The Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, said this when he paid a courtesy visit on the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, after the commissioning of projects at the College of Security Management, Abeokuta, Ogun State
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This was contained in a statement by the spokesman of Corps, Emmanuel Okeh, made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos
The move was made after subjecting the successful companies to security scrutiny and other necessary conditions for registration and licencing to operate as private guards companies in the country as spilt out by the office of the Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro
The Commandant, Steven Lar, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Makurdi that the suspects were transporting children to others parts of the country for child labour
The call for the stronger collaboration, aimed at putting an end to the illicit businesses and nefarious acts by saboteurs of the nation’s economy, became imperative considering the daily loss of gross domestic product and the national income, which in turn has brought untold hardship to the people, abolurin said
At its ongoing meeting, the union lamented the harassment and brutality meted on Waheed Adebayo of the Leadership newspaper by officials of the NSCDC in Ibadan, Oyo State, led by one Femi Bamidele
A source in the corps, who pleaded anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the incident happened in Ominyi community in Izzi Local Government Area
He said the mother of the victim told the police that the accused was their neighbour, adding that she became suspicious when the girl came back home crying
The NSCDC Commandant in Jigawa State, Muhammad Gidado, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse that the woman was arrested on Tuesday in Mubi town in Adamawa State
It said that 176 suspects were also arrested for vandalising Power Holding Company of Nigeria facilities, railway installations, telecommunication and water infrastructure
Governor Akpabio, who made the assertion Saturday when the Commandant-General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Dr. Ade Abolurin, paid him a courtesy visit at the Governor’s Office, Uyo, stated:
“Some of the suspects have been prosecuted while others are still under investigation. The vandalised products recovered from them have been handed over to appropriate authorities,” the statement said
Ikpeamonwu said: “Within one year of our operations in the state, we have been able to arrest more than 47 vandals and also locate and destroyed seven illegal refineries in the state
The land racketeering led to the seizure of 61 houses and 45 plots of land from NSCDC officials by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission
The Commandant of the corps in the state, Chike Ikpeawonwu, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Benin City, the Edo State capital
The Commander, Alhaji Shuayb Jibril, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday that although the corps was yet to be informed officially on the programme of the day, the personnel had been placed on on stand-by
Remi Idowu, Head of Intelligence and Investigation Department of the corps, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Gombe that the boy was found in Garin Dogo village in Funakaye Local Government Area of the state
The NSCDC commandant in the state, Muhammad Gidado, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Dutse that the suspect was arrested on Friday at Ilallah quarters in Kazaure town
Ideba said during investigation, intelligence officers of the NSCDC asked the mother (suspect) to call one of the buyers to come for the second baby at a reduced price, to enable the command to arrest her
The Gombe State Commander of the NSCDC, Joel Khestossen, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Gombe on Tuesday that the suspect was arrested on August 23