Security

EFCC Arrest 117 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Lagos

EFCC Arrests 117 Suspected Internet Fr@udsters In Lagos The operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 117 suspected internet fraudsters in Lagos. The suspects were arrested at Regional Hotel, Iyana-Ishasi, Lagos in a sting operation, following verified intelligence about their alleged involvement in computer-related fraud. According to the commission, items recovered from the suspects, at the point of arrest, include mobile phones, laptop computers and four cars. They will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

Jun

2024

Police Arrest POS Operator Allegedly Supplying S3xual Workers To Bandits

Police Arrest PoS Operator Allegedly Supplying S3x Workers To Båndits The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command has paraded a Point of Sale (PoS) operator, Sunday Musa, also known as Dan Gwari, who allegedly specialises in supplying sex workers to bandits in their camp, as well as distributing money to their families in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The commissioner of police in the FCT, Benneth Igweh, who disclosed this while parading the suspect in Abuja on Tuesday, said he was arrested during a coordinated clearance operation by operatives of the anti-kidnap unit of the command at Kagarko.…

Jun

2024

EFCC Storm Lagos Hotel, Harass Worker, Chairman Orders Probe

EFCC Officers Storm Lagos Hotel, Harass Worker; Chairman Orders Probe The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, in response to a viral video showing two officers manhandling a female hotel worker in Lagos, has ordered their immediate arrest and a thorough investigation into the incident. This was made known in a statement by the Head, Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, on Thursday. The viral video showed EFCC officials invading the Annex and Regional hotels, both owned by the same person, around 4am on June 27, while guests were asleep. The officers reportedly fired shots, injured customers,…

Jun

2024

Coup Attempt Rocks South American Country, Bolivia

Crime, Foreign Affairs, News Flash, Security

Coup Attempt Rocks South American Country, Bolivia Armoured vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia’s government palace today as a top official warned of a coup attempt, and President Luis Arce said “irregular” deployment of troops was taking place in the capital. Video on Bolivian television showed Arce confronting the general commander of the Army, Juan José Zúñiga, in the palace hallway. “I am your captain, and I order you to withdraw your soldiers, and I will not allow this insubordination,” Arce said. Before entering the government building, Zúñiga told journalists in the plaza: “Surely, soon there will be a…

Jun

2024

ABSG Announces Restrictions Of Tricycles, Motorcycles Operation’s Hours

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash, Security, South East

ABSG ANNOUNCES RESTRICTION OF TRICYCLES, MOTORCYCLES OPERATION'S HOURS Abia state government has announced the restriction of the operation of tricycles and motorcycles between the hours of 7pm and 6am daily in Aba and Umuahia with effect from 1st July , 2024. The Commissioner for Local Goverment and Chieftaincy Affairs, Prince Uzor Nwachukwu announed this at a news conference held at his office after the meeting with stakeholders in the state's transport sector. According to the Commissioner, the essence of the restriction is to secure lives and property of the innocent law abiding citizens and residents of the state. He recalled…

Jun

2024

It’ll Take Decades To Eradicate Banditry In Northwest Nigeria – Sultan of Sokoto

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Crime, Mishap, Security

It’ll Take Decades To Eradicate Banditry In Northwest Nigeria – Sultan The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Abubakar, yesterday, declared that it will take decades for the north-west to be free from the menacing security challenge. The Sultan spoke in Katsina at the ‘Inaugural North West Peace and Security Summit’. In his address, the Sultan said: “What we must do is challenge these bandits because we all know the consequences of banditry and insurgency on our lives. “But it will take decades to get out of it if at all we get out of it. We all know the consequences and…

Jun

2024

Emirship Tussle: Tension In Kano As Heavy Police Security Takes Over Emir Sanusi’s Palace

Kano, News Flash, Politics, Security

Tension in Kano as Heavy Security Takes over Emir Sanusi’s Palace Operatives of the Kano State Police Command have taken control of security at the main palace of the Emir of Kano, replacing the local hunters who had been guarding the reinstated Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II. The hunters, known as ‘Yan Tauri, had been stationed at the palace since last month following rumours of a potential forceful return of the deposed 15th Emir, Aminu Ado-Bayero. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that security agents have now assumed control of the palace’s security. Meanwhile, Emir Aminu Ado-Bayero remains under protection at the Nasarawa mini…

Jun

2024

Gunmen Kill Retired Army National Chairman, Brig. General Udokwere

Gunmen Kill Retired Army National Chairman, Brig. General Udokwere A three-man armed robbery gang has killed the national chairman, Retired Members of Nigerian Armed Forces, Brig. Gen. Harold Udokwere (retd.). The retired general was killed during an attack on his house located in the Kubusa area of the Federal Capital Territory on Saturday. The Chairman of the Board of Trustee, REMNAF, Abiodun Durowaiye-Herbert, in a telephone interview, told our correspondent that the robbers came around 3am. He said, “They came around 3am. Where he lived had been attacked before. His house is about the last in that estate and the…

Jun

2024