LAW ENFORCEMENT

Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command, have apprehended a 20-year-old notorious bandit at the Galadimawa forest in Giwa Local Government Area of the state. The state Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Jalige, who disclosed this in Kaduna on Saturday, said items recovered…

The Osun State Police Command on Saturday said five people had been arrested in connection with the attack on the convoy of wife of Osun state governor, Mrs Kafayat Oyetola at Owode, Ede. The command spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola in a statement obtained in…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command, has seized 3,998 jerry cans of petrol with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N28, 924,397 intended to be smuggled out of the country through Badagry waterways. The 3,998 jerry cans of petroleum products are equivalent to four…

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Bawa Abdulrasheed, yesterday, said although unsung, the intervention of the anti-graft agency in the forex market has helped to increase the value of naira against the dollar. Bawa, who spoke at a workshop…

The police in Anambra State have arrested the suspended Transition Committee Chairman of Nnewi North Local Government Area, Mbazuluike Iloka, over allegation of involvement in the death of his wife, Chidiebere Iloka. Mrs Iloka was said to have slumped and died on Sunday,…

Police in Bayelsa State have arrested five suspected pipleline vandals in Bayelsa State who allegedly blew up a trunkline carrying crude oil from Omoku to Brass Terminal at Etiama, Nembe Local Government Area of the state. The suspects were said to have also…

Oyo State Police Command, yesterday, paraded a suspected kidnap kingpin, who wrote notification letters to a new generation bank and private university in Oyo town, informing them of plans to rob and kidnap students of the institution for ransom. The state’s Commissioner of…

A 55-year-old man, Abdulwaheed Lamidi, has lost his life while lodging with his girlfriend at the City International Motel, Council Bus-Stop, in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. It was gathered that Lamidi and his 32-year-old lover met online and after a series…