NSCDC Gives Scrap Dealers Three Months to Register, Warns Against Illegal Operations in Edo

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Edo State Command, has directed all individuals and businesses operating in the scrap metal value chain to register with the command within three months or risk arrest, prosecution and other legal sanctions. The State Commandant Akintayo Saidi Ayinla announced the directive during a press briefing in Benin…

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HOMEF Urges Appeal Against Court Dismissal of Ekpetiama Oil Pollution Suit

The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has rejected the dismissal of a suit filed by the monarch of Ekpetiama Kingdom against Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) and other defendants over alleged decades of environmental pollution in Bayelsa State, urging the plaintiffs to pursue the matter to the Supreme Court. The Federal High…

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Collaborate with EFCC in Fight against Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, Olukoyede Tells Lawyers Forum

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has charged female lawyers in the country to join hands with the Commission in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. He gave the charge on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in a one-day training of members of Women Forum of the…

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Navy hands over rescued human trafficking victims to NAPTIP

The Nigerian Navy has reaffirmed its commitment to combating human trafficking and other transnational organised crimes with the handover of two rescued victims of human trafficking to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons. The Navy said the victims were rescued during a targeted anti-human trafficking operation before being transferred to NAPTIP’s…

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Police top list as ICPC uncovers 908 ghost workers

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has identified the Nigeria Police Force and five federal ministries and agencies as having the highest number of suspected fake workers uncovered during its payroll verification exercise. ICPC Chairman, Musa Adamu Aliyu (SAN), disclosed the findings while speaking on the commission’s investigation into payroll fraud across…

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Mandela Day: NHRC, Partners Secure Release of Eight Inmates, Push Humane Reforms at Suleja Correctional Centre

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), in partnership with Hope Behind Bars Africa and other stakeholders, has facilitated the release of eight indigent inmates from the Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre in Niger State as part of activities commemorating the 2026 Nelson Mandela Day. The intervention, which involved the payment of fines ranging between N800,000…

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