The 81 Division Nigerian Army has apprehended nine individuals who were masquerading as soldiers and engaging in criminal activities in Lagos State. The Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel Olabisi Ayeni, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. The suspects were said…

The FCT Police Command has said it has arrested the Correctional Officer, CA2 Usman Ishaya Magaji, who shot one Ibrahim Rahim Yahaya of Gishiri Village Mabushi, resulting in the civil unrest and mob action at Wuse Market on Tuesday. Recall that the said…

The federal government has intensified its scrutiny of Binance, requesting detailed information on its top 100 users in Nigeria and their transaction history over the past six months. This move comes amidst ongoing investigations into allegations of currency speculation, which have been…

The Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday arraigned a former Managing Director of Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending Plc, Aliyu Abdulhameed, before a Federal High Court in Abuja. The former NIRSAL MD who was removed from office by former President Muhammadu…

A yet-to-be-identified man in handcuffs has reportedly fallen off a moving police vehicle in Anambra and died instantly. The incident, it was gathered, happened on Wednesday along the Ogbo-Ogwu Drug Market, by Port Harcourt Road in Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra State. This…

The Kano State Hisbah Board has apprehended 11 Muslims for violating the Ramadan fast by eating during the day. The arrests were made during the annual Ramadan enforcement operations, which included searches of eateries and markets. The board’s Public Relations Officer, Lawal Ibrahim, who…

The Lagos State Police Command has foiled attempts by kidnappers to abduct school children at a Lagos School. A spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hudenyin confirmed the incident on Tuesday, he said: ” At about 3.30 pm, on March…

Bandits, who kidnapped 15 Qur’anic students in Sokoto State, have established contact with their families, demanding a whopping sum of N20million as ransom before they would be released. Proprietor of the school, Liman Abubakar, who confirmed the latest development in a telephone conversation…

Hoodlums suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Deputy Director, Nursing Services of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku Ozalla, in Enugu State. The gunmen stormed UNTH in the early hours of Tuesday and took away the female official and a security…

The Lagos State Police Command has re-arrested afro singer, Ibrahim Owodunni, aka Primeboy. Primeboy was arrested Tuesday morning during his visit to the State Criminal Investigation Department at Panti, Yaba, alongside Ayobami Fisayo aka Spending. A source privy to the development told our correspondent…