LAW ENFORCEMENT

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…

A suspected ritual killer, Adebayo Olamide Azeez, on Thursday revealed how he lured seven women through a dating app, “MyChat” and killed them for ritual purposes. Adebayo, 32, spoke to newsmen after he was paraded in Abeokuta, Ogun State, alongside a female suspect,…

The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has confirmed the arrest of two Binance crypto exchange platform executives as part of ongoing investigation into forex speculation and attempt to save the Naira. The executives whose identities remain undisclosed were arrested upon their…

The Federal Government has allegedly detained at least two senior executives of Binance, a crypto currency exchange company. According to a report by Financial Times, both executives flew into Nigeria last week following a ban on their website and were arrested by officials…