LAW ENFORCEMENT

The Nigerian Correctional Service has dismissed two personnel and sanctioned 35 others for misconduct. The decision was contained in a statement by the Service Public Relations Officer, Mr Abubakar Umar, on Wednesday in Abuja. Umar said the dismissal was part of efforts to ensure…

The Kano State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Usaini Gumel, has described the report making the rounds that the Kano State Police Command has recruited criminals into the police force as a malicious and calculated attempt by some elements to disparage its…

The Lagos State Police Command says it has identified the person in a viral video shown shooting an AK47 rifle at the Ladipo Market as Inspector Istifanus Kwanchi, serving in a Lagos squadron of the Mobile Police (MOPOL). Inspector Kwanchi was seen in…

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested an unlicensed foreign exchange dealer, one Chike Nosa Agada for an alleged N2 billion fraud. EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale said Agada, a 37-year old native of Udi local government area of Enugu…

Two wanted heads of transnational criminal organisations with a multi-billion-naira worth of illicit drugs have been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, saying the agency also…

A pastor with the Christ Liberty Evangelism Church, Rosco, Iyana Iyesi, Ota, Oyenekan Oluwaseyi, and three others have been arrested with a human skull in the Saje Area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State Capital. Oluwaseyi and the three others, 30-year-old Ibrahim Agbowewe, 40-year-old…

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, is billed to attend the 2023 annual conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Egbetokun will lead a delegation of senior police officers to the conference to be held in San Diego, California, United…

The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Audi, has ordered the immediate deployment of undercover security agents to schools and host communities in the North-West zone and other parts of the country to protect the schools…

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has announced the arrest of Chukwudi Ezirike, a wanted ‘one chance’ kingpin who was allegedly causing fear along the Kubwa/Zuba highway. ‘One chance’ is commonly used in Nigeria to refer to a robbery that takes place when…

A woman has been arrested and paraded by the Rivers State Police Command for disfiguring her husband’s body with boiling oil. The woman, Favour Nweke, from Obite village in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area, was paraded alongside other suspects at the command’s headquarters on…