1 DAMATURU – The Yobe State Police Command has concluded a sensitization campaign and stakeholders’ engagement with members of the scrap and waste dealers/vendors in Potiskum Local Government Area. The initiative, directed by Inspector General of Police Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, aims to address concerns over recent incidents involving scrap dealers and promote security in the…
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit, otherwise known as Taskforce, has arrested 32 suspected drug dealers in the Ikeja area of the state. The state’s Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, confirmed this in a post on his official X handle on Wednesday. He said the suspects were apprehended during an…
The Nigeria Police Force has announced the arrest of at least five suspected arms dealers involved in trans-border trafficking, along with the recovery of several weapons. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement on Friday said the arrests were carried out by the operatives of the FID-IRT on November 18. He…
Shagari Usman Yusuf, who is the Chairman of the Dei-Dei international livestock market in the Nigerian federal capital, Abuja, has been arrested and detained by the Nigerian Army, his lawyers told SaharaReporters. SaharaReporters learnt that Yusuf was arrested shortly after he featured and escalated the alleged illegal detention of 12 members of his association…
Kawu Sumaila, Kano South Senator of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has accused his colleagues of consuming hard drugs in their homes and offices, including supporting drug dealers in its trading. Senator Sumaila made the allegation during a plenary session on Tuesday while contributing to the Bill to establish the National Institute for Drug…
Following the massive looting of both government and private property in Gombe State, the State Security Council on Monday directed the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Zubairu Umar, to come up with operational modalities to regulate scrap dealers popularly known as ‘Yan Jari bola’. This is as protesters are requiring their services to sell…
Stone Dealers Association and Truck Owners Association in Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, have shut down their businesses to protest increase in the price of materials by Chinese firms operating in the mineral rich local government. The two associations also shutdown businesses to protest an increase in haulage fees by the Chinese firms….
