The Director-General of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, DIG Johnson Kokumo (retd) has dismissed allegations contained in a viral video claiming that persons arrested over the seizure of illegal arms at the Tin Can Island Port were allegedly being sponsored by the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. Addressing…
By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the alleged establishment of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) without legal backing has summoned the minister of foreign affairs and the national security adviser (NSA) to explain how the council allegedly operated despite concerns over its legitimacy. The summons followed the…
The former Controller of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Seme Area Command, Comptroller Wale Adenuga, was arrested over the alleged creation of an illegal entry point along the Nigeria–Benin Republic border for large-scale smuggling operations, SaharaReporters has learnt. Top sources within the Customs Service and security circles told SaharaReporters that Adenuga was arrested by operatives…
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, has petitioned the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to rescue Kaduna-based Dr Ganiyat Popoola, who was kidnapped last December and has been in the abductors’ den for nearly eight months. Popoola, a registrar in the Department of…
