A 40 year-old banker, Andrew Nwadiashi and eight internet fraudsters has been convicted and sentenced to prison by Justice M. Itsueli of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City. The others are Osawa Marvellous, Etinosa Ogieva, Erharruyi Osaigbovo, Isaac Godstime Eghosa, Obasohan Kelvin, Evans Jessa Mike, Timothy Odion […]
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Professor Fatima Waziri-Azi, the Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), revealed that the agency has achieved a significant milestone in combating human trafficking. Since 2004, they have successfully secured 624 convictions, with 80 of them attained last year, marking the highest number […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) wishes to draw public attention to a fraudulent LinkedIn Account impersonating the person, and office of the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta. The account was obviously created by some unscrupulous and criminal elements to defraud unsuspecting public members and users of social […]
In a bid to combat the increasing threat of cybercrimes and strengthen Nigeria’s digital ecosystem, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has announced its collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Forensic and Certified Fraud Investigator of Nigeria (CIFCFIN) on digital forensics. The Director-General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa CCIE, expressed […]
The Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD, NPM, received the much-anticipated committee report on the repositioning of the Police Mobile Force to strengthen internal security to with the establishment of the Special Intervention Squad (SIS) today 10th July 2023, from the Chairman of the Committee and […]
Official Announcements For Recruitment Into NPF Will Be Made The Nigeria Police Force hereby urges the public to disregard a recent police recruitment advertisement circulating on social media platforms. The Force wishes to reiterate and inform well-meaning members of the public that it has not commenced the 2022/23 Police […]
On Friday, 11 May 2023 at about 4:45 pm, Nigerian Navy Ship DELTA anti Crude Oil Theft (COT) patrol team on joint operation with troops of Sector 1 Headquarters acting on intelligence report arrested a sewage disposal truck around Okpaka area in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. […]
Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) throughout the last 10 years dropped to an all-time low in 2022. While concentrated efforts are being made to minimize piracy within the GoG to its lowest minimum, 2 tragic instances were documented within the GoG in the recent 3 weeks. The initial […]
Applauds Unprecedented Improvement Of NPF In Human Rights, Discipline, Welfare, Infrastructural Transformation The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, was on Thursday 30th March 2023 at the IGP Conference Hall, Force Headquarters, Abuja, honoured by the Coalition of Civil Society Organizations for Good Governance with the well-deserved award of […]
Promises Better Welfare for Police Families The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has commenced the distribution of cheques to cover Insurance benefits of officers who lost their lives while in service, as well as those who suffered various forms of life-threatening injuries while on active duty. The total […]