ShareBy Aluta News Aug 26, 2022 The Niger Police Command said it had not arrested any foreign national distributing weapons to with a helicopter to bandits in the state. Commissioner of Police, Mr Monday Kurya told the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) in Minna on Friday that such incidentContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 25, 2022 Some residents of Northwest geopolitical zone, the epicenter of banditry activities, say peace is gradually returning to their area, and that the development calls for celebration. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau, Katsina, Sokoto, Kaduna, Birnin Kebbi and Kano, theyContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 23, 2022 The Police Service Commission (PSC) has suspended the 2022 recruitment of Constables after a protest by the Force Headquarters. The PSC in a statement by Mr Ikechukwu Ani, Head of Press and Public Relations on Tuesday in Abuja, said the suspension of the recruitment exercise wasContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 21, 2022 Banditry kingpin in Zamfara, Bello Turji, has repented and embraced peace overtures by the state government. Zamfara’s deputy governor, Sen. Hassan Nasiha made the declaration in Gusau on Sunday. He said that Bello’s repentance had resulted in peace in Birnin Magaji, Shinkafi and Zurmi localContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 21, 2022 The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted over 2.3million tablets of illicit pharmaceutical opioids and other psychoactive substances meant for distribution in seven northern states. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday inContinue Reading
ShareBy Margaret Tyam Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Thursday ordered the immediate suspension of mining activities in the state as a means of curbing security threats emanating from that area. He gave the directive at the meeting held with Kwande stakeholders at the Benue State Government House, Makurdi.Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 18, 2022 Retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, Chairman, National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA), said it had arrested 18, 940 drug traffickers in the last 18 months. ”This is an indication of the magnitude of the problem, and indeed a problem with dire consequences,” he added.Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 16, 2022 The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the abduction of Yakubu Lawal, Nasarawa State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism by gunmen. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) confirmed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Lafia,Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 15, 2022 The Nigeria Customs Services (NCS), Kebbi Area Command has seized 478 jerry cans containing 11,950 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) or petrol that were about to be smuggled out of Nigeria. Nasiru Manga, spokesperson of the command stated this in a statement he issuedContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 14, 2022 The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), says plans are ongoing to deploy drones and other technologically advanced facilities to the country’s borders in its bid to curb smuggling. The Public Relations Officer of Customs, Deputy Comptroller Timi Bomodi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)Continue Reading
