LAW ENFORCEMENT

THE Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC) has warned that landlords risk 15 years in jail for renting houses to Internet fraudsters popularly known as ‘Yahoo boys’. The warning issued to landlords was contained in an e-flier of a Twitter Space discussion to be…

Bandits in the early hours of Tuesday invaded Adiya farm located behind Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto , carting away no fewer than 200 cows and 180 rams. The farm which is 10 kilometres from Sokoto metropolis is owned by a…

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has called on the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) to spare no effort in ensuring that all escaped inmates are arrested and brought back into custody. Sola Fasure, a media aide to the Minister said in…

Imo Police Command on Monday paraded the gunmen reportedly who murdered former aide of ex- President Goodluck Jonathan Ahmed Gulak last year along Ngor Okpala Airport Road in Owerri. Parading the suspects at the Command’s Headquarters Owerri with those who bombed the residence…

ZAMFARA State Police Commissioner Ayuba Elkana has said he cannot issue gun licences to residents of the state. The CP spoke in response to the Zamfara State government’s directive that the police command should issue gun licences to residents who are eligible to…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested Igwedum Uche Benson for allegedly trying to bring into the country cocaine concealed in his private part. In a statement on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said Benson was on his…

The Nigerian Immigration Service(NIS) has clarified the man at the centre of the alleged transplant saga involving former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, Nwamini David Ukpo, is actually 21 and not 15 as alleged in many media reports.…

The Nigeria Immigration Service is investigating the authenticity of the passport obtained by Nwamini David, who was alleged to have been trafficked to the United Kingdom for organ harvest by a former Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice. The service,…