The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has deployed a special intervention unit made up of 60 police personnel to tackle cases of insecurity in Imo State. The deployment followed the disturbing cases of insecurity in the 27 local councils of the state, A statement by the Imo State police command’s spokesperson, Henry Okoye, said the deployment was to enthrone …

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, says it rescued seven young women alleged to be victims of human trafficking after it raided a popular hotel in Zamaru, near the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. NAPTIP’s Chief Press Officer, Vincent Adekoye, revealed in a statement that the girls were being prepared to be trafficked to Baghdad, …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a 42-year-old Indian woman, Ms. Neetu Neetu, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, as she attempted to transport 72 parcels of heroin. The heroin, sealed in wafer wraps and disguised as chocolates, weighed a total of eleven kilograms and was found in her luggage after a …