LAW ENFORCEMENT

The Complaint Response Unit of the Nigeria Police Force has received 14,976 complaints against policemen since its inception. The unit, which was established in 2015 to receive complaints from citizens against erring policemen, stated in a report, obtained by our correspondent on Tuesday,…

Chairman of the landlords’ association at the Victoria Garden City neighborhood where a couple was spotted walking around naked, has given an update on the incident which occurred on Sunday June 12. It was gathered that the lady the man was spotted with…

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has condemned the shooting involving the police escorts attached to a musician, Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy, at Club Cubana on Victoria Island, Lagos State. This was confirmed in a series of tweets made by the Force…

At least 11 of the passengers who boarded the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train in March have regained freedom. The captives spent over 70 days in kidnappers’ den before they were released after intense negotiation, six females and five male captives were released on…

The abducted photographer attached to Ebonyi State Government House in Abakaliki, Uchenna Nwube, on Saturday, regained freedom. Kidnappers operating along Okigwe/Uturu/Aba axis in Abia State, had on Wednesday night, abducted Nwube, alongside his friend’s mother-in-law on their way back to Abakaliki from…

Law and stability broke down on Saturday morning in Benin, Edo State, as about a hundred angry youths mainly traders at the New Benin Market went on a rampage after an Igbo trader was attacked with a machete by another trader of…

The directive of the Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, that all kidnappers and other criminal gangs’ hideouts be raided and buildings harbouring them be destroyed has been carried out in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area. In a demolition carried out by…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared a couple, Onyinmiebi (Miebi Baraza) and Beatrice Bribena, wanted. An alert by the anti-graft agency urged persons with information about them to contact any of its offices across Nigeria. The agency is searching for the…

The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, says the real estate sector remains a safe haven of money launderers. He spoke in Abuja yesterday when he received the president of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors Valuers (NIESV), Emmanuel…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has begun to profile Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) and other suspects involved in money laundering and illicit financial flows. Chairman, ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, according to a statement yesterday by the spokesperson of the…