LAW ENFORCEMENT

The FCT Police Command has arrested 98 scavengers popularly called ‘Baban Bola’ in Nigerian parlance. The police paraded the suspects whom they accused of stealing, on Monday. They also said the suspects would be deported to their states of origin. Deputy Police Commissioner, Ben…

The Independent Corrupt and Other Related Offences Commission said it had commenced an investigation into the ownership of the scores of abandoned housing estates in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The anti-agency explained that the probe will identify the property that was being…

At least one inmate has died and others were injured during a free-for-all that broke out at the Port Harcourt correctional centre. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the centre, Juliet Ofoni, confirmed the incident on Monday. She said it happened at the old…

Some kidnapped victims of the ill-fated Kaduna-bound train have cried out in captivity, urging the Nigerian Government to expedite rescue action. In a viral video, some of those abducted spoke from their captors’ den, calling for an action to free them from the…

Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of late popular gospel artiste, Osinachi, has been arrested by the police over the death of his wife. The 42-year-old artiste died on Friday after spending days at an undisclosed hospital in Abuja. Colleagues of Osinachi, who was a lead…

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has described the allegation that some of its officials are in the habit of arranging for convicts to evade serving terms as wild, unsubstantiated, unpatriotic and most unfortunate. A respected human rights lawyer, Chief Femi Falana had…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) yesterday explained the delay in the payment of seven-month salaries of some of its newly employed operatives, citing non-regularisation of their accounting records NDLEA, a federal law enforcement agency, said the delay affected only 59 out…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has kicked against an interim ex parte order by the Awka Division of the Federal High Court presided over by Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa granting the former governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, leave to…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has confirmed the reduction of duty payable on imported used vehicles, also known as Tokunbo, from 35 per cent to 20 per cent. Speaking on the development, the Customs Area Controller, Tincan Island Command of the service, Compt.…