The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted and recovered several high-value stolen vehicles allegedly originating from Canada, worth billions of naira. The service also intercepted arms and ammunition inside a commercial bus coming from Aba in Abia State to Lagos. The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this during a press briefing on Tuesday, 26 November 2024 at the Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’ in Lagos. He noted that the recovered vehicles, which included 3 2021 Toyota Highlanders, one Mercedes-Benz G550, Range Rover Sport, one Mercedes-AMG GT with Lamborghini…
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“I can make you Disappear And nothing will Happen,” Reps Member, Alex Ikwechegh assaults,threatens Bolt Driver in Abuja
A viral video making the rounds on social media captured a member of the House of Representatives, Alex Ikwechegh, brutalising an e-hailing driver who went to his (the lawmaker) residence in Abuja for delivery. Ikewechegh represents Aba North/South Federal Constituency in Abia State. The lawmaker slapped the driver three times and hurled insults at him for asking him to come to his car to collect what he (the driver) was there to deliver. Ikwechegh also threatened to make the driver disappear from Nigeria, saying nothing would happen if he did.…
Teacher in police net, as student dies after 162 frog jumps in Ogun
A teacher has landed in big trouble as a student of Obada Grammar School, in Imeko Afon local government area of Ogun state, Monday Ariyo, allegedly died after he was subjected to 24 strokes of the cane and 162 frog jumps as punishment. An activist identified as Adetoun shared the incident on Instagram on Friday. According to Adetoun, the teacher had reportedly brought a dustbin to Ariyo’s class with instructions that the students should not break the dustbin. She narrated that his response had offended the teacher,…
Police arrest 54-year-old Woman For Trafficking 350 Rounds Of Ammunition .
The Yobe State Police Command has arrested a 54-year-old woman, identified as Hamsatu Modu, for allegedly trafficking 350 rounds of ammunition. Modu was arrested while transporting the ammunition from Buni Yadi to Damaturu. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, made this known in a statement on Monday. According to DSP Abdulkarim, the suspect hails from Morami village in Jakana, Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State, and was apprehended by officers from the ‘A’ Divisional Police Headquarters in Damaturu The statement read, “On October 20, 2024, at about…
Anambra Govt vows to hunt down perpetrators of Cult-related killings at Nibo Community ….. Says reward awaits Volunteers of Information
The Anambra State Government has reacted to the deaths that resulted from alleged cult-related killings that occurred in Nibo, Awka South LG, today, October 20, 2024. This is just another instance of the kind of violent crimes linked to cults that have occurred recently, and the state government is determined to put an end to it. The State Government in a release signed the Commissioner for Information,Law Mefor, sympathized with the families of the deceased and assured them that the government will get to the root of the incident…
NPF 2024 SERVICOM WEEK: Niger Police celebrates Customer Service Week, takes policing to people’s doorstep
The Niger State Police Command has joined global world to celebrate the 2024 Customer Service Week in a grand style with a rally within Minna metropolis. The Command mobilized officers and men with the right melody by the Police Band, dancing, creating awareness and celebrating the Servicom Week. During the rally, fliers commemorating Customer Service Week were distributed to members of the public bearing phone numbers of strategic officers of the Command, control room, PCB, Servicom, and PPRO, thereby taking Policing closer to the people. Members of the public were…
Army General detained for stealing palliative rice, selling official vehicles, generators
A top military officer in the Nigerian army, Brigadier General M.A. Sadiq has been detained in Abuja for alleged misconduct involving the misappropriation of palliative rice intended for soldiers, as well as the sale of military equipment, including operational vehicles and generators. Daily Nigerian reports that the rice, distributed by the Nigerian Defence Headquarters as a palliative measure, was reportedly not shared with his troops in Kano State. Investigations revealed that General Sadiq allegedly sold military assets, including a heavy-duty generator from the Military Training Camp in Falgore, Kano, to…
Niger Police holds Conference for Female Personnel
The Commissioner of Police, Niger State Command, CP Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman,organized capacity building conference for the female personnel of the Command with the theme “Reinvigorating and Rekindling the mindset of women police into the proper exhibition of Police duties” today 8th October, 2024 at Police Officers’ Mess, Minna,Niger state. Participants were drawn from the Divisions and Area Commands within the metropolis for the first phase, while other phases captured other Divisions and Area Commands in the State. The female personnel were lectured by the DPO, Morris Division, CSP Ebi…
CP Olatunji Rilwan Disu assumes duty as FCT Commissioner Of Police …… assures residents of commitment to zero-tolerance to criminality
The Commissioner of Police,CP Olatunji Rilwan Disu psc has assumed duty as the 32nd Commissioner of Police for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command. He took over on 7th October, 2024, from AIG Benneth C. Igweh who was promoted to an Assistant Inspector General of Police and posted to Zone 7 Headquarters. Born on the 13th of April 1966 in Lagos State, CP Disu holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Education from Lagos State University, along with two Master’s degrees: one in Public Administration from Adekunle Ajasin…
NDLEA arrests Canadian woman for drugs at Lagos airport …. recovers large consignments of illicit drugs in Ikorodu warehouse, others
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested a 41-year-old Canadian woman, Adrienne Munju, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos for importing a large consignment of ‘Canadian Loud’, a strong strain of synthetic cannabis. Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, October 6, said the suspect was arrested during the inward clearance of passengers on KLM airline flight from Canada at terminal 1 of the Lagos airport on Thursday 3rd October 2024. Babafemi said during a joint…