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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a Nigerian music executive, Mr Efe Ogbeni, for alleged $250,000 fraud committed in the United States of America. Ogbeni was arrested in Lagos State on Tuesday by EFCC operatives after he was traced to…

The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has approved the posting of Police Public Relations Officers to various state commands and formations within the Nigerian Police Force to improve community participation and communication. This was disclosed in a statement by the Force Public…

Suspected armed robbers on Wednesday hijacked a bullion van belonging to the Ogun State government and carted away an undisclosed amount of money. The robbers also shot and killed an accountant in the Governor’s office, Taiwo Oyekanmi, who was accompanying the bullion van. The…

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) said it received credible intelligence that fake online stores has multiplied ahead of the Black Friday sales. The FCCPC raised the alarm on Thursday in an advisory signed by its Executive Vice Chairman, Babatunde Irukera,…

The Legal Attache of the American Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI in Nigeria, Jack Smith has applauded the appointment of Ola Olukoyede as Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Smith gave the commendation during a courtesy visit to the…

The Lagos State Police Command has said the autopsy report of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad, conducted two months ago has not been given to them. Today, Tuesday, November 21, 2023, makes it two months since the corpse of the late…

The Rivers State Police Command has dismissed claims of an assassination attempt on the factional Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Edison Ehie. The lawmaker, during an interview on Channels Television on Monday morning, disclosed that armed thugs and rogue Police officers attempted to assassinate…

A total of 188,874 applications have been rejected by the Police Service Commission in the ongoing recruitment into the constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force. The spokesman for the commission, Ikechukwu Ani, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said so…

The inspector-general of police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has ordered police formations and commands to extract a letter of retirement from police officers who are due for retirement but have refused to leave the service. In a police signal circulating online, the IGP office…

Operatives of the Bayelsa Police Command have arrested a man in connection with the murder of the late Bako Angbashim who until his death was the Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada division. Confirming the arrest via a statement, the police spokesman in Bayelsa…