The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 arraigned one Bukar Mohammed before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a one-count charge of obtaining by false…
… announces recruitment of 750 vigilantes for local intelligence gathering Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola on Tuesday, inaugurated 360 newly-recruited officers into the State Security Network Agency ‘Amotekun Corps’. This follows the completion of the 23-day intensive training…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta The police command in Ogun State says it has arrested a 64- year-old man, Ayotunde Taiwo for allegedly raping a 2-year-old girl (name withheld). DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the State Police Spokesperson, disclosed this in a statement issued…
Operatives of a Joint Task Force codename Operation Doo Akpor, repelled an attack by gunmen at a nipping point at Okarki Junction, Yenagoa. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday by the Police Public Relations Officer, Bayelsa Police…
By Saka Laaro The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi, has announced that it is illegal to receive or make telephone calls while driving, regardless of any wireless gadget used for such communications. The FRSC…
Mr Ahmed Audi, Commandant General (CG), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), said that Nigeria requires more security personnel to effectively combat and end insecurity in the country. Audi said this in Abuja at the opening ceremony of a…
The Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), says it has rescued nine victims of human trafficking in the state. The NIS Comptroller in the state, Mr Isma’il Abba, told newsmen in Dutse on Monday, that the victims were…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has said that it seized illicit drugs worth N100 billion between January and August, 2021. The agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, in Abuja, that in…
Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo Three block moulders have been arraigned before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing their employer’s N2.53 million. The accused persons Mujidat Omoloye, 22, Kehinde Oke, 45 and Hammed Oke, 43 allegedly committed the offence between January…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned Mr Karim A. A. Khan, QC, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC), urging him “to investigate the growing cases of abduction of students in several parts of Northern Nigeria, closure of schools, and the persistent…
