LAW ENFORCEMENT

Operatives of  Anambra State  Police  Command, acting on a tip-off, have arrested an alleged notorious kidnap kingpin, Mr. Mathew Nwankwo, after being on his trail for seven years. Nwankwo, was arrested at his country home, Nteje in Oyi Local Government Area by officers…

The police in Abuja have dispersed a protest organised to demand for the resignation of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Tajudeen Ariwoola. The protesters who were heading to the supreme court to present a protest letter were blocked by the Federal…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has announced the arrest of one of two brothers, Onyeaghalachi Stephen, whom the anti-narcotics agency says serves as major sources of illicit drug supplies in the South-East and South-South regions of the country, after nine years…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Sunday confirmed the arrest of a 56-year-old cocaine trafficker, Lawal Oyenuga, who was on a mission to deliver 400grams of the class A drug concealed in a pair of palm sandals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The…

The Police have arrested two persons in possession of 468 Permanent Voter Cards. This was made known in a statement signed by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, on Sunday. …

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered all Commissioners of Police in charge of Police Commands to fortify all facilities of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead of the 2023 general elections. The Commissioners of Police, the IGP, said should promptly activate…

The number of inmates in the various custodial centres across the country rose by 18,805 between 2015 and 2022, a document by the Ministry of Interior has shown. The report titled, ‘A documentation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration scorecard (2015–2023)’, showed that in 2015,…