LAW ENFORCEMENT

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested one Ajisegiri Kehinde Sidika, a 56-year-old widow, over an alleged attempt to traffic 400 grams of cocaine to Makkah, Saudi Arabia. According to the NDLEA, Sidika, a mother of four, had concealed the cocaine…

The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State,  Echeng Echeng, on Friday paraded no fewer than 20 suspects arrested in connection with various crimes in the state. Among the suspects were three men, Nwobodo  Obumneme, Malachi Uzorchukwu  and Ifesinachi Ogechukwu,  said to have been arrested…

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Ekiti State Police Command, on Friday botched attempts by hoodlums to burn down the Ekiti Assembly complex. The incident happened around 4am when the hoodlums were said to have scaled the fence and made spirited…

The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, has said the commission recovered over N117 billion between January and August 2022. Owasanoye said this before the House of Representatives Committees on Anti-Corruption and Appropriation during…

An ex-convict, Yakub Yusuf, has been arrested for breaking into the premises of the Lagos State Fire Service to steal the valve cover of old fire trucks under repairs in the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a…

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba has alleged some Governors are fuelling violence ahead of the 2023 polls. He spoke in Abuja at a meeting with chairmen of all the 18 political parties and heads of security operatives. The IGP, who did not…

The Police Service Commission (PSC) yesterday considered the appeals and petitions of 18 dismissed police officers and approved the reinstatement of 10 of them. The commission also approved the conversion of the dismissal of two officers to retirement and rejected the appeals of…

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa has declared the number of Governors being monitored by the Commission for suspected money laundering has increased from the three earlier mentioned. Bawa, who spoke to State House Correspondents at the Presidential…

A car carrying some persons and guns was reportedly intercepted at the entrance to the premises of Osun State High Court on Wednesday. The incident happened while the tribunal hearing the petition from the July 16 Osun Governorship Election had commenced sitting for…

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of six suspects for kidnapping the eight-year-old child of a Bureau De Change operator in the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the development in a tweet on…