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How NDLEA Intercepted Brazil Returnee with Cocaine Hidden in his Body and Footwear

BY NKECHI NAECHE-ESEZOBOR—Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), have arrested  a Brazil based Nigerian businessman Uche Franklin Onyekwere, for concealing...

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ICPC Appoints Temilade Okesanjo as Resident Consultant, Strategy and Communications

BY NKECHI NAECHE-ESEZOBOR-Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Friday announced the appointed Mrs Temilade Aderemi Okesanjo as Resident Consultant...

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Police Arrest Two Over Alleged Plot to Assassinate Prophet in Bayelsa

Operatives of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Unit of Bayelsa State Command have arrested two suspects over an alleged plot to assassinate...

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Troops Rescue Kidnapped Clergyman in South East

BY SUNDAY SAMUEL—Troops of 82 Division Nigerian Army/Joint Task Force South East Operation UDO KA in conjunction with other security agencies, have successfully...

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Seven Children Rescued as Ogun Police Expose Orphanage Child Trafficking Ring

BY SUNDAY  SAMUEL—The Ogun State Police Command has dismantled a suspected child trafficking and illegal surrogacy ring operating under the cover of an...

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How Troops, Police, CJTF Crushed Kidnappers’ Hideout in Kaduna Forest, Rescue Eight

Troops of Sector 7, Operation ENDURING PEACE (OPEP), in collaboration with the Nigeria Police, Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), Forest Guards and local...

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Police Arrest Six Over ₦7.7bn Telecoms Airtime, Data Fraud

BY NKECHI  NAECHE-ESEZOBOR—The Nigeria Police Force – National Cybercrime Centre (NPF–NCCC) on Wednesday dismantled a sophisticated cyber-enabled fraud syndicate. According to statement released...

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Police Foil Early-Morning Filling Station Robbery in Nasarawa, Arrest Two

The Nasarawa State Police Command has foiled an early-morning armed robbery at a mobile filling station along the Akwanga–Keffi Road, following a swift...