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Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of 12 Commissioners of Police (CPs), 19 Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs), and 21 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs), to the next rank. This is part of the promotion of 5,718 senior police officers comprising both…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has recovered N27.2 billion and $19.1million in the course of the ongoing investigations embarked upon by the agency this year so far. The anti-graft agency, which claimed it was cheaper to prevent crimes, has also launched…

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun has disclosed that he is not expecting returns from any police officer, charging them to be diligent in the discharge of their constitutional responsibility. The Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 11, Paul Ojeka Odama,…

Operatives of the Kogi State Police Command have arrested a woman and her 19-year-old son for burying her stepson over the alleged theft of N10,000. The victim was, however, lucky as Good Samaritans were able to exhume him alive. The incident took place on…

The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, is set to deploy helicopters and drones for the effective surveillance of the nation’s borders. The Acting Comptroller General, NIS, Mrs. Wuraola Adepoju who stated this at a one day retreat of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport NIS…

A 26-year-old social media influencer, Benjamin Best Nnanyereugo popularly known as Killaboi has been declared wanted by Lagos State Police Command over the death of his 21-year-old girlfriend. The deceased girlfriend, an undergraduate was in July 2023 found dead in the influencer’s apartment located in the Ajah…

An 18-year-old pregnant housewife has been arrested by the police in Bauchi State for allegedly beating her five-year-old stepdaughter to death for defecating on her body. The Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Auwal Muhammad, disclosed this while parading the suspect before journalists at…

Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday raided the Lagos home of Nigerian musician, Raoul John Njeng-Njeng popularly known as Skales. During the operation, two suspected internet fraudsters – Udemba Chukwuemeka (a.k.a Jody) and Jamal Jamiu Onasola (a.k.a. Jamal)…

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has denied a media report that it sought the permission of the Federal Government to allow its personnel to bear arms on the heels of the insecurity challenge in the country. In a terse statement on Sunday titled,…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has said that contrary to reports that went viral in the media and online, the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad, was never arrested by the agency. The spokesperson for the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, said, “We also heard…