IGP ORDERS PROBE INTO SATELLITE TOWN POLICE ALLEGED MISCONDUCT AS OFFICERS FACE DISCIPLINARY REVIEW
By: Muftau Fatimo The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered a full investigation into an alleged case of police misconduct involving officers of...
NDLEA ARRESTS 93-YEAR-OLD MAN, MEDICAL DOCTOR IN NATIONWIDE DRUG TRAFFICKING CRACKDOWN
By: Muftau Fatimo A 93-year-old great-grandfather and a 69-year-old medical doctor are among those arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in its...
GUNMEN KILL IMO MONARCH, SET BODY ABLAZE AS POLICE LAUNCH MANHUNT FOR ASSAILANTS
By: Muftau Fatimo The Commissioner of Police for Imo State, Audu Garba Bosso, has ordered the deployment of tactical units and operational assets, in collaboration...
FG RELEASES NAMES, GROUPS LINKED TO TERRORISM FINANCING
HOTJIST NEWS The federal government of Nigeria has recently released a list of 48 individuals and groups that are allegedly linked to terrorism financing in...
FIVE TONNES OF COCAINE WORTH $540 MILLION SEIZED AT PORT
British border officials have seized around five tonnes of cocaine, with a street value of some £400 million ($540 million), at one of London’s main...
SHETTIMA VISITS BORNO, CONDOLES ARMY OVER FATAL ATTACK
BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR Vice President Kashim Shettima recently traveled to Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, to express condolences to the Nigerian Army and the...
MILITARY PERSONNEL ARRESTED FOR ALTERCATION DURING TINUBU’S VISIT TO BAYELSA
The Nigerian Navy has taken action by arresting personnel who were involved in an altercation with soldiers in Bayelsa during President Bola Tinubu's visit to...
TEENAGER CHARGED WITH MURDER OVER FATAL SHOOTING OF 14-YEAR-OLD IN LONDON
Agency Report A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder following the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Eghosa Ogbebor in Woolwich, southeast London. Police said the...
NIGERIAN DRIVER JAILED IN UK AFTER FATAL CRASH EXPOSES LICENSING LOOPHOLE
A Nigerian migrant has been jailed in the United Kingdom after causing the death of a pensioner in a crash that has exposed a legal...
POLICE CONFIRM AUTOPSY REPORT IN TODDLER’S DEATH, DENY WITHHOLDING DETAILS FROM FAMILY
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed receipt of the autopsy report on two-year-old Miss Winnie Akekue, who reportedly died after...