The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Rivers State Command, said it made 194 arrests and secured 14 convictions for various crimes in the last three months. The command also read the Riot Act to its operatives, saying anyone caught engaging in oil bunkering in the state would be summarily dismissed and prosecuted. The state NSCDC Commandant, Basil Igwebueze, …

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested 45 suspected criminals in Kano State. The Corps Public Relations Officer in the state, DSC Ibrahim Idris-Abdullahi, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday in Kano. He said 41 of the suspects were arrested on 5 October, at about 2 a.m. by the corps armed squad …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has said it impounded two trucks loaded with 75,000 litres of suspected adulterated Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) in Akwa Ibom State. While briefing newsmen at the Command’s exhibits yard in Uyo, the state capital, on Tuesday, state commandant, Eluyemi Eluwade said four suspects were also arrested in connection with the crime. He …

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested 14 suspected vandals and scavengers. In a statement, Command spokesman, Comfort Okomanyi, said the suspects were picked up by NSCDC men on routine night patrol at different locations in the FCT, where they were also constituting a nuisance under the bridges and around …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has apprehended five suspects, alleged to be members of a syndicate specialized in the diversion of granular ammonium sulphate, the key raw material for the production of fertilizer. A statement on Wednesday by the spokesman of the NSCDC, Afolabi Babawale disclosed that the five suspects were arrested by the special intelligence squad …

Personnel of the Nigerian Army in collaboration with operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps have uncovered no fewer than 12 illegal oil refining sites in Owahwa Creek, in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta state. The operatives also discovered 60 crude oil cooking ovens, 14 reservoirs, six wooden boats laden with stolen crude, and 470 …

The Federal Government has warned personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) against violating the rights of the citizens. It noted that personnel’s weapons must instead be used to Nigerians and the nation’s critical assets. During his maiden visit to the headquarters of the NSCDC on Thursday in Abuja, the Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo said: …

Operatives of the commandant general’s Special Intelligence Squad (CGs SIS) Unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have recorded another stride with the arrest of 13 suspected railway vandals conveying N800 million worth of long rails and sleepers in five trucks. The NSCDC paraded the suspects yesterday along with five trucks conveying the seized vandalised rails and …

The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Audi has pledged to rid Niger State of criminal elements terrorising the state lately. The CG, According to a statement on Wednesday by the Corps spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi, the CG said during his working visit to Niger State Governor Umar Bago in Minna, the state capital, that …

The Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ahmed Audi, on Wednesday, disclosed that no fewer than 100 illegal refineries were destroyed and 200 suspects arrested in two years. This was as the CG urged personnel to double up their efforts in tackling oil theft and pipeline vandalisation. Audi made this known at the second CG’s conference held in …