LAW ENFORCEMENT

Terrorists who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28 have released one of the pregnant women among the abductees. Our correspondent gathered that the pregnant woman was released on compassionate grounds by the terrorist group suspected to be Ansaru Islamic sect, a breakaway…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced investigations into some of the bank accounts of the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over suspected money laundering. The anti-graft agency started the probe…

Ahead of the 2023 general elections and other off-season elections in the country, the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has placed politicians who exhibit tendencies to subvert the electoral process on the watch list. Accordingly, the ONSA said heads of security…

The Lagos State Police has given clarification on reports that the lady who claimed she slept with a dog and got paid millions later died of infection. Police on Friday clarified that the report that the girl died of infection is false. In a…

The National Security Adviser Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd) has expressed worry over what he termed ‘growing uncertainty’ over party primaries ahead of the 2023 general elections. The NSA noted the development has already culminated in intense power play “capable of heightening unnecessary…

The Department of State Service (DSS) has removed a journalist, Lanre Arogundade, from a watch list in which his name featured for 38 years, the Director-General of the Service, Yusuf Magaji Bichi, has said. He spoke yesterday when a delegation from the Nigerian…

The Rivers State Police Command has debunked claims that it was responsible for the non-appearance of a Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirant, Farah Dagogo, in court during the last two scheduled hearings. This was just as the police said the health of the…

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Baba Usman Alkali yesterday warned Nigerians against giving policemen wrong information on any security issue. He spoke while commissioning the newly-built Ogele police station in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State. Represented by the Commissioner of Police, Kwara…

A point-of-sale operator identified only as Joy, has been defrauded in Lagos State. Reports revealed that Joy, who was recently employed, handed N75,000 to a customer identified as Victor, who left behind a bag containing five sachets of water. A businesswoman, Elizabeth Adetula,…

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), on Monday, said that one of its officers caught on video assaulting a civilian has been withdrawn and is currently under administrative investigation. In a statement released on Monday by the National Public Relations Officer of the…