A Deputy Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kogi State, Adam Imam Yusuf, has been arrested over the alleged diversion of more than ₦3 billion. Yusuf was arrested by officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). ICPC disclosed this in a statement on its website,…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Sokoto State Command, has apprehended three suspects connected to the abduction and gang rape of a 15-year-old girl, Amina Abdullahi, in Gantsare village, the Wammako Local Government Area of the state. This is according to a press statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday by the command’s…
Some hoodlums have allegedly beaten a yet-to-be identified female officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) to stupor in Kwara State. The incident, it was gathered, occurred during the turbaning of a newly appointed traditional title holder in Ilọrin. According to eyewitnesses, the hoodlums swam on the female officer, a mother of…
A 30-year-old woman, Mercy Michael, has been docked by operatives of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC for allegedly killing her eight months old daughter with rat poison in Kafanchan area of Kaduna State. Michael, was arraigned before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Thursday on charges bordering on culpable homicide,…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Kwara Command has detained for prosecution a suspected 19-year-old kidnapper, Abu-Umar. The State Commandant of NSCDC, Umar Mohammed confirmed his detention at a news conference on Monday, in Ilorin. Mohammed said the suspect allegedly planned the abduction of a mother and her two children. “The suspect was…
Four officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been confirmed dead following an ambush by Boko Haram insurgents during an inspection tour of the national grid installations in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State on November 18, 2024. The attack, which occurred near the boundary between Niger and Kaduna states,…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ogun State Command has arrested eight teenagers for alleged conspiracy, sexual abuse and unlawful sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl at the Ijebu-Mushin, Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State. The suspects are Matthew Omotayo, age 17 Mojeeb Solomon, 16 years; Olamilekan Adefuye, 18 years; Damilola…
Osun State command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the police, on Friday, disagreed over the attack on an NSCDC officer allegedly carried out by some police operatives. The NSCDC personnel, identified simply as Owoeye, was said to have been assaulted and detained by policemen on Wednesday. In some video clips that…
Barikisu Sulaiman, a housewife, has been taken into custody by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) after reportedly throwing her newborn baby into a gutter in Lokoja, Kogi State. The incident came to light after concerned residents of Karaworo alerted authorities on Sunday. The woman had been dating a man in Adankolo after…
A soldier identified as Abubakar has allegedly killed a Nigerian Civil and Security Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer, Olapade Segun. Abubakar and Segun were said to have met at a nightclub in the Bodija area of Oyo State on Friday. PUNCH Metro gathered on Sunday that a heated altercation ensued between the two security agents, which…