The Benin Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons on Tuesday said it had arrested six persons for suspected human trafficking.
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The Senate had in February 2018 organised a two-day National Security Summit chaired by Senator Ahmad Lawan when he was the Senate Leader.
The spokesman of the Command, Femi Joseph, announced the arrest of the suspects on Monday.
The Nigeria Police on Monday in Abuja paraded 13 suspects alleged to be involved in the kidnap of the district head of Daura (Magajin Garin Daura), Alhaji Musa Umar.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has charged troops of Operation Harbin Kunama 3 to be ruthless, aggressive and decisive against bandits in the North-West.
An Ilorin, Kwara State-based psychologist, Sherifat Adeyi, has urged parents to give their children sex education early enough in view of the increasing rate of rape cases.
The Commissioner of Police in Abia, Ene Okon, said on Monday that the command arrested 78 suspects in the past three weeks in connection with kidnapping, armed robbery, car snatching, cultism and other violent crimes in different parts of the state.
The President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan on Monday condemned the continuous killings of Nigerians in South Africa, warning that further attacks on Nigerians would no longer be condoned.
The Prophet, who spoke in his church in Lagos, made it known that security is a big issue in the country and it needed urgent attention in order to ensure the safety of the citizens of Nigeria.
The assailants shot sporadically and in the process killed a middle age man who was passing by.
Following the prompt intervention of the Deputy Governor of Imo State, Rt. Hon. Gerald Irona, all the parties in the renewed violence in Ohaji, Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State at the weekend accepted to end every form of hostility unconditionally.
Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, says the National Assembly will support deployment of soldiers to secure the nation’s highways against bandits and other criminal elements.
As part of efforts address the high level of congestion of prisons across the state, the Niger State Government has set up a committee to look into ways of decongesting the prisons and improve the facilities.
A kidnap suspect, identified as Ahmed, who allegedly abducted a five-year-old girl in Yenagoa, has demanded N1 million ransom, the victim’s mother, Mrs Williams Koyoye, has said.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Asinim Butswat, confirmed the incident in a statement in Yenagoa on Monday.
The police prosecutor, Insp Oriyomi Akinwale, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on July 7 in Ise-Ekiti.
Some residents in communities in Ibadan had alleged that projectiles from the exercise caused damage to their lives and property.
The Federation of Ekiti State Students’ Union has decried the spate of killings and other violent crimes in the country, saying enough is enough and that the time to act is now.
The Lagos State Police Command’s Spokesperson, DSP Bala Elkana, said in a statement on Sunday in Lagos that one Bolanle Muhammad had raised the alarm that her phone was missing.
The command’s Spokesperson, DSP Bala Elkana, said the police team acted on credible intelligence reports in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria and other sister security agencies.