Funke Busari The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has made an unprecedented arrest in Sokoto State with an interception of a trafficker at the Illela border. Nkem Timothy, alias Auwalu Audu who is 36 years old was arrested with 62 wraps of substance suspected to be cocaine weighing 1.550kg, which has an estimated street value of about N1billion in Sokoto State. In a release by the agency’s Director, Media & Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi, operatives of the NDLEA intercepted the suspect on a motorcycle around the baggage area at Illela border while trying to cross to Niger Republic while…
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News reaching CASEFILEng.com says that the abducted 317 students of Government Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara State have been released. The school girls were on Sunday, 28 February, 2021 gathered at the palace of the Emir of Anka waiting for transportation to Gusau, the state capital. Recall that about 317 school girls were on Friday abducted by bandits but seven were reported to have escaped and returned to their homes.
The news reaching CASEFILEng.com says the kidnapped staff and students of Government Science College Kagara have finally regained freedom from the armed bandits in Niger State. Read: Police Launch Manhunt For The Abductors Of Zamfara Schoolgirlshttps://casefileng.com/2021/02/26/police-launch-manhunt-for-the-abductors-of-zamfara-schoolgirls/ The boarding students were abducted by bandits who were dressed in military uniforms on February 17, 2021. It is however not certain if they were rescued or ransom paid.
Funke Busari A teacher, Akintola Taofik is currently seeking redress for not being promoted in the last 14 years he has been working under the Nigerian Police Force Education. The petitioner made this known before the Ondo State Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality on Friday. Taofik said he has suffered economic and psychological brutality during the period. He claimed that since being employed in 2007 as a teacher, he has remained on grade level 8 at the Police Secondary School, Ita-Ogbolu in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. He disclosed that this forced him to bring his matter…
Funke Busari, Lagos The 38-year-old driver, Sunday Okodo, who allegedly drove on a one-way lane and knocked a police officer off a bridge into a canal, has been arraigned before a Magisterial Court in Bolade Oshodi, Lagos. According to Police Spokesperson, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, the defendant was arraigned on a five count charge, bordering on driving against traffic, resisting arrest, reckless and dangerous driving, driving with invalid drivers licence and assault on a police officer. He is however to be arraigned for a sixth charge of attempted murder of a police officer attached to Lagos State Traffic Management Authourity, LASTMA,…
Funke Busari Nigeria’s Police High Command in Abuja says it has commenced a coordinated search and rescue operation for students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara State abducted in the early hours of Friday, 25th February, 2021. This information is contained in a statement by the Police Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba. According to the Police, it has deployed two operational surveillance helicopters to Zamfara State, in addition to the personnel of Operation Puff Adder II earlier deployed to the State to support efforts by the Command to combat banditry, kidnapping and other related crimes. While condemning the…
Funke Busari The Nigerian Navy is not happy with what it described as spate of inaccurate news reports around piracy activities in Gulf of Guinea. This displeasure was expressed through Naval Spokesperson, Suleman Dahun on Friday. Dahun says if the situation is not checked it would discourage maritime traffic as well as heighten freight and insurance cost in the region. According to him, “The Nigerian Navy wishes to alert the general public and the Nigerian media in particular, on inaccurate and unverified news reports on the rate of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, GoG. ‘These reports are a deliberate ongoing…
Funke Busari A 20-year-old man Bidemi Timileyin has been arrested for alledgedly being in possession of 6.12 grams of cocaine, while other suspected accomplice are on the run. The suspect was picked up at a joint in Ajiboro community Ondo town on Wednesday at Ondo West local government area of the state. Also Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA intercepted a 40-foot truck in Imo State carrying Nigerian Breweries beer bottles, with 239 kilograms of substances suspected to be cannabis sativa concealed inside. Quoting the agency’s, Commander, Imo State Command Nse Jack, the Director, Media & Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi said preliminary investigations revealed that the illicit…
Funke Busari Nigerians have been advised to be involved in the renewed fight against the menace of drug abuse in the country on Wednesday. This charge is coming from the Chairman/ Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa on Thursday at the inauguration of a “Special Purpose Committee” of the NDLEA, saddled to drive a renewed campaign. The committee according to the agency’s Spokeperson, Mr. Femi Babafemi, is to mobilise civil society to get actively involved in the fight against drug abuse, peddling and trafficking. While addressing the committee, Gen. Buba Marwa,…
Funke Busari, Lagos A 38-year-old driver, Sunday Okodo driving on a one-way lane in an attempt to escape arrest by traffic enforcement officers has knocked down a police inspector from a bridge into a canal. But the good news as gathered by CASEFILEng.com is that the policeman is alive but sustained a fracture on his left hand. The incident occurred on Wednesday at about 5:30p.m, when some Lagos State Traffic Management Agency, LASTMA, personnel backed up by the police on enforcement duty within the state were on enforcement duty. Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer, CSP. Muyiwa Adejobi disclosed…