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The Police Service Commission (PSC) has withdrawn the appointment of Hajia Naja’atu Mohammed as the coordinator for the North-West in the forthcoming general elections. PSC spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, said in a statement on Monday that the withdrawal was due “to a press statement…

The Anambra State Police Command has declared one Mr Emeh Nnamdi Daniel wanted over alleged unlawful possession of a firearm, money laundering, defamation of character, fraud and impersonation. According to a statement on Monday, the state police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said Daniel…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agen­cy (NDLEA) have intercepted consignments of illicit drugs including cocaine, metham­phetamine and its precursor chemical, ephedrine going to the United Kingdom, Sau­di Arabia, New Zealand and Cyprus at the Murtala Mu­hammed International Air­port (MMIA), Lagos;…

Six persons have been killed in a fresh attack on a police station by gunmen in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. The latest attack on 3-3 Police Divisional Headquarters in Nkwelle-Ezunaka was however foiled by police operatives in the early hours…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has denied raiding the home of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. EFCC’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the claim of raiding the home of the…

Depositors of millions of old N500 and N1,000 notes are under the scrutiny of anti-corruption agencies at the Ilorin branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria, DAILY POST reports. Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and Independent Corrupt Practices Commission,…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered an additional N900,000,000 for the National Health Insurance Scheme, (NHIS). EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said the sum was part of monies which some deposit money banks fraudulently withheld since 2015 and refused to remit…

The Zamfara Police Command has arrested a suspected female gunrunner for allegedly supplying arms and ammunition to bandits. The command had also recovered 325 live ammunition of AK 47 rifles from her. It had also succeeded in the arrest of other suspects for alleged…

The Nigeria Police Force has warned against attacks on banks while noting that attackers will be treated as armed robbers. This warning came on the heels of attacks on bank facilities in several parts of the country following the naira crunch. The Force Public…

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has set up a special investigation team to commence investigations into allegations of extrajudicial killings, corruption, and high-handedness levelled against some police officers serving at the Zone 13 Command, Ukpo-Dunukofia, and the Anambra State Command. This…