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The police have arrested a suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, and four other police officers. Others arrested alongside Kyari include ACP Sunday Ubuah, ASP Bawa James, Inspector Simon Agrigba, and Inspector John Nuhu, while the fifth suspect, ASP John Umoru, is still at large. They were arrested on Monday for their involvement in an alleged case of criminal conspiracy, discreditable, unethical and unprofessional conduct, official corruption, and tampering with exhibits in a case of illicit drug trafficking involving a perpetual transnational drug cartel, the police said. Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who confirmed their arrest…

Precious Chikwendu, was on Monday docked in a Federal High Court, Abuja for the attempted murder of her former husband, Femi Fani-Kayode. The police charged Ms Chikwendu before Justice Inyang Ekwo with attempted culpable homicide. In a charge number: FHCABJ/CR/1/2022 filed by the Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, against Chikwendu and three others, the ex-wife was said to have attempted to stab Mr Fani-Kayode with a kitchen knife on Nov. 24, 2018 at Asokoro, within the court jurisdiction. Others arraigned alongside Precious include Emmanuel Anakan, Prisca Chikwendu and Osakwe Azubuike as 1st, 3rd and 4th defendants respectively, while…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has released video evidence against the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. NDLEA showed footage of Kyari trying to bribe one of its operatives in a bid to carry out a drugs heist in the country. Recall that the agency had declared him wanted over alleged links to a drugs cartel. NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, had linked the former Intelligence Response Team, IRT, boss to a drug cartel operating the Brazil-Ethiopia-Nigeria illicit drug pipeline. Babafemi, while addressing a press conference, also gave details of how Kyari approached its…

A group, Arewa Summit International has lambasted Comr. Sani Saidu Muhammad and his group for telling them to withdraw their endorsement of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu as Nigeria's next president in 2023. The group in a statement on Monday in Yola, Adamawa State capital, signed by its Director General, Dr. Bashir Lamido, faulted Muhammad and his group for accepting to do hatchet job against the Chief Whip of the Senate. The group insisted that Kalu remains the best presidential material from the South to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari, noting that his relationship with the North is over 35 years. The…

PRESS RELEASE TEXT OF PRESS BRIEFING BY THE NATIONAL DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, NDLEA, ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2022. Gentlemen of the press, there is no better way to start this press briefing than to remind us about the enormity of the drug problem Nigeria has on its hand and the imperative of all well-meaning Nigerians to play a positive role in curbing the illicit drug menace. Even before the damning findings of the 2018 National Drug Use and Health Survey, Nigeria’s drug problem was getting close to epidemic proportion. And if anything, the arrests and seizures by NDLEA in…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Monday declared suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, wanted over alleged links with an international drug cartel. The spokesperson for NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, made the announcement during a short press conference held at its Headquarters. The decision came amidst the Hushpuppi scandal. Kyari, until his suspension by the commission, was the officer-in-charge of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team. A report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States of America had earlier indicted him in the case of fraud involving Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi. Details later.

NDLEA Declares DCP Abba Kyari Wanted Over Illicit Drugs The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has declared the suspended head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), DCP Abba Kyari, wanted over alleged drug offences. According to Leadership, NDLEA said investigation has revealed that Kyari is a member of a drug syndicate which operates across the globe. Details later.

A civil rights group, One Love Foundation has slammed the Abia State Government over an attempt to gag and intimidate the member representing Aba South State constituency in the State House of Assembly, Hon. Obinna Ichita. This is following the court injunction secured against the lawmaker by the State Director of NEWMAP Project, Mr Izuchukwu Onwughara, on behalf of himself and the State Government. The group claimed that the lawmaker is being persecuted because he “has consistently questioned the whereabouts of the N27.4 billion that Abia State Government received from the World Bank for construction works in Aba”. The group…

With the 2023 general elections fast approaching , concerned citizens and political stakeholders are disrupting the political norm by advocating to ensure that established business entrepreneurs get elected into leadership positions to address the myriad of challenges confronting the country. As More candidates continue to declare their interest to vie for one position or the other in the 2023 general elections ,conversations and questions about  their source of income, wealth and business ventures have been intensified. Perhaps one might ask "why the need to elect politicians who are private sector players"?? Well it has been observed that in the country…