…in the state, with soldiers and other security operatives patrolling roads and manning checkpoints. Voting concluded in many polling units across the state by around 2:30 p.m., although some voters were still in line to cast their votes after that time.

…Anutin Charnvirakul ordered tougher enforcement of existing gun laws, including police checkpoints and increased controls on the possession, carrying and use of firearms. by Linda Ikeji at 10/08/2026 3:51 PM | Share this Story

…of the Nigerian Army, Alamala Barracks, over the establishment of a military base and checkpoint within the area to strengthen security. It further directed all students to carry valid school identity cards whenever they leave their residences, saying the measure had become necessary following intensified stop-and-sear…

…plates follow a recognised format. "They use these fake numbers to beat security checkpoints. They use them to go into ministries and parastatals unstopped because everybody feels once you are a diplomat or have these plates, you are a big man. Help us identify them. Raise an alarm and we will arrest them," the police…

…of jurisdiction. Security agencies should also deepen intelligence-led operations. Checkpoints alone cannot defeat mobile and technologically enabled criminal groups. We require drones, geospatial mapping, forensic capability, automated vehicle identification, emergency communication systems and professionally managed…

…In a video shared on X (formerly Twitter), he alleged that he was stopped at a police checkpoint while rushing to the bank to withdraw money for his family after his wife welcomed a baby. According to him, officers questioned his tinted permit and roadworthiness before demanding money to buy fuel. After telling them he…

…and searched while he was at a police station. According to the man, he was stopped at a checkpoint while on his way to the bank to get money for food after his wife recently gave birth. He said officers questioned him about his vehicle documents before allegedly taking him to their office after suspecting that he was…

…uniform, alleging that they abandoned their designated duty posts, mounted an illegal checkpoint and extorted the anti-graft agency chairman without knowing his identity. He had also vowed that any officer found culpable would face severe disciplinary action, including dismissal where necessary.

…while residents were observing the Isha prayer, avoiding the main road where a military checkpoint was located. "They entered through other routes and positioned some of their men with RPGs at strategic locations. The first victim was a motorcycle rider, followed by three others who tried to flee. They searched our hou…

…including the possession and sale of suspected illicit drugs and operating an illegal checkpoint at the Asaba-Onitsha Head Bridge. The operation, led by a Deputy Commissioner of Police alongside tactical teams of the command, also led to the impoundment of five vehicles for various offences, including operating an unau…

…within 12 months; a federal-state compact should harmonise levies and clear informal checkpoints on industrial corridors; an annual State Industrial Competitiveness Index should rank every state publicly on power, land, levies and logistics; and Nigeria First procurement should be enforced at the federal and state leve…

…that they come on motorbikes, and one should ask how they were not stopped at security checkpoints on the outskirts. When you are entering Jos from Abuja, there is a security checkpoint you pass before getting there. It’s not up to 1,000 metres from where the attack took place. Right behind that community, I think less…

…into a disturbing footage of officer threatening to slap and detain a traveller at a checkpoint in the state. DAILY POST had reported that an officer of the Nigeria Police sparked outrage on social media on Friday after he was captured in a video telling a motorist that he would have arrested and detained him if he was…

…reopened so traffic can be rerouted away from the presidential palace, where security checkpoints have been set up, local residents reported. The post ‘I’ll take you down without a second thought’ – Burkina Faso’s Traore warns challengers appeared first on Vanguard News.

…port corridors with body cameras to gather evidence against officials manning illegal checkpoints. It said the absence of footage of officials caught in the act of extortion had frustrated prosecution efforts during several rounds of enforcement visits since January. The Director-General of the Council, Zahrah Audu, ma…

…fatalities but said that there had been many serious accidents involving the smugglers. Checkpoints Strangely, security agencies, including Customs, the Immigration and the police, maintain at least three checkpoints between Agbara junction and Canaanland on the Ota-Idiroko road axis where these smugglers pass through…

…Sudan have faced confiscation, informal taxation and insecurity. Merchants also endured checkpoints, various charges, and cross-border smuggling along the more secure northern and eastern routes towards Port Sudan and Northern State. “Sudan’s vast wealth of natural resources should benefit its people,” OHCHR spokespers…

Six k!lled as gas truck explodes at Kogi Army checkpoint At least six people were k!lled on Tuesday night after a gas-laden truck exploded at an Army checkpoint along the Abuja-Lokoja Federal Highway in Kogi State. The explosion reportedly occurred within the Chikara Division. Police officers, personnel of the Motor Tr…

…as 28-year-old Falmata Adamu, was apprehended on July 13 as troops conducted routine checkpoint operations along the Mandaragirau""Biu road."According to the sources, the woman was intercepted after troops discovered items concealed in her civilian clothing during a search. The recovered items included 17 torchlights a…

…key provision of the reforms is the discontinuation of roadblocks and other unauthorised checkpoints for the purpose of revenue collection,” Omoniyi said. She explained that transporters would no longer make payments to individuals stationed along highways, as all haulage fees would now be processed electronically. “Ra…

…and one driver, but their journey became unsettling after police officers at multiple checkpoints insisted there were seven passengers in the vehicle. Narrating the ordeal, she said: “The first police officer stopped us and asked why we were seven passengers instead of six. We counted ourselves and realised we were onl…

…receiving any notice and said any procession would be illegal, while warning of added checkpoints around the city. “Any unlawful acts shall be met with the full force of the law,” it said in a statement. The Economic Justice Movement said they had wanted to draw attention to “extrajudicial killings, enforced disappeara…

…the suspect successfully moved the concealed consignment through several security checkpoints from Anambra State before he was eventually arrested by operatives in the Wukari area of Taraba State. The statement said, "So a merchant of death travelled to Onitsha, Anambra State to buy the two big vehicle fuel tanks in th…

…Again, an Inspector of Police attached to MOPOL 51 PMF was ambushed and shot dead at a checkpoint, and his AK-47 rifle was stolen by unknown gunmen in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The deceased police officer, simply identified as Insp. Danladi Ahmed, was killed by his assailants from a nearby for…

…the federal executive could theoretically find its grant applications stalled at either checkpoint. The bill provides no independent or automatic trigger for federal funding to flow. The Contrast with the Armed Forces The starkness of this arrangement becomes clearer when set against the companion legislation sitting j…