LAW ENFORCEMENT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is expected to question the former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouk over an alleged N37.1 billion fraud. A top EFCC source confirmed this to press in a telephone interview on…

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have grilled the National Co-ordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency, NSIPA, Hajia Halima Shehu for hours in her office located at Maitama, Abuja. Recall that Shehu was suspended…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has opened an investigation into the University degree that was allegedly awarded to a Nigerian undercover reporter in Cotonou, Benin Republic, within six weeks. The anti-graft agency has also called upon stakeholders in government…

The Anambra State Police Command successfully eliminated three individuals belonging to an armed criminal gang that assaulted the convoy of a prominent figure in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chris Uba. On December 28, 2023, during the onslaught orchestrated by the assailants, two members…

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, yesterday directed the immediate deployment of tactical teams, equipment and the relocation of AIG Zone 4 to Plateau State. This directive was disclosed in a statement released by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi,…

The Imo State police command has nabbed 23yr old Amanda Uchechi Ugo from Umumbiri in Ahiazu Mbaise LGA of Imo State, for allegedly shooting his lover, Corporal Cosmas Ugwu, to death. According to a statement released by the Public Relations Officer of the…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested nine persons for making and selling pillow cases filled with used Pampers and sanitary pads in Sokoto. Parading the suspects at the command headquarter on Wednesday, the state’s Commandant,. Bello Alkali Argungun, said the…

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 18, 2023 election in Ogun state, Ladi Adebutu, yesterday visited the headquarters of the state police command to clear the air on the vote buying and money laundering allegations levelled…

The Police Service Commission, on Tuesday, insisted that the ongoing recruitment into the Constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force is free from the registration stage to the last stage which is a medical examination.   The PSC made the clarification following a…

The police said 96 persons were killed and 221 houses destroyed in the attacks on 15 communities in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State. The police spokesman in the state, DSP Alfred Alabo, who stated this on Tuesday, also said…