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Sokoto Govt Commends State Police, Security Agencies For Averting Kidnapping
Few minutes after midnight on Dec. 4, 2020, the operatives of State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) attached to the Sokoto State Police Command responded swiftly to a distress call that some armed bandits were preparing to execute…
Gov. Ayade Declares War On Kidnappers , Criminals, Launches Operation Akpakwu
The Cross River State Governor, Sir Ben Ayade on Thursday launched a special operation to flush out criminals from the state, especially kidnappings.
Code-named Operation Akpakwu, the outfit draws personnel from the army, navy, Air Force…
OYO ITA: Court Defers Ruling On Defendants’ Frozen Accounts Till January 2021
Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday December 3, 2020, for the second time, adjourned ruling on the propriety or otherwise of the order for the freezing accounts, belonging to the fourth, fifth and…
Suspected Killers Of Ondo Monarch And 15 Others Apprehended By Amotekun
Men of the Ondo state Security Network Agency codenamed “Amotekun Corps” have apprehended the notorious killers of a monarch in the state.
Recall that the Ondo first-class monarch, the Olufon of lfon, Oba Isreal Adegoke Adeusi,…
Alleged N9.7b Fraud: EFCC Opposes AVM Dikko’s ‘No Case Submission’
The trial of a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Umar Dikko continued on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, opposing…
Fugitive Ex-Pension Boss, Abdulrasheed Maina, Arrested In Niger Republic
Operatives of Nigeria intelligence service on Monday evening arrested Abdulrasheed Maina in the Niger Republic.
A top intelligence officer said that the arrest was made on an existing mutual relationship and security agreement…
Grass Cutting Scandal: EFCC Re-arraigns Ex-SGF Babachir Lawal, Others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, November 30, 2020 re-arraigned former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal before Justice Charles Agbaza of the Federal Capital Territory High Court,…
Police Re-arrest 5 Escapees From Edo Correctional Centre
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested five inmates who escaped from lawful custody from the Benin City Correctional Centre during the ENDSARS protests.
The Police also arrested thirty-five suspects comprising thirty-four…
EFCC Arraigns Comptroller Of Prisons For Alleged Employment Scam
Abubakar Mohammed Sani, a serving Deputy Comptroller of Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before Justice Hadiza Sabi’u Shagari of the Federal High Court Katsina on a…
MT CAPTAIN SAMUEL: EFCC Receives Four Suspected Oil Thieves From Navy
The Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 received four suspected oil thieves from the Nigeria Navy.
According to a statement from the anti graft agency,…