LAW ENFORCEMENT

The Tincan Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service said it rejected the N50m bribe offered by a smuggler involved in the importation of tramadol and other drugs for his container release. The Customs Area Comptroller of Tincan, Mr Adekunle Oloyede, said this…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 29-year-old South African, Erasmus Jean-Pierre for allegedly attempting to export 2.6 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed in his luggage to the Middle East through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Wednesday. In a…

Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Solomon Arase, has described the Supreme Court’s judgement of July 11, 2023, which pronounced the Commission as the agency mandated to recruit constables for the Nigerian Police as a judgement in the best interest of the…

The Anambra Police Commissioner Aderemi Adeoye has rewarded a policewoman Inspector Charity Oyor with N250,000 for rejecting a bribe from a suspect. This was contained in a Friday statement by the spokesman of the Anambra Police Command Tochukwu Ikenga who said Inspector Charity…

Muhammed Barde, the Imo state police commissioner, has ordered immediate arrest of a police Inspector seen in a viral video slapping a motorist along the road in the state, The Nation reports. The incident which happened in Owerri, the state capital, had elicited reactions…

The fabrication of AK-47s and other firearms in Lagos State is worrisome, Commissioner of Police Idowu Owohunwa said yesterday. He raised the alarm during the inauguration of the Complaint Response Unit (CRU) by the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun. Owohunwa said there…

A suspect described as a notorious drug dealer based in the Lekki area of Lagos State is on the run after “crushing” an operative of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with his luxury car, the agency has said. The NDLEA has…

The police command in Kano State has announced a ban on all street protests in the northwestern state as the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sits for the adoption of written addresses. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Husaini Gumel, made the announcement…

The Plateau State Police Command has said it arrested a herdsman identified as Abdulrahman Kaila for allegedly cutting off a farmer’s hand in the Lakushi community, Shendam Local Government Area of the state. A video of the farmer holding his severed right hand…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have recovered N4.8bn worth of opioids in a warehouse in Lagos State, intercepted $20m counterfeit notes in Abuja, and arrested a wanted teenage bandit in Sokoto State. The agency made this known on Sunday in…