The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Adamawa Command, has arrested a notorious leader of the Shila criminal gang, Michael Linus. Mr Nuradeen Abdullahi, the Commandant of the Corps in the state, paraded the suspect on Tuesday in Yola. Abdullahi said that the command through its intelligence network arrested Linus, a.k.a Damudu, a ring leader of Shila criminal gang and two others who were on the Command’s watch list. The Commandant explained that before...

Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara said the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, has approved the deployment of 780 personnel to the state to curb banditry. Mr Yusuf Idris, the Director-General of Media, Public Enlightenment and Communications to the governor, said this in a statement on Monday in Gusau. Idris said that Matawalle got the approval when he paid a visit to the police boss, at the Force Headquarters on Friday. He said that the...

Kano State Public Complaints and Anti–Corruption Commission arrested over 50 security personnel for allegedly extorting motorists at checkpoints during the lockdown period against COVID-19 infection, an official said. The commission’s Chairman, Mr Muhuyi Magaji Rimigado, made the fact known in an interview with newsmen. Rimigado said the agency’s surveillance team arrested the personnel while they were extorting motorists and allowing unauthorized persons passage during the lockdown period He said monies recovered from such security personnel...