LAW ENFORCEMENT

The chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Dr Solomon Arase, has said that the commission has set up a Compliance Monitoring Unit (CMU) to ensure that the rights of citizens are protected and that offending police officers are sanctioned for misconduct. A…

Going by condemnation and outcry that usually trail the invasion of shops and markets across the country by the Customs officers, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has declared that the Nigeria Customs Service Act 2023 empowers its officers to raid and confiscate…

Following the recent promotion of ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police, the Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun,  has reappointed him as the Force Public Relations Officer. This is based on a recent posting communication…

The Force Headquarters on Tuesday announced that the police stopped the issuance of licenses for small arms due to the high rate of illegal arms proliferation in the country. The acting Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun made the disclosure while responding to a…

The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye says enforcement alone cannot get rid of corruption in Nigeria. Owasanoye said eradicating corruption would require attitudinal change and the promotion of core societal values. The chairman, represented…

The Spokesperson for the Department of State Services (DSS), Peter Afunanya, has described as “legally procedural”, the re-arrest of suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on July 25, 2023, after Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has stated that it is investigating allegations of corruption and abuse of office against former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, over allegations of corruption and abuse of…

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old man, Bankole Oginni, for allegedly killing his girlfriend of the same age in his room in Akure, the state capital. The suspect was apprehended by men of the Nigerian Police Force, B Division, Oke-Aro,…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested a fake couple: Mr Ilonzeh Kingsley Onyebuchi and Mrs Ilonzeh Roseline Nonyelum purportedly going for medical treatment in India for ingesting 184 wraps of cocaine weighing 3.322kgs with 100grams of the…

Mr Adeniyi Sanni, a senior aide to the senator representing Ogun West in the National Assembly, Solomon Adeola, has been shot dead. The spokesperson for the senator, Kayode Odunaro, in a statement in Abuja said the incident happened on Saturday morning. He said the…