LAW ENFORCEMENT

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has resumed its revamped e-auction platform for the disposal of seized and overtime goods. The spokesman of the NCS, Abdullahi Maiwada, (CSC) said in Abuja, yesterday, “The move aligns with the guidelines outlined in the newly enacted Nigeria…

Former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, has regained freedom from the Kuje Correctional Centre after fulfilling his bail conditions. Agunloye, who was detained over a $6 billion Mambilla hydropower contract scandal, was granted bail by a Federal High Court in Abuja.…

The Chairman of the  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ola Olukoyede, on Thursday, raised the alarm about the craze for gratification and bribes among the commission’s investigators, noting that he had a process in motion to fish them out. Olukoyede made this…

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, on Wednesday, launched a special team tagged the ‘Special Intervention Squad’ to reduce the spate of kidnappings in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). At the launch of the special squad in Abuja, the police boss…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has interrogated the Accountant General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, over an alleged link to a N585.2m fraud involving the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Dr Betta Edu. The AGF was quizzed by EFCC interrogators at the…

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, did not show up on Tuesday at the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) headquarters in Abuja with regard to an investigation on the alleged involvement of a company linked to him in a N438m contract awarded…

The Lagos police command has arrested five suspects, including two women, over the alleged piracy of ‘Malaika’, a movie produced by Toyin Abraham. ‘Malaika’ premiered in Lagos on December 17. It also made its theatrical debut on December 22. NAN reports that Aminat Mayegun, the spokesperson at…

The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mr Bashir Adeniyi has stated that the service will use the exchange rate on the official CBN window for clearing goods and would not engage in arbitrary increase or decrease in exchange rate. Mr. Bashir…

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has said that a total of 136,177 candidates for the ongoing Police recruitment exercise have already been screened just six days after the commencement of the exercise on Monday, January 8, 2024, throughout the federation. The PSC through…

Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Nigeria Police Force, Muyiwa Adejobi, has come under fire over his “don’t cry more than the bereaved” comment on the abduction of six sisters in Abuja. Recall that for the inability to pay the required N60 million…