Crime & City Diary
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Nigeria Police denies reports of missing 3,907 firearms
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has refuted recent media reports alleging that 3,907 firearms are missing from its armories, describing the claims as misleading and inaccurate. In a press statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the NPF clarified that the allegations stem from a 2019 audit report by the Office of the Auditor-General of the…
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Nigerian Customs destroys 64 containers of illicit drugs in Rivers
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has destroyed 64 containers of illicit pharmaceuticals in Rivers State as part of efforts to combat the importation of illegal drugs. The destruction, which took place at the RIWAMA dumpsite in Aluu, was overseen by the Assistant Comptroller General of Customs for Enforcement, Inspection, and Investigation, Timi Bomodi. According to Bomodi, the seized containers, each…
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No fewer than 14 million Nigerians addicted to drug abuse- NDLEA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has disclosed that almost 14 million Nigerians have been involved and addicted to the consumption of harmful drugs. This was disclosed by the Deputy Commander, Ondo State Command, NDLEA, Mrs Yetunde Joyifous, at a drug abuse awareness programme, organised by Oijefon Youth for secondary schools in Ile Oluji/Oke-Igbo Local Government Area of the…
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Alleged fraud: Court to rule on ex-NHIS boss’s bail application February 27
By Kunle Sanni The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Kuje, Abuja, has adjourned the ruling on the bail application of former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Professor Usman Yusuf, to February 27, 2025. According to a statement from the EFCC’s official X account, Justice Chinyere…
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Police confirm discovery of missing 76-year-old’s body in Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the discovery of the body of 76-year-old Sikiru Olatunji, who had been reported missing on February 8, 2025. His lifeless body was found approximately one and a half kilometers from Wasinmi Abule Maria, near Balogun Village, in the Yewa North Local Government Area. According to police reports, Olatunji’s body was discovered lying face-up,…
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Court jails three Bureau de Change operators in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Justice Olukayode Ariwoola of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin on Monday, February 10, 2025, convicted and sentenced three bureau de change operators for operating without a license. The convicts—Mustapha Idris, Hassan Bala, and Ajayi Ernest Isaac—all from Chikanda in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State, were prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of…
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Nnamdi Kanu demands judge’s recusal, as trial adjourned indefinitely
A courtroom drama unfolded at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday as Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), insisted that Justice Binta Nyako withdraw from his trial. Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, called on the judge to recuse herself from the case, but Justice Nyako responded that the Chief Judge had rejected her previous request…
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NDLEA nabs drug traffickers attempting to smuggle 125 wraps of heroin into Nigeria
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have foiled attempts by two drug kingpins to smuggle heroin into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, and the Port Harcourt International Airport. The traffickers were said to have swallowed the illicit substances in a desperate bid to evade detection, but were intercepted by NDLEA operatives and placed under…
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General Hydrocarbons clears air on $225m loan litigation with First Bank
General Hydrocarbons, which is currently locked in litigation with First Bank over a financial $225 million deal, says it will continue to fight for justice and damages while remaining “open for mediation and resolution.” The company,in an explainer on the deal described it as a “Project Finance relationship” as opposed to a “normal commercial loan”. It said it was FBN…
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PSC’s order on police retirement transformative, fair, says Group
Insists Egbetokun’s tenure extension legal A socio-political group, the Citizens for Ethical Leadership & Law (CELL), has expressed support for the Police Service Commission’s (PSC) recent decision to retire senior police officers who have spent over 35 years in service or are above 60 years old, describing the move as transformative and fair. The PSC reexamined its earlier policy on…
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