The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a businessman, Nwachukwu Molokwu, who frequents China, Dubai, Pakistan and Vietnam, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, for drug trafficking. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, on...
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By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 164,750 tramadol and other illicit pills in Taraba. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, said on Sunday in Abuja, that the drugs were seized from two suspects – Henry Abuchi and Daniel Ugwoke. He added...
By HARUNA AHMED, Sokoto – No fewer than 79 suspects were arrested by the security agencies in the state during the March 18 Governorship and State House of Assembly elections. The Sokoto State Police Command’s spokesman, DSP Sanusi Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Sokoto....
By NANA AISHA, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has debunked rumours emanating from video reports that the residence of Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), was attacked by hoodlums in the state. The Spokesman of the Command, SP Ahmed Wakil, dismissed the...
Kwara State Government has ordered the immediate shutting of Mandate Market in Ilorin following Saturday’s skirmishes in the major trading centre. Commissioner for Business, Innovation and Technology, Malam Ibrahim Akaje, stated in Ilorin on Saturday that the market would be re-opened on Monday. “Government has restored normalcy to the...
Some ex-insurgents who completed a deradicalisation programme on Saturday begged Nigerians for forgiveness for the roles they played in destabilising communities in the country. The ex-insurgents, numbering 594, had completed a six-month De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme in Kwami Local Government Area of Gombe State. They tendered the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Ogun State Police command has arrested a 43-year-old man, Abiodun Oladapo, for allegedly impregnating his 19-year-old daughter (name withheld). The police spokesman in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday. SP Oyeyemi noted that the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – No fewer than 35 officers of NDLEA Marine Command and Seaports Operations have completed specialised training in Nigeria and the United Kingdom to enhance their operational efficiency. The Director, Media and Advocacy, National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mr Femi Babafemi said this in...
The Nigerian Army on Saturday graduated 594 ex-Boko Haram members after undergoing six months Deradicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme in Gombe State. The graduation ceremony of the repentant terrorists took place at Malam Sidi camp in Kwami Local Government Area of the state. The Camp Commandant, Col. Uche...
The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC), has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Baba Akali, to ensure a thorough investigation of the allegation of organ harvesting and rights abuse against two Police formations in Anambra. Mr Okechukwu Nwangwuma, Executive of RULAAC, made the call...
Abductors kidnapped a farmer and a commercial motorcyclist on Ugbokuli-Ekiadolor Road in Ovia Northeast Local government area of Edo on Friday. The farmer was returning from his father’s oil palm plantation when he was abducted alongside the motorcyclist whose services he had earlier engaged. Police spokesman in Edo, SP...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has reiterated its commitment to the protection of all schools in the country through the Safe School Programme. The NSCDC Commandant General (CG), Ahmed Audi made the commitment at a stakeholders workshop on validating the Corps’ Draft Standard Operating Procedure for...
The Chief of Administration (Army), Maj.-Gen. Okpe Ali, says the understanding of the major indigenous languages by the troops of the Nigerian Army will enhance their operations. Ali said this during the inauguration of the Indigenous Languages Course 12/2023 organised by the Nigerian Army Resource Centre (NARC) on Thursday...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State government has raised an alarm over alleged plot by some politicians to incite public upheaval in the state. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, warned people planning to cause public...
The Defence Headquarters says Nigerian troops have eliminated 46 terrorists, bandits and other criminals across North East, North Central and North West in the last two weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, said this during the biweekly news conference on the operations of the armed forces...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on Thursday arrested 28 persons suspected to be “yahoo-yahoo boys” in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital. The arrest, which was effected at Mandate Area, Ilorin followed actionable intelligence on the...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – In their sustained war against oil theft, illegal refineries and other criminal activities in the Niger Delta, troops of Joint Task Force Operation DELTA SAFE and other operations in the South South region of the country have denied oil thieves the total sum of...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Operatives of the Amotekun Corps in Osun State have arrested a suspected 37-year-old hoodlum, who has been unleashing terror on residents of Ikoyi-Ile Town, in the Isokan Local Government of the Osun state. The Osun Amotekun Corps Commander, Retired Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, said in...
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division Operation HADIN KAI, Maj.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu, has lauded troops of 112 Task Force Battalion Mafa for effectively thwarting a midnight attack by ISWAP terrorists on March 19. Shaibu who visited the troops on Wednesday, applauded their fierce fighting spirit during the encounter,...
Hoodlums suspected to be political thugs have set ablaze a state High Court in Owutu-Edda, Afikpo South Local Government Area of Ebonyi. Mrs Oluchi Uduma, the Registrar of the court confirmed the incident to newsmen in Owutu-Edda on Tuesday. She said that the hoodlums invaded the court on Tuesday...