LAW ENFORCEMENT

The Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Sunday Faleye, has quizzed the Divisional Crime Officer of Ode-Omu Police Division, Matthew Ajayi, who was accused of torturing a woman inspector, Bamidele Olorunsogo. In a video seen by The Lawyer on Wednesday, Olorunsogo could be seen…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday carried out simultaneous operations against Bureau de Change operators in Abuja and Kano, as the Naira slumped to N857 to a dollar at the parallel market. The Lawyer gathered that the raids in the two…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for the Kogi State House of Assembly seat, Ismaila Yusuf Atumeyi, with N326million and $ 140,500 cash. The EFCC spokeperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said Atumeyi, who…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has declared wanted the owner of Adekaz Hotels, Ademola Kazeem, over offences bordering on alleged drug trafficking and money laundering. The agency declared the Lagos socialite wanted as a result of his failure to honour its invitations…

Men of the Ogun State police command have arrested a  couple, Godday and Ebere Samuel for alleged human trafficking. The couple was accused of trafficking a 16-year-old girl to Burkina Faso before the trip was foiled. The Police Public Relations Officer in…

The Borno State Police Command said it arrested a housewife, Fatima Abubakar, 25, for allegedly killing her husband, Goni Abbah, with poison. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Abdu Umar, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri, the state capital, said…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has uncovered and sealed an illegal petroleum products dump in the Federal Capital Territory. This was posted on the agency’s Facebook page and confirmed by the NSCDC Spokesperson, Olusola Odumosu on Sunday. According to the post, the…

The village head of Gidan Abba in Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Abubakar Ibrahim, was among those arrested in connection with drug offences by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the past one week. A statement on…

A 19-year-old boy in Adamawa State, Israel Emmanuel, has been arrested by the police for organizing his abduction and collecting N1 million ransom from his father. It was gathered on Saturday that Emmanuel and three of his friends faked the abduction and communicated…