LAW ENFORCEMENT

The Police Service Commission (PSC), has approved the promotion of 1,607 Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs), to the next rank of Superintendents of Police (SPs). The promotion of the DSPs to SPs saw the elevation of 158 officers in the professional cadre  which…

OPERATIVES of the Maiduguri Zonal Command of  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested 21 trucks loaded with food and non-food items heading toward N’djamena, Chad Republic, Central African Republic and Cameroon. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),  EFCC’s spokesperson,…

The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered stoppage of Point-of-Sales (POS) machines and other electronic mobile money transaction devices within police stations and other police facilities nationwide. Egbetokun said the ban became imperative following public outcry on alleged illegal and illicit transactions…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, indicted banks as being linked to about 70 per cent of the financial crimes in Nigeria. EFCC’s Chairman, Ola Olukayode, disclosed this while speaking in Abuja at the 2023 Annual Retreat and General Meeting of…

Police authorities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have arrested 15 suspects over the looting of a warehouse in the area. Some residents had on Sunday morning looted a warehouse belonging to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Department of Agriculture in the Tasha…

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has announced a 90-day window for regularising import duties on specific categories of vehicles. The Customs said it is acting under the directive of the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun. In a statement…

The Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft has arrested a Ghana-registered vessel, Motor Tanker Sweet Miri suspected to be involved in crude oil theft. The vessel was arrested 174 nautical miles of the coast of Nigeria, approximately 320 kilometres, heading to Benin Republic. Base Information Officer…

Detectives from the Zone 2 command in charge of Lagos and Ogun states have arrested a couple and two others with fake N9million and 300million CFA notes in the Lagos Island area of the metropolis. The suspects, who were identified as Adeniyi Quadri,…

Inmates at the Jos Correctional Centre in Plateau State protested on Friday over the plan to reduce their food ration. They expressed dissatisfaction over the decision, a situation that forced the prison authorities to fire tear gas canisters and gunshots into the air…

The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested and arraigned a fake Corps member before a Chief Magistrate Court in Keffi for the offence of Criminal Trespass, Impersonation and Forgery. This was contained in a press release made available to our correspondent by the…