The Benue State Command of the NDLEA has arrested two ladies, Chioma Afam, 36, and Peace Chidinma Caleb, 22, for allegedly trafficking 296,000 tablets of illicit drugs. The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, made…
The police command in Osun has debunked a social media report that it arrested a commercial bus driver, who allegedly sold 18 passengers to kidnappers. In a statement made available to Nigerian NewsDirect by its spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, on…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra Sector Command, says it has apprehended 108 motorists for driver’s licence violation in the “Operation Show Your Driver’s Licence” in the state. The Sector Commander, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, said on Tuesday in Awka,…
The police command in Zamfara has successfully rescued 100 kidnapped victims from bandits at Kabaro forest in Maru Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. This is contained in a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Muhammad…
…Several groups pay tributes to the late Ekiti-born journalist By Mike Adebayo, Ado-Ekiti Tears flowed freely while emotions also ran high as the body of the slain Ondo journalist, comrade Olubunmi Afuye was committed to mother earth in Akure, the…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has deployed 1,300 officers and men to ensure a hitch free Eid el- Kabir across Bayelsa. The NSCDC Commandant in Bayelsa, Mrs Christiana Abiakam-Omanu, said on Tuesday that the enhanced…
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Usman Alkaki-Baba, on Tuesday hosted a special feast with officers and men of the Command in Borno, to mark the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The maiden IGP feast was designed to enable the high ranking police…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday ruled that a former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, has a case to answer in the N29 billion fraud charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
By Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta A suspected member of a kidnapping gang, Waliu Oloyede who allegedly abducted a military officer last Friday around Odo-Pako, Ota, in Ado-Odo/Ota local government of Ogun state has been arrested by operatives of Ogun state police…
A Lagos High Court sitting at Tafa Belewa Square, on Monday dismissed an application seeking to discharge a Danish, Peter Nielsen, accused of killing his Nigerian wife and daughter. Nielsen’s counsel, Mr Olasupo Shasore (SAN), had prayed the court to…
