LAW ENFORCEMENT

The Apapa command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Thursday, said it has generated a whooping N790billion from importers between January to September, 2022. Speaking to journalists, the Customs Area Controller, Apapa command, Compt. Yusuf Malanta, said the command improved by 29.8 percent…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned currency speculators and Bureau de Change (BDC) operators not to undermine the move by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to redesign and reissue higher denominations of the Naira. EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa in…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has confiscated N20bn lodged in 103 bank accounts belonging to Lagos socialite and businessman, Mallinson Ukatu, who is being held in Ikoyi Custodial Centre for drug dealing. The NDLEA has also filed 23-count charges against the socialite…

The Ondo State Police Command on Wednesday said it commenced investigation into the alleged murder of a consultant, Michael Adesitimi. Some yet-to-be-identified persons allegedly killed the victim, who was an Information Communication Technology consultant, at his house in the Okuta Elerinla area of…

There was panic at Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos State, on Tuesday, when masked gunmen reportedly abducted a yet-to-be-identified motorist. According to eyewitnesses who narrated the incident on Twitter, the man was forced out of a black Toyota Corolla, which he was driving on Medical…

It will no longer be business as usual for politicians who launder money through their lawyers, bank accounts’ managers, precious stone dealers and other Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFBPs), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said yesterday. The anti-graft agency spoke of…

An official of the Nigeria Customs Service, Kwara State, Saheed Aweda, has been killed and three others injured after they were ambushed by suspected smugglers. A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the command, Chado Zakari, on behalf of the Joint Border…

High command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), has announced the approval by the Civil Defence, Corrections, Fire and Immigration Board (CDCFIB), to discipline a total of 31 officers and men of the Corps involved in various degrees of…