LAW ENFORCEMENT

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, has arrested a serial impersonator who uses the agency’s name to defraud members of the public. The spokesperson of the agency, Mr Adebayo Taofiq, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Tuesday. Taofiq said that the suspect…

The Police High Command, on Tuesday, revealed how its operatives arrested a dismissed officer of the Nigerian Air Force who has been supplying military camouflage and other accoutrements that belong to security operatives to bandits terrorising Zamfara State. Specifically, the police explained that…

Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye, had placed a N2 million bounty on a female lawyer, who allegedly abused an 11-year-old house girl (name withheld) in Anambra state. The Minister also declared the lawyer, Adachukwu Cukelu-Okafor wanted. She was said to have used a…

The Divisional Police Headquarters in Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State fell victim to a raging fire early Monday, leaving a significant portion of the building completely engulfed in flames. Despite the swift response of the State Fire Service, the flames proved…

Police Service Commission (PSC) said it has not announced any date for examination for applicants in the ongoing recruitment of constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). The PSC stated this when it disowned trending dates on social media for the examinations…

The Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT announced on Sunday that it had arrested the Motor Tanker SAISNIL II for alleged oil theft in Lagos waters. According to a press statement by the Base Information Officer, Hussein Ibrahim, the vessel, flagged in St. Vincent &…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 42-year-old man said to be transporting thousands of concealed opioid pills to an insurgents’ enclave in the Banki area of Borno State. The suspect was among the 24 people accused of…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Margaret Emefiele, the wife of former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, wanted for alleged financial crimes. According to the EFCC, Mrs Emefiele and Eric Odoh, Anita Omoile as well as…

A policeman, Rilwan Kasumu, has rejected a N4 million bribe offered by some drug peddlers in the Ilogbo area of Lagos State. Kasumu, a Superintendent of Police, is the officer in charge of Area K, Marogbo, Lagos State command. On Tuesday, the police…

A suspected female kidnapper was apprehended by troops from the 93 Battalion under the 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Taraba as she was attempting to collect ransom for an abducted victim. The suspect, Janet Igohia, 31, was said to be arrested…