The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Edo State has detained 15 individuals and confiscated eight trucks loaded with illegally mined minerals during a crackdown across the state, officials confirmed on Monday. State Commandant Saidi Akintayo said the arrests followed intelligence-driven operations conducted on 15–16 November. Six trucks carrying Kyline clay were intercepted…
The Nigerian Army has completed the training of 174 personnel from the Federal Capital Territory Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in a bid to improve their tactical efficiency and use of modern security tools. The week-long exercise, held under the theme “Enhancing Tactical Efficiency Through Modern Security Tools”, was designed…
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Imo State have arrested two suspected pipeline vandals in Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area. According to the state Commandant, Basil Igwebueze, the suspects were intercepted on August 17 in Awarra community following an intelligence-led operation. He said the corps had intensified its surveillance of critical…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa State Command, has confirmed the death of four persons and the disappearance of five others following a canoe mishap in Zangon Maje village, Taura Local Government Area. The incident, which occurred around 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, involved a canoe transporting 17 passengers, mostly girls aged between…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa says it has detained a 15-year-old boy for allegedly beating a 19-year-old with a stick that led to his death in Kafin Hausa Local Government Area of the state. The NSCDC Spokesman in the state, ASC Badaruddeen Tijjani, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday…
A constitutional lawyer, Joshua Ijaodola, has urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to nullify the Acts enabling the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) as being unconstitutional. Ijaodola, in two fresh suits, argued that the acts violated Section 214 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended)…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa Command, says it has apprehended two suspects for alleged vandalism. The state Commandant of the corps, Mr Bala Bodinga, disclosed this during an interactive session with newsmen on Monday in Dutse. Bodinga said that the suspects were arrested in Fagam village in Gwaram Local Government Area…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) command in Bauchi State, has apprehended three suspects and a truck over alleged theft of railway sleepers. The Commandant, Oloyede Oyerinde said at a news conference on Tuesday in Bauchi that the railway sleepers were concealed under bags of rice offal. Oyerinde said that the suspects were…
Dr Ahmed Audi, Commandant-General (CG) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has ordered the immediate withdrawal of a petition by the mining marshal against the Nigerian Police Force. This is according to a statement signed by the NSCDC Public Relations Officer, Babawale Afolabi on Sunday in Abuja. Afolabi revealed that the petition,…
The Anambra Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has raided an illegal mining site in the state and seized sand dredging machine during the operations. The state Commandant of the corps, Mr Olatunde Maku, disclosed this in Awka on Monday, while briefing newsmen on the activities of the command in the…
