Crime

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have disclosed that, cocaine worth at least over N30 billion was seized at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos in one week, this was according to senior officials of the agency.

Just before the seizure, the new Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa had pledged to dismantle drug trafficking cartels across Nigeria, warning those in the illicit deal to desist from it.

Senior officials of the agency, who spoke to reporters over the weekend, gave account of hard drugs that were seized and drug dealers that were arrested just after …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, amended the criminal charges it filed against a former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Bello Adoke (SAN), Mr. Aliyu Abubakar, and five others over their alleged roles in the multi-billion dollar Malabu Oil scam which the Anti-graft Agency is prosecuting.

The defendants were re-arraigned before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on a 42 count charge following the amendment of the initial charges.

Those arraigned alongside Adoke and Abubakar included Mr. Rasky Gbinigie, the Malabu Oil and Gas Limited, the Nigeria Agip …

The Nigerian Police has gone technological in its quest to handle the growing insecurity in the country with the launch of its ‘Rescue Me app’.

The app would aid the timely arrival of police officers to crime scene anywhere in the country.

Jigawa State Police commissioner, Usman Gonna said that the app was developed to tackle insecurity through technology.

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The Police CP said the application would improve the response time of police officers to emergency situations in real-time as the application uses internet services and is global position …

Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have killed nine military officers during a rescue operation in a forest along Mararaba-Udege road in Nasarawa state linking Otukpo Oweto in Benue state.

The slain soldiers led to the forest by an officer Felix Kura, an indigene of Benue state, were Iliya Kefas, Bati Yakubu, and other young officers whose names cannot be identified immediately.

The slain officers were reportedly on a mission to dislodge the Boko Haram terrorists from the forest who kidnapped many indigenes of the state and held them captive.

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The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar has revealed that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has acquired three new aircraft for maritime operations in the Niger Delta.

Abubakar disclosed this at the inauguration of a block of 30 one-bedroom living quarters and a Computerized Tomography Scan facility for officers at the 115 Special Operations Group in Port Harcourt on Wednesday.

He said the acquisition of three additional aircraft was part of the ongoing efforts by the Federal Government to re-equip and professionalise the air force.

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Hisbah Police in Kano state has arrested 19 women over alleged involvement in immoral acts in the Kano metropolis. This was made known by the Commandant, of the Board, Dr. Haruna Ibn-Sina.

The commandant confirmed the arrest in a statement signed by Malam Lawal Ibrahim, Public Relations Officer of the board in Kano on Wednesday.

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He said that the suspects were apprehended on Jan. 19, at about 9:00 p.m in Nassarawa Park and Green Restaurant while engaging in taking intoxicants along Ahmadu Bello Way.

He said the arrest was …

The federal government said logistics was the major reason more than 4,000 inmates were released from prisons across Nigeria.

Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, spoke on Tuesday at the inauguration of 53 operational vehicles purchased for the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS).

He said those released benefited from the Federal Government Amnesty Programme launched in April 2020.

The minister said the exercise had gone a long way in reducing the number of inmates.

Aregbesola disclosed the NCoS had a deluge of Awaiting Trial Persons (ATPs) as against convicts.

He confirmed that about …

A total of 17 persons were said to have been kidnapped by armed bandits in three communities of Bassa/Kukoki wards in Shiroro local government area of Niger State.

They were allegedly abducted on Saturday night in Madagwa, Wongo and Marenje areas of the council.

The bandits attacked the three communities at different times that night.

Eyewitness accounts said five people were kidnapped each from Wongo and Marenje villages, as well as seven others from Madagwa.

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Confirming the kidnap, the Co-convener, Concerned Shiroro Youths, Sani Abubakar Yusuf Kokki said the …

Gunmen shot dead two Afghan women judges working for the Supreme Court in an early morning ambush in the country’s capital Sunday, officials said, as a wave of assassinations continues to rattle the nation.

Violence has surged across Afghanistan in recent months despite ongoing peace talks between the Taliban and government — especially in Kabul, where a new trend of targeted killings aimed at high-profile figures has sown fear in the restive city.

The latest attack, which President Ashraf Ghani blamed on the Taliban, comes just two days after the Pentagon announced it had cut troop levels in Afghanistan to …