CRIME
Building Capacity: IGP Mandates Reorientation Program, Arms Drill For Police Officers
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered regular and continuous reorientation courses, arms drills, and Baton and Rifle Exercises (BARE) for all police personnel across the country. The IGP reaffirmed his commitment to reposition the NPF through modern global practices through training and retraining of police officers and men. He stated this at the passing out parade of personnel...
No Security Threat In Gombe – Police Commissioner
Gombe State Police Commissioner, Hayatu Usman, has debunked claims that bandits have entered the state and informants are on the rise. The state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mahid Abubakar, in a statement made available to journalists on Friday, quoted the police boss as describing the claims by a security agency as unsubstantiated. Our correspondent reports that the Commandant of the...
Taraba Kidnapper Nabbed While Receiving Ransom
Troops from 93 Battalion under 6 Bridget of the Nigerian Army has arrested a suspected female kidnapper while trying to pick ransom for an abducted victim in Taraba. They also apprehended a notorious gunrunner dealing in arms and ammunition and supplying them to criminals within Taraba State and other parts of the country. The female suspect, it was learnt, was married...
Army Rescues 18 Abducted Females Victims In Katsina
Troops of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday succeeded in rescuing 18 female kidnapped victims from their captors and handed them over to the Katsina State Government. This is coming days after 55 wedding guests who were said to be escorting a bride home along the Damari town in Sabuwa Local Government Area of the state were kidnapped by suspected bandits. The Brigade Commander,...
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...
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 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...
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...
Sienna Not Bus Was Kidnapped In Kogi By Gunmen — ABC Transport
ABC Transport PLC has reacted to posts on the social media about a kidnap incident concerning one of it’s vehicles, clarifying that it was a Toyota Sienna, not “a luxury bus” as erroneously reported, that is involved. The management of the road transport company said in a statement that the Sienna, going to Abuja from Enugu with a couple on...
Details Emerge On How GIGM, ABC Buses Travelling From Abia Were Hijacked By Gunmen In Kogi
Suspected armed bandits have hijacked two transport buses travelling to Abuja, kidnapping no less than 14 passengers on board, ABN TV has learned. The vehicles, belonging to the ABC and God Is Good Motors (GIGM) transport companies, were travelling from Abia State en route from Kogi to Abuja. The incident came exactly a week after gunmen ambushed a school bus in...
