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A former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Professor Usman Yusuf, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Head of Media and Publicity for the Commission, Dele Oyewale, confirmed this to Channels Television in a…

A new guideline by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has limited the duration of cargo stay at ports nationwide to a maximum of 30 days. The measures aim to enhance trade facilitation, in line with the Federal Government’s Ease of Doing Business initiatives. In…

The Enugu State Police Command, through its operatives attached to Okpuje Division, has arrested 33-year-old Sunday Echege of Ibagwa-Agu Farm Settlement in Ibagwa-Ani community, Nsukka LGA, Enugu State, for severing the left wrist of his wife, Chinonso Echege over alleged infidelity. A statement…

The Ogun  State Police Command has debunked a report making the rounds of an alleged explosion in the Sabo area of Owode-Yewa, in Ogun West Senatorial District of the state, Speaking with Channels Television in a telephone conversation on Tuesday, the Command’s Public…

A yet-to-be-identified officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission attached to the Lagos Division of the anti-graft agency has slumped and died. Press learnt on Monday from a video being circulated online that the officer who was not in uniform slumped and…

A FORMER African Action Congress presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, said he rejected a stringent bail condition offered to him by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Monday, January 27. The NPF had invited Sowore  to its headquarters in Abuja following his confrontation with some of its officers on…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara Command, has created seven new Area Commands and 11 Divisions across the 16 Local Government Areas of the state. The State Commandant, Umar Muhammed, who disclosed this to newsmen on Monday in Ilorin, said…

Rights activist Omoyele Sowore was on Monday grilled at the Force Intelligence Bureau in Abuja over his recent viral extortion video involving some police officers. In the video, Sowore alleged that the officers were engaged in some illegalities on the Murtala Muhammed Airport…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have intercepted a shipment of cannabis, also known as Loud concealed in a duvet and destined for the United Kingdom. NDLEA disclosed this in a statement on Sunday by its Director of Media…

The Kogi State Police Command has arrested a 39-year-old suspect, Mr. Nnamdi Osita, in connection with the alleged theft of a Toyota Coaster bus. The bus, with Abuja registration number GWA 488 ZD, was reportedly stolen over a year ago from Nyanya, FCT,…