Crime Archives — Page 14 of 17

April 2, 2020 No Responses

Customs Hands Over N.84m Hemp To NDLEA

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), in Bauchi on Thursday handed over 40 bags of Indian hemp it confiscated from fleeing suspects to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), for custody and investigation.Speaking at the hand over ceremony in Bauchi,...

March 18, 2020 No Responses

Navy Intercepts Cameroon-Bound 204 Drums of Diesel

A patrol team of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Victory in Calabar, Cross River,has intercepted 204 drums of illegally refined diesel being smuggled to Cameroon.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the team also arrested four s...

March 12, 2020 No Responses

Nigerian Navy Impounds 94,800 Litres Of AGO

The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) at Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom, has seized 94, 800 litres of illegal Automative Gas Oil (AGO) at Agbani Offshore in Rivers.Captain Peter Yilme, the Commanding Officer of FOB, stated this...

March 2, 2020 No Responses

Navy Impounds 956 Bags Of Rice

The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, has arrested 10 suspects for allegedly smuggling 956 bags of banned 50kg rice in the state.The Commanding Officer, Capt. Peter Yilme made the disclosure...

February 14, 2020 No Responses

Police Impose Curfew In Bayelsa

The Bayelsa Police Command has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew over violent protests by alleged political supporters in the state.The Commissioner of Police, Usher Anozie, while briefing Journalists on Friday in Yenagoa, said the curfew was from 8pm to 6am...

February 12, 2020 No Responses

Customs Impounds 5,040 Cartons Of Red Grape Drink

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operating Unit (FOU), Zone C, Owerri has confiscated 5,040 cartons of red grape drink smuggled into the state.The NCS also seized 143 bales of fabrics with each bale containing 1,200 dozens of garments.Controller of.....

February 10, 2020 No Responses

SON Seals 13 Steel Firms In Lagos, Ogun, Abia, Others

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has sealed 13 steel factories across the nation for standards infractions.The SON task force on steel Chairman, Mr Enebi Onucheyo disclosed this on Monday while speaking with Journalists in Lagos.Onucheyo, said the c...

February 8, 2020 No Responses

Court Fixes April 1 For Judgment In LASEMA Boss, Ex-Lover’s N45m Property Dispute

An Igbosere High Court has fixed April 1 to deliver judgment in a case of forgery, forcible entry and criminal damage to a N45 million property against Ms Olaide Ibraheem, a Director in the Lagos State Government. The News Agency...

February 6, 2020 No Responses

DPR Gives Marketers Two Months Ultimatum To Weed Out Illegal LPG Retailers

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has given marketers two months to weed out illegal retailers of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) also known as cooking gas.Abubakar Buba, Abuja Zonal Operations Controller, disclosed this at the DPR 2019 Annual Stakehol...

November 27, 2019 No Responses

DPR Sanctions Petrol Outlets, Two Gas Plants

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Warri Zonal Office has sanctioned three petrol stations and two gas plants over alleged sharp practices in Delta State.Mr Antai Asuquo, Warri Zonal Operations Controller of DPR, represented by Mr Victor Ohwodiosa, t...

October 26, 2019 No Responses

NCS Impounds N3.5m Smuggled Rice

The Zone B of Nigeria Customs Service Federal Operations Unit Kaduna, on Friday, said it had seized 149 smuggled rice valued at over N3.5 million in Kaduna.In a statement on Friday, the command Public Relations officer, Abubakar Usman, explained that...

October 23, 2019 No Responses

DPR Seals 167 Filling Stations

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Ibadan, Oyo State has within 10 months sealed 167 filling stations for various infractions.The DPR Operations Controller, Ibadan, Engr. Oluyemi Olaonipekun, disclosed this on Tuesday in Ibadan during a surveil...

October 22, 2019 No Responses

Customs Arrest 15 Suspects For Re-Bagging Foreign Rice

The Adamawa/Taraba Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has arrested 15 suspects for re-bagging foreign rice to sell as local rice. Briefing Journalists on Tuesday, the Controller in charge of Adamawa/Taraba Command, Mr Kamardeen Olumoh, explained that the...

October 17, 2019 No Responses

Alleged Extortion: 70 FRSC Personnel To Face Prosecution

No fewer than 70 officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have been arrested for alleged extortion during patrol and in the corps facilities, the Corps Marshal, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi has said.Oyeyemi disclosed this on Thursday during a strategic...