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The Kano State Hisbah Board on Tuesday cleared the misconceptions surrounding the marriage by the woman who married her daughter’s former suitor in the Rano Local Government Area of the state. The woman, Malama Khadija, allegedly dissolved her marriage and married her daughter’s…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said it arrested members of a syndicate of currency racketeers hoarding and trading in the redesigned Naira notes in Abuja. According to the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, the operations were carried out in Zone 4…

The Department of State Services on Monday said its officers have arrested an undisclosed number of persons involved in the sale of the new naira notes. The DSS, in a statement on Monday by its spokesman, Peter Afunanya, accused some commercial…

The Enugu State Police Command of the Nigerian Police Force says it has busted an armed robbery gang and arrested one suspect identified as Chinenye Nwadike aged 32. A statement by the Command’s spokesman, Daniel Ndukwe, on Sunday, said that five firearms and…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, on Sunday, announced the arrest of five leaders of a drug syndicate. A statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, revealed that the cartel leaders were spread across the United Arab Emirates, Benin Republic,…

The Inspector of General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the prosecution of holders of Police Community Relations Committee Identity Cards with effect from December 2022. The IG directed that whoever is found parading with the invalidated PCRC ID card should…

A 28-year-old man, Folorunsho Olaniyan, has been caught while allegedly trying to steal a generator belonging to a customary court in the Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. Olaniyan, a native of Ota, was caught by the court registrar, Kareem Tolulope. A…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has re-arrested a former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde. He was re-arrested shortly after Thursday’s proceedings before Justice Obiora Egwuatu. Ojerinde has been standing trial on an…

The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the alleged killing of 27 pastoralists from an airstrike in Doma Local Government Area of the State. DSP Ramhan Nansel, the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the development and casualty figures to the News…