The Imo State Police Command announced it has arrested 3 personnel of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and 2 from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for allegedly extorting and harassing residents of the state. This was disclosed on Tuesday by the Command’s spokesperson, ASP Henry Okoye, adding that a 37-year old police Inspector was also arrested for the same offence.

The acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has raised an alarm over the increase in the smuggling of goods and illicit drugs across borders. Speaking during an interactive session with officers and men of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone B during a working visit to Kaduna State, the customs boss warned those engaged in such criminal behaviour to repent.

The Department Of State Services (DSS) has arrested some suspects in connection with the diversion of the 5B Tinubu's palliative meant for the citizens to alleviate the suffering caused by the fuel subsidy removal. The DSS said it acted based on the reports from some States Governments decrying the diversion, and embezzlement of the palliatives.

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), FCT Command, has arrested three suspected vandals and cable thieves for unlawful possession of communication cables. The suspects were caught around House on the Rock Church Junction, Airport road in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), with fibre cables which were identified to be government property.

Minister of Information, Culture and creative Economy, Miss Hannatu Musa Musawa has denied making any official statement in relation to her National Youth Service Corp, NYSC controversy that has continued to trail her appointment. Some section of media had yesterday Sunday circulated some written statement purportedly to have emanated from the office of the minister, claiming she has not broken any law by concurrently running a ministerial office and the NYSC.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has launched a nationwide manhunt for a Lagos-based notorious drug dealer, Sowunmi Ayodeji-Kayode, who allegedly ran over an operative of the agency with his luxury car in his bid to escape detention. This was made known in a statement released on Wednesday by the NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, stating that the suspect’s residence located at 2/3 Adetola Ayeni Close, Lekki, Lagos State was raided by the Agency, following credible intelligence he was dealing in illicit drugs.