Human Right Activist, Femi Falana, SAN, has called on the inspector General of police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokum, to ensure that all police officers involved in mob action that lead to the hospitalisation of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, president, Joe Ajaero, to be arrested and prosecuted. Falana was reacting to the statement by the police concerning the crises that rocked Imo state that lead to Ajaero arrest by the police.

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is set to launch the Special Intervention Squad (SIS) operations in 10 pilot states of the nation, according to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egebetokun. He made this known on Monday during the opening ceremony of the Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers which was held in Imo State.

Security operatives have discovered seventy (70) lifeless bodies during its raid around Lokpanta Cattle Market at Umunneochi axis along Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway in Abia state. This was disclosed by the Abia State Governor, Alex Otti during the second edition of his monthly media chat in Umuahia the state capital.

The hallowed Chamber of the Rivers State House of Assembly has been razed down through arson by suspected political hoodlums over threat to impeach the state governor. This is coming on the heel of a move by the state lawmakers to commence impeachment process against the leader of the house, Edison Ehie, and the state Governor, Seminalayi Fubara today.

The United States government has pledged to work with the Nigerian authority to protect its financial system from being used to support terrorism. The U.S. Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary, Eric Meyer, disclosed this today in Abuja during a media roundtable discussion with some Nigerian security stakeholders. Meyer is part of a team drafted from the U.S. that is currently in Nigeria to interact with the country’s security and financial institutions on how best his country will come in to counter terrorism in the Nigeria and the African continent at large.

The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), said the agency will deploy its personnel across the 774 local government areas of the country as part of the effort to strengthen the fight against illicit drug trafficking especially in the local communities.