Chief Raymond Dokpesi, the founder of DAAR Communications Limited, has reportedly been released from Police custody in the United Kingdom after an “incident” which led to his delay at the London Heathrow airport on Sunday January 8, 2022. DAAR Communications management in a statement on Monday morning said Dokpesi had been released. According to the statement, “Dokpesi arrived via Frankfurt from Abuja on a Lufthansa airline light and was invited off the plane, before other passengers were disembarked.

The United States of America has indicated a commitment to support the Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA with forensics and chemical analysis capacity as well as intelligence gathering capacity in the discharge of their duty.
Vigil360 learned that the spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi made this known in a statement. The support was disclosed by the US Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs comes after the BUA CEO Abdul Samad Rabiu Initiative declared an award of an N500 million grant to fund selected projects in the anti-narcotics agency in Nigeria.

The Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted Doyin Okupe, for Money laundering. Okupe was a former senior special assistant (SSA) to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. He is currently the Director-General of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Labour Party (LP).

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) disclosed it has recovered over N30 billion out of the N109 billion allegedly embezzled by the suspended Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, who was initially arrested by operatives of the Commission on May 16, 2022, for his participation in a series of fraud initially estimated to be worth N84 billion.

The Independence Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) has released Nigerian Singer Oladapo Oyebanjo, popularly known as D'banj, who was apprehended and detained over the alleged diversion of N-Power funds. D'banj was arrested on 7th December 2022 for allegedly conniving with some politicians and banks to divert funds meant for the payment of president Buhari's innovation scheme meant for the sole aim of elevating youths (N-Power) It has been gathered that the singer was released on the ground of self-recognition on 9th December 2022 after spending two nights of detention with the commission and that he may be summoned whenever for further investigation.

In a bid to stem the tide of car theft, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, commissioned an online platform known as the Central Motor Registry Command Centre (CMRCC) at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, in order for members of the public to report stolen vehicles in the country for possible recovery. This was made known on Wednesday in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumutiwa Adejobi, stating that the digitalized centre was domiciled at the Department of Information and Communication Technology.