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Osun Election: IGP Commends Security Operatives, Electorates For Peaceful Conduct
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Osun Election: IGP Commends Security Operatives, Electorates For Peaceful Conduct

By Olatunde Dodondawa …Projects into Secured 2023 General Elections The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, PSC (+), NPM, FDC has commended the security operatives particularly officers of the Nigeria Police Force, the Military, and other security agencies as well as the electorates in Osun State for the peaceful […]

2023 General Elections: IGP Convenes Strategic Security Conference, Retreat For Senior Officers, Others
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2023 General Elections: IGP Convenes Strategic Security Conference, Retreat For Senior Officers, Others

By Olatunde Dodondawa 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS: IGP CONVENES STRATEGIC SECURITY CONFERENCE, RETREAT FOR SENIOR OFFICERS, OTHER RANKS The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, FDC, in his determination to ensure stability in internal security and a safe environment conducive for the conduct of the General Elections billed […]

By Olatunde Dodondawa …Wanted 2 drug kingpins behind seized Tincan port shipments nabbed A Brazilian returnee, Igwedum Uche Benson has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos with pellets of cocaine concealed in his private part. Igwedum was nabbed at the Lagos airport on Monday 20th June upon his arrival on Ethiopian Airlines from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa. Preliminary investigations reveal the suspect had swallowed 50 wraps of cocaine before departing Brazil and excreted 48 pellets in Addis Ababa where he handed them over to another person. He however claimed he was unable to excrete the remaining two wraps at the hotel room in Addis Ababa before boarding his flight but later excreted them in the aircraft restroom during the flight from Ethiopia to Lagos. In the same vein, after three weeks of painstaking investigation and tracking, operatives of the MMIA command of NDLEA on Saturday night, 25th June arrested a drug kingpin, Onyekachi Chukwuma Macdonald behind attempts to export 40 parcels of Methamphetamine popularly called Mkpuru Mmiri locally to London, United Kingdom through the NAHCO export shed of the Lagos Airport. Onyekachi was arrested at Manacola estate, Alakuko area of Lagos at the weekend, three weeks after his Mkpuru Mmiri consignment weighing 2.05kilograms was intercepted at the airport and his freight agent, Peter Christopher Anikan arrested on 7th June. During his interview, the suspect said he’s from Ahiazu, Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo state, and had lived in Dubai, UAE for 10 years before returning to Nigeria in 2019. He stated that after his return to Nigeria he opened a phone accessories shop in Sango Otta, Ogun state but the business collapsed. He then started sending cigarettes to London and decided to conceal the illicit drug in the consignment after advice from a friend. Closely related is the seizure of another consignment of 2kg Mkpuru Mmiri at a courier house in Owerri, Imo state. The cargo seized on Wednesday 22nd June had Ankara and lace fabrics in which two cylindrical cellophanes containing the drug heading to Hong Kong were concealed. Also at the Lagos airport, NDLEA operatives on Friday 24th June intercepted 500,000 tablets of Tramadol 225mg packed in 10 cartons and labeled Tramaking imported from Karachi, Pakistan on Emirates Airline. The consignment weighing 407.60kg was seized during a joint examination with Customs and NAFDAC officials. The same day, a Dubai, UAE-bound passenger, Alegbeleye Taiwo was arrested at the departure hall of the MMIA with 40 ampoules of pentazocine injection. The 21-year-old suspect claims he’s from Osun state. Meanwhile, two kingpins behind the importation of two recent drug consignments from Canada concealed in vehicle containers through the Tincan seaport in Apapa, Lagos have been arrested by NDLEA operatives. One of them, Gboyega Ayoola Elegbeji was arrested at his house, 14 Bakare Street, Idi Araba, Lagos on Wednesday 22nd June, for importing a 40ft container TRHU7874497 containing 33 parcels of cannabis indica (Colorado) weighing16.5kg. The second suspect, Sunday Joe Oyebola, (aka Otunba) was arrested on Thursday 23rd June. He’s linked to the importation of a 40ft container MEDU4389887 containing four vehicles used to conceal 290 parcels weighing 145kg cannabis indica (Colorado) from Montreal, Canada. He had been on the run since March and had in the course of the investigation attempted to bribe officers with N10million to influence the case. Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended the officers and men of the MMIA, Tincan, and Imo state Commands of the Agency for the drug seizures and arrests, especially of those who thought they could evade the long arm of the law. He encouraged them and their compatriots across other formations to intensify their efforts toward achieving set goals.
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NDLEA Arrests Brazilian Returnee With Cocaine In Private Part, Seizes London-Bound Meth Consignments At Lagos Airport, Imo

By Olatunde Dodondawa    …Wanted 2 drug kingpins behind seized Tincan port shipments nabbed A Brazilian returnee, Igwedum Uche Benson has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos with pellets of cocaine concealed in […]

…Orders Strategic Commanders to Ensure Round-the-Clock Security of the Public Space
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Buhari Estate Is Our Property, Occupied By Police Officers, And Family Not Armed Men – Force PRO

By Olatunde Dodondawa Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba Usman. The Nigeria Police Force wishes to state categorically that the Muhammadu Buhari Estate situated at Agemowo, Badagry, Lagos State, is the property of the Nigeria Police Cooperative Multipurpose Society and by extension, the Nigeria Police Force. The Estate is occupied […]

NDLEA Arrest Drug Lord In Ondo, As Italy Based Nigerian Excretes 95 Pellets Of Heroine At Abuja Airport
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Drug Lord Arrested In Ondo, As Italy Based Nigerian Excretes 95 Pellets Of Heroine At Abuja Airport

By Olatunde Dodondawa …Tons of Tramadol, and cannabis were seized in Edo, Kaduna, Kogi, A/Ibom, Oyo The wanted drug kingpin behind the 2000.6kg Cannabis Sativa seized in a concrete mixer truck in Adamawa State on 2nd December 2021, Henry Chukwuneku Okamaru (a.k.a. Lawrence Ik Okamaru) has been arrested in Ondo […]

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NSCDC Condults Junior Promotion Examination Nationwide, As CG Assures Of Commitment To Merit, Transparency

By Olatunde Dodondawa The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Saturday 14th May 2022, conducted Promotion Examination for the junior personnel in all its formations across the States and Zones, including the Federal Capital Territory as well as the National Headquarters, Abuja. The examination which was conducted under […]

Insurance Policy: IGP Restates Commitment To Enhanced Welfare For Police Officers
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Insurance Policy: IGP Restates Commitment To Enhanced Welfare For Police Officers

By Olatunde Dodondawa …Flags Off 3-Day Workshop for NPF Insurance Desk Officers, as IGP confirms the establishment of Police Insurance Company The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, FDC, has restated the commitment of the Force to enhanced welfare for Police Officers through robust insurance policies geared […]

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BUA Foods Receives MV BUNDU, Acquires First Of Two Shipping Vessels For Sugar Export Operations

By Olatunde Dodondawa BUA Foods, one of Africa’s leading FMCG companies has taken delivery of the first of two shipping vessels to augment its sugar export operations to the West African market, which kicked off successfully earlier this year. BUA Food’s export of refined sugar will benefit the economy, providing […]