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Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), is set to unveil a new visa regime – “Economic Trust Visa” as part of its measures to deepen foreign investment in Nigeria. Its acting comptroller-general, Mrs Carol Wura-Ola Adepoju, who described the about to be introduced “Economic Trust…

The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr. Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has expressed deep concern regarding the impending nationwide protests announced by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC). While recognizing the constitutional right to peaceful protests, Egbetokun has appealed to…

The Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos has smashed a syndicate that specialised in hacking into bank customers’ portals to move money from different customers’ accounts. Two suspected members of the syndicate have been arrested by the zonal command, with the recovery of victims’…

The Department of State Services, DSS, said on Sunday it complied with a court order by granting access to doctors of the detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, but that the man was still in its custody. A source…

In a major anti-drug operation, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended several key figures, including a well-known artistes’ manager and a successful businessman, for distributing illegal drugs in upscale clubs across Lekki and Lagos Island. According to a statement by…

The operatives of the Department of Security Service (DSS) in Kogi State, on Saturday invited the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo for questioning over a petition filed against him. The APC standard bearer spent several hours…

Uchenna Emmanuel, an ex-banker, who was arrested for fraud, has spoken up. He explained how he used a bank customer’s ATM card to withdraw cash five times – in error. The suspect was paraded by Ondo State Police Command in Akure, the state capital. In…

The Abia State Police Command has arrested suspects in connection with attack on the convoy of the state Commissioner for Trade, Commerce and Industry on July 26, 2023, which led to the death of two personnel. In a press statement made available to…

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Commissioner of Police, Garba Haruna, has lamented that some persons drop the Police Command’s emergency numbers with online loan companies to obtain loans. He also said non-state actors had also been engaging the emergency lines. The CP, however, warned…

Following recent lamentations by some residents on the resurgence of robberies and other disturbances on Lagos streets and roads, the state Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, on Thursday, held a meeting with all area commanders, divisional police officers, tactical commanders and other…