CRIME
EFCC Establishes Special Taskforce Against Dollarisation Of Economy
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised a Special Task Force in all its zonal commands to enforce extant laws against currency mutilation and dollarization of the economy. The anti-graft agency spokesperson,a Dele Oyewle, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, the Task Force, inaugurated by the Chairman of the Commission, Mr Ola Olukoyede, is...
Police Nabs Drug Peddlers, Recover Drugs, Ammunition In Lagos
The Police have arrested some suspected drug peddlers and recovered drugs and ammunition from them in Lagos. Meanwhile, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has commended the officer in charge of the police tactical team attached to Area K, Marogbo, Lagos State Command, SP Rilwan Kasumu, and team for rejecting the sum of four million naira (#4,000,000) bribe...
NAFDAC Nabs 3 Hawkers, Confiscates Substandard Drugs Worth N250000
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has arrested three drug hawkers and seized substandard drugs worth N250,000 in Kaduna. The agency’s coordinator in the state, Mr Nasiru Mato, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Thursday. The coordinator said that the exercise was part of ongoing efforts...
Police Apprehend Most Wanted Suspected Ttraffic Robber In Lagos
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested the most wanted suspected traffic robber, operating around Ijora Badia area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday, said that the police have been on his trail for the last six months. Hundeyin said that operatives of the...
Police Nab Six Suspected Robbers In FCT
Operatives of the FCT Police Command have arrested six suspected armed robbers in Utako Village in the Federal Capital Territory. The suspects were apprehended on Wednesday in an uncompleted hospital building which is a marked black spot during a coordinated raid operation. Police Public Relations Officer of the FCT Command, Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, saying a...
Ondo Socialite, Emirate Commits Suicide After Killing Wife
A socialite and petrol station owner in Akure, the Ondo State capital, Sesan Adelabu, popularly known as Emirate, has allegedly macheted his wife to death. Our correspondent gathered that after killing his wife, Adelabu also committed suicide by drinking an insecticide. It was further gathered that the incident happened on Friday night in the Alagbaka area of the ancient city of...
Abuja Police Detain 307 Suspects Following Black Spot Raid
The tactical teams of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Police command has arrested 307 suspects raiding a marked black spot, Gidan Dambe in Dei-Dei -Zuba axis. FCT Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh, who led the operation, said during search, one English Pistol with fifteen (15) rounds of 9mm ammunition was recovered from one Ibrahim Tukur who claimed to be a DSS...
NSCDC Nabs Three Over Rail Track Vandalism In Nasarawa
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’s SIS) has arrested three suspects who specialise in vandalising railway track slippers in Nassarawa State. In a statement, the National Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the corps, Babawale Afolabi, said that the suspects were arrested following a tip-off by members of the public. The CG’s SIS promptly...
Lagos Police Apprehend Gang Leader Of One-Chance Robbery
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 49-year-old leader of a one-chance robbery syndicate. This was revealed in a statement posted by Lagos PPRO, Benjamin Hundeyin on his official X page. He wrote: “Operatives of @LagosPoliceNG have arrested one Ndubisi George ‘m’ aged 49, leader of a one-chance robbery syndicate operating within Itire, Aguda, Cele and Surulere. One grey Toyota Camry was...
Police Nab Kidnapping Syndicate In Abuja, Recover N9m Cash
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command have arrested seven notorious kidnappers in Abuja, recovering N9 million ransom. The police commissioner in FCT, CP Benneth Igweh, while parading the suspects at the command on Wednesday, said the wanted kidnappers were arrested by operatives of the Utako police division led by CSP Victor Godfrey in a coordinated operation at...
