The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it arrested 12 persons for alleged vote buying in Saturday’s supplementary polls in Kano and Katsina States. The EFCC Kano Zonal Commander, Faruk Dogondaji, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview that the suspects were arrested with N1.5...
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By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Commissioner, Mr Idowu Owohunwa, has ordered the immediate removal of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) at Okokomaiko Division over alleged extortion of members of the public by his operatives. Recalled that police operatives from Okokomaiko Division allegedly arrested a cell phone...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of Ibadan Zonal Command has arrested 44 suspected internet fraudsters (popularly know as Yahoo boys) in Oyo State. The EFCC in a statement via its Twitter handle, said the suspected fraudsters were arrested in Apete and Bodija...
No fewer than 4 suspects have been arrested by the police in connection with the alleged attempt to kidnap Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage. The spokesman of The Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department, Oluniyi Ogundeyi, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. NAN...
A security expert, Mr Dickson Osajie, on Friday called on the government and law enforcement agencies to urgently check the growing trend of mob killings in the country. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, Osajie, owner of DBreeze Protection and Security Service Ltd,...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The out-going Force Commander (FC) Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Major General Abdul Khalifah Ibrahim has charged all Sector Commands of the MNJTF to redouble their efforts to finish or end the war at the Lake Chad Basin by clearing the remnants of Boko...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The operatives if Nasarawa State Police Command have killed three suspected kidnappers and rescued a victim in Sabon Gida, in Lafia East Development Area of Lafia local government area of the state. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), made this known in...
The Police Command in Ebonyi, has paraded four arrested suspects in connection with the murder of Mr Peter Nweke, People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) ward chairman in Ezza North local government area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Nweke was murdered in the area during...
By HARUNA AHMED, Dutse – The corpse of a 16-year old “Almajiri’’ boy has been recovered by the police in Kiyawa Local Government Area of Jigawa’ State on Friday. Assailants had gorged one of his eyes before the police arrived. Police spokesman in the state, DSP Lawan Shiisu, stated...
Police operatives have killed two suspected terrorists while repelling their attack on Danmarke village in Kurfi Local Government Area of Katsina State. The police spokesman in the state, CSP Gambo Isah, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Katsina. CSP Isah said that: “Today, Friday, at about...
Maj.-Gen. Olufemi Akinjobi, on Friday assumed duty as the 40th General Officer Commanding (GOC), 1 Division Nigerian Army, Kaduna. Akinjobi took over from Maj.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, who moved to Army Headquarters as Chief of Operations. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report that before his appointment as GOC, Akinjobi...
By HARUNA AHMED, Sokoto – The Sokoto State Police Command has ordered restrictions of movement from 12:00am to 6:00pm on April 15, for the rescheduled National Assembly Supplementary elections in the state. The Commisioner of Police in the state, Mr. Shettima Zanna, gave the order in a statement issued...
Police on Friday, confirmed the death of four people and 11 others rescued while emaciated from occultation underground in the Kenyan coastal town of Malindi. The police said in a security report that they had been tipped off that there were dozens of people starving to death at a...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kano State Command, says it has arrested no fewer than 93 suspects for various crimes in the state between January and March. Mr Adamu Salihu, the NSCDC state Commandant, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Military troops of Operation Forest Sanity have intercepted large quantity of ammunition in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna. Aruwan said the development...
Bu HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) airstrikes have neutralized fleeing bandits in Birnin Gawri Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Wednesday in Kaduna. Aruwan said...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Police operatives attached to Apo Division in Abuja, on Wednesday foiled an armed robbery operation and arrested a suspect. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, in a statement, said the operation followed a distress call received from Zone E...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 11 suspected internet fraudsters in Jere and Maiduguri Local Government Areas of Borno. The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. Mr. Uwujaren said the suspects, who...
The 1 Division Nigerian Army on Wednesday commenced the Corporals and Below Inter-Brigade competition in Minna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the competition is to improve combat proficiency, physical fitness and leadership traits of personnel. It is also to prepare them for the present security challenges...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH Lafia – The Vigilante Group of Nigeria in Nasarawa Eggon, the headquarters of Nasarawa Eggon LGA of Nasarawa State, has apprehended six suspected kidnappers at their hideout in Tudun Waya. NATIONAL ACCORD gathered that during the operation, the vigilante men also rescued seven abducted victims in...