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NSCDC Deploys 1,800 Officers To Kogi For Hitch-Free Eid-El-Kabir Celebration
The Kogi State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Paul Igwebuike, has approved the deployment of 1,800 officers to provide security before, during and after the Eid-el-Kabir celebration in the state. This was contained in a statement signed by the Command Public Relations Officer, DSC Abdulkahi Aliyu, in Lokoja and made available to DAILY POST on...
Kenya: Police Officer Shot Dead After Opening Fire On Magistrate In Court
A magistrate in Kenya has been fatally injured after a senior police officer identified as Samson Kipchirchir Kipruto opened fire on her in open court over a judgment he found unfavourable. Monica Kivuti, a Makadara Principal Magistrate had decided on a case reportedly involving the wife of the deceased police officer. He was infuriated following the decision of the Magistrate to...
Nigerian Army Releases List Of Shortlisted Candidates For 87RRI
The Nigerian Army has announced that the list of shortlisted candidates for the 87 Regular Recruits Intake for Trades/Non-Tradesmen and Women is now available on their website: recruitment.army.mil.ng/darrr. Shortlisted candidates are required to report to their respective states of origin for the state recruitment screening exercise, which will take place from June 20 to July 3, 2024. For inquiries and support,...
Fuel Smuggling: Customs Intercepts 23,925 Litres Of PMS In Ogun
National Coordinator, Special Operation of the Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller Hussein Ejibunu, said the command has intercepted 23,925 litres of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol in Ogun State. Comptroller Ejibunu, stated this on Thursday while addressing newsmen at the Commands headquarters in Abeokuta, on the two weeks’ activities of ‘Operation Whirlwind team. READ ALSO: NSCDC Denies Kidnapping Man...
NSCDC Denies Kidnapping Man Over Land Dispute With Kinsman In Ebonyi
The Ebonyi State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has denied the news making the rounds that its operative abducted a native of Amaedim Ngwogwo community in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that some national dailies had reported that the NSCDC operatives abducted Mr Innocent Orji, following a land dispute in the community. However,...
NDLEA Seized Over 207,976kg Drugs In 13-Months
Between January 2023 and January 2024, The NDLEA has intercepted over 207,976kg of hard drugs across different seaports in the country. The Director of Media and Advocacy of NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in as document sent to The PUNCH on Sunday. Giving details of the seizures, Babafemi said that in the first quarter of 2024, 14 suspects were arrested...
Court Sentences Police Officer To Death For Murder
A Delta State High Court sitting in Asaba has convicted and sentenced Inspector Ubi Ebri of the Nigeria Police Force to death on a murder charge. The court was presided over by Hon. Justice C.D. Diai and the police officer was convicted for the killing of Emmanuel Ibeh Onyeka, a telephone repairer and seller. The prosecution, led by Messrs. E.H. Edema...
Police Arrest Man With 8 Human Skulls, Fresh Flesh In Ondo
The Ondo State Police Command said its operatives arrested a suspect, Yusuf Adenoyin, who was allegedly caught in possession of eight dry human skulls. The incident, according to a statement issued by the spokesperson of the command, SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, occurred at Isua-Akoko in Akoko South West Local Government Area of the state. The statement said the suspect was arrested when...
Gov. Alia Urges Support Of Benue People For His Administration
Benue State Governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, has called for the continued support of the people of Benue for his administration, so that together, they can reposition the state on the global map. Governor Alia stated this while delivering his speech during this year’s Democracy Day celebrations at the Ibrahim Badamoshi Babangida (IBB) Square, Makurdi. He said that upon assuming office,...
Family Of Late OPC Founder, Fasehun Faults Tinubu Over Exclusion Of His Name On Democracy Day Speech
The family of the late founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Dr Frederick Fasehun, has expressed discontent over President Bola Tinubu’s omission of their patriarch from the list of June 12 heroes in the presidential Democracy Day address. Dr Fasehun, a University of Aberdeen-trained medical doctor and Africa’s first acupuncturist, died on December 1, 2018, in Lagos at the...
