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Ajao S. Adewale, the commissioner of police for FCT Command, has issued a strong warning to all officers about meddling in civil affairs, particularly land disputes, and extortion.

This comes in response to reports of police interfering with civil cases, extortion of complainants and suspects, and unlawful detention for bailable offenses. These actions, according to the CP, violate both the Inspector-General’s orders and the Constitution.

The CP has directed all Area Commanders, DPOs, and HODs to immediately review and release suspects held for minor, bailable offences as soon as they can, according to a statement released over the weekend by SP Josephine Adeh, the police public relations officer of the FCT Police Command, in Abuja.

Any officer found collecting money for bail or documentation will face strict disciplinary action, according to CP Adewale, who stressed that bail is free.

He reiterated that the police are not permitted to enter civil disputes, especially those involving land-related disputes.

“Any officer in violation of this directive and any supervisor who disobey it will be held accountable.” The CP also criticized the practice of demanding payment before conducting inquiries, citing extortion and office abuse. The statement stated that violators would face charges.

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Additionally, there was a cautionary note for people who offered bribes because Section 118 of the Penal Code Act criminalizes this practice. Citizens were also advised against utilizing the police to recover money or launch personal vendettas.

The FCT’s residents were asked to support the Command’s efforts to promote professionalism, accountability, and human rights.

The Complaint Response Unit (CU) can be reached at 08107314192 with complaints of misconduct.

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Five people were killed and at least ten others were seriously hurt on Friday when a devastating explosion ripped through the Gidan Karfe neighborhood along Kano City’s Eastern Bypass.

Explosives are thought to have been the cause of the afternoon explosion, which was reported to have been hidden among the scrap of Yobe State.

Emergency responders and security personnel rushed to the scene after the incident, which caused a great deal of panic in the area.

Shortly after the explosion, Kano’s commissioner of police, Ibrahim Bakori, confirmed the casualties and provided early information about the suspected cause.

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According to CP Bakori, preliminary investigations indicate that explosives were concealed in a truck carrying scrap from Yobe State. The device probably detonated while the truck was being loaded off the site.

Eyewitnesses described a scene of chaos and destruction with eerie skyscrapers and terrified residents escaping.

The area was quickly cordoned off by emergency services, including the police bomb squad and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Patients were flown to nearby hospitals where doctors worked to stabilize the injured.

Security authorities have begun an exhaustive investigation into the explosion. Uncertainty surrounds the purpose of a truck carrying explosives loaded with scrap.

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According to CP Bakori, “We are taking this incident seriously the most.” Our teams are looking closely at whether these materials were undiscovered and whether there were concerns for broader security.

He urged people to report any suspicious activity to the authorities and to remain calm but watchful.

Abubakar Malami, a former justice minister and attorney general, expressed his deep concern about the state of security in Kebbi State’s Argungu and Zuru Emirates.

Malami criticized the government’s inability to safeguard lives and property in a short video that was released in Birnin Kebbi.

He questioned the state and local governments’ ability to protect the lives and property of citizens.

He emphasized the urgent need for all levels of government. “It’s high time we expressed our concern,” he said, “to ensure the security of the people” among the federal, state, and local governments.

Malami expressed grave concern about recent attacks in the Zuru community, which he claimed cost more than 200 lives, and warned against politicising security issues.

He argued that “security issues should not be politicized.” “Strange insecurity systems have developed in Kebbi, which are very alarming and disturbing.”

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Malami expressed his condolences to the Kebbi State residents, but he also emphasized the urgent need for better security.

He cited persistent threats in various regions. “Bandits destabilize the people of Kyebu and Tadurga in the Zuru Emirate, while Lakurawa continue to hold communities in the Argungu Emirate to ransom,” according to the statement.

Seven Chinese nationals were found guilty and given a year in prison each for their involvement in cyberterrorism and internet fraud linked to a massive Ponzi scheme that was discovered in December 2024 by a Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday.

Justices Ayokunle Faji, Chukwujekwu Aneke, and Yellim Bogoro, each from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), had arraigned the convicts separately.

The defendants’ plea bargain agreements, which were filed on June 20, 2025, were disclosed to the justices by the EFCC prosecution team, which included Bilkisu Buhari-Bala, Chineye Okezie, and Banjo Temitope.

All of the defendants entered pleas of guilty at the hearing and said they would accept the plea deal.

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Each of them was found guilty and given a year in prison and a one million naira fine.

The court also recommended that the Nigerian Immigration Service’s (NIS) Comptroller-General ensure their deportation within seven days of release.

Peng Li Huan, Zhang Jin Rong, He Kun, Rachelle Cabalona, Caselyn Pionela, Guo Long Long, and Zhang Hua Zhai were detained in a building on Oyin Jolayemi Street in Lagos during a raid by the EFCC.

The defendants were arraigned by the EFCC’s Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 on separate one-count fraud and cyberterrorism charges.

The convicts “willfully accessed computer systems organized to destabilize and destroy the fundamental economic and social structure of Nigeria by recruiting Nigerian youths to identity theft and impersonate foreign nationals for financial gain,” according to the amended one-count charge read in court.

After suspected herders attacked farming communities in Taraba State’s Bali Local Government Area, one person was hurt and sixty-two homes were destroyed.

Following a dispute over a source of water, Channels Television learned the attack.

Between the villages of Tor Bali and Atongo, a pond serves as the water’s source, and Fulani herders argue over it.

A woman went to the pond to get water after being confronted by a cow, who was trying to get her water, and the chairman of Bali Local Government Area, Aboki Dauda, who claimed peace was broken.

The herders allegedly beat her after that. Later, the incident caused the woman to raise an alarm, which sparked outcry from her neighborhood.

“Thank God that no life was lost,” the author writes, “This was terrible. You can see homes being destroyed, people being displaced, but it’s amazing that no one has died.”

The Fulani herders brought their cattle there to start the trouble, and a woman who went there confronted them for spoiling the water by asking their cattle to drink from the same place, he said.

Then, with their sticks, they attacked her, and she fell, cried, and called the husband and her neighbors to help, and from there, the conflict spread throughout both communities.

“I called the local government secretariat’s herders’ leaders with a brave move. We have identified them, and we have warned that they will be held accountable if they do so again. We have a problem with Fulani herders because they don’t listen to their parents.

Ezekiel Gboo, a farmer in Tor Baki village, narrowly avoided passing away, when he said: “We were working on our farms when we saw them come from different directions with sticks and machetes and we had to flee for our lives.”

I called our Tiv leader, who instructed me to leave the police station right away, while I was running, and I pulled out my phone. I was able to escape without going any further. When they struck me with sticks and cutlasses when I stopped, they pounced on me, and that is how they injured me. They were about 30 when they struck me.

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The Taraba State Government says it will not tolerate any peaceful resolutions, whether through farmer-herder conflicts or communal clashes.

When its delegation traveled to the affected area to offer food as a source of comfort and appealed for peaceful coexistence among feuding factions, the Taraba State Government made this statement.

Saviour Noku, the Taraba State Commissioner for Special Duties and Humanitarian Affairs, welcomed the delegation led by Zaki Gbaa, the Tiv community leader.

Let’s try to live peacefully with our neighbors because I know you’re a peaceful people and want us to take lessons from what has happened. Let’s give peace another chance.

“Be proactive, stop a crisis, and be proactive is always less expensive.

The phrase “what we have created is only an interim measure” is true. The commissioner said, “I am aware that we have more plans to make you comfortable and bring you back to your ancestral homes.”

Veronica Alhassan, a member of the delegation from the Taraba State House of Assembly, requested that they embrace tranquility and reject all forms of bitterness.

The delegation also made a visit to Bakundi Palace’s chief, asking the traditional ruler for his assistance.