By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

Following a directive, on Thursday, by the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali, for the immediate prosecution of an Abuja-based female Professor and rights activist, Prof Zainab Duke Abiola, who was accused of physically assaulting a female police Inspector who is also her police orderly, an Abuja Magistrate Court has ordered the remand of Prof Abiola and her maid, Rebecca Enechido, another accused, in prison.

• * Charges Strategic Police Managers On Professionalism, Compliance With The Law For Credible Elections
• Excludes Quasi-Security Outfits From Election Security Management

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

In active and strategic preparation for the 2023 General Elections, the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, along with the Force Management Team, met with Strategic Police Managers comprising Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, and Commissioners of Police across Zonal, State Commands and Formations to review evolving political programmes laid down by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and chart clear pathways for a smooth electoral process in the countdown to the elections.

• * As Professor, Other Culprit Arrested

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has strongly condemned the grievous assault of a female Police Officer, Inspector Teju Moses, by her principal who is a Legal practitioner and human rights activist, Prof. Zainab Duke Abiola and her domestic staff comprising the housemaid, one Rebecca Enechido and a male suspect currently at large.

* Team Deliberate On Areas Of Further Collaborations, Trainings

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, and members of the Force Management Team, on Monday, met with the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Nigeria, Mr. Mohammed Yahya, and his team including representatives of the German Government at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, as part of the Presidential Committee on Police Reforms Agenda for the Nigeria Police Force.

By Mahmud Isa Yola.

Save for the fact that the news came from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency itself, Nigerians would have found it hard to believe that there is a prodigious amount of cocaine sequestered somewhere in the southwestern part of Nigeria that could weigh up to 1.8 tonnes and be worth up to two hundred and seventy-eight million, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($278, 250,000), equivalent to one hundred and ninety-four billion, seven hundred and seventy-five million Naira in street value.

• * Calls On FG To Bestow Marwa With A GCFR Honour

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Honourable Member representing Ado/Ogbadibo/Okpokwu Federal Constituency, Dr. Francis Ottah Agbo, has Congratulated the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (retd), on the seizure of 1,855 kilograms of cocaine and the busting of an international drug syndicate recently.

• * Says 'You Are Doing Well'. I Follow Your Successes, It Gladdens My Heart. I Don't Regret Choosing You For The Job'

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, congratulated the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd), on the recent very successful operation of the Agency leading to the smashing of an international drug syndicate and recovery of 1,855kilograms of cocaine.

Bandits have again invaded Niger state, killing four people while eight sustained injured and fifteen were abducted.

A kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, and his co-defendant, Victor Aduba, has been sentenced to 21 years imprisonment.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The acting Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court, on Monday, addressed the Staff of the Commission on the mandate of the Commission as provided for in paragraphs 29 and 30 of the 3rd Schedule of the 1999 Constitution as amended and Section 6(1) of the Police Service Commission Establishment (Act) 2001.

• * Arrests 4 Drug Barons, 1 Other

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

In what appears to be the biggest singular cocaine seizure in the history of Nigeria’s premier anti-narcotic agency, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have busted a major warehouse in a secluded estate in Ikorodu area of Lagos where 1.8tons (1,855 kilograms) of the illicit drug worth more than Two Hundred and Seventy Eight Million Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($278, 250,000) equivalent of about One Hundred and Ninety Four Billion, Seven Hundred and Seventy Five Million (N194, 775,000,000) Naira in street value were seized.

By David Odama (In Lafia, Nasarawa State)

It was a black day for a 25 year old Jibril Abdullahi, a native of Kaduna state and a resident of Auta Balefi, Tudun Wada, Karu Local government of Nasarawa state, when his wrist was chopped off during a fight over a girl friend.