By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has dismissed insinuations from some reports that N4.5 billion was padded into its proposed 2022 budget.

By Nahum Sule (Taraba State Correspondent, in Jalingo)

The chief driver of Lau local government chairman, Oliver Ezra, was shot dead by a police officer over a mere argument at the Lankaviri police checkpoint along Jalingo-Yola road.

• * As Police IG Reaffirms Commitment To Human Right-Based Policing

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, received a high-level delegation from the German Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, November 23, 2021.

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Farouk Yahaya, has lamented the level of devastation caused by the activities of Boko-Haram, Armed bandits/Fulani militia men, adding however that ending the menace is not impossible.

• * Says 95 year-old Occult Spiritualist Misled Him Into The Act

Enugu residents woke up recently to the shocking news of a 36-year-old commercial tricycle operator, Chidi Onyishi, who allegedly killed his seven-year-old son, Chukwudalu Richard, for money ritual.

• * Candidates To Check Application Status Nn recruitment portal, www.policerecruitment.gov.ng

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Nigeria Police Force has extended invitation to all candidates who were successful in the recently concluded Computer-Based Test (CBT) in the on-going 2020 recruitment exercise, for the next stage of the recruitment process which is the Medical Screening Exercise.

The medical screening exercise is scheduled to hold from Tuesday, November 23, 2021 to Monday, December 6, 2021, 0800HRS - 1500HRS daily, at designated Police Clinics/Hospitals in the seventeen (17) Police Zonal Commands across the country.

Consequently, candidates who participated in the recruitment screening CBT are to check their application status on the recruitment portal, www.policerecruitment.gov.ng and print out their medical screening slip, if qualified.

The medical screening exercise will be conducted by the Nigeria Police Medical Services at the following centres:

             i.       Zone 1: (Kano and Jigawa States) - Bompai Cottage Hospital, Kano;

            ii.       Zone 2: (Lagos and Ogun States) - Cottage Hospital, Police College Ikeja;

          iii.       Zone 3: (Adamawa and Taraba States) - Police Clinic Yola Adamawa State;

          iv.       Zone 4: (Benue, Plateau and Nasarawa States) - Police Cottage Hospital, Makurdi;

           v.       Zone 5: (Edo and Delta States) - Magnus Eweka Police Cottage Hospital, Plot 15 Dennis Osadebey Avenue GRA Benin City;

          vi.       Zone 6: (Akwa Ibom and Cross River States) - Police Clinic, Zone 6 Headquarters, Calabar;

         vii.       Zone 7: (FCT and Niger State) - MD Abubakar Police Hospital, Dei-Dei;

        viii.       Zone 8: (Kogi and Kwara States) - Police Clinic Lokoja, Kogi State;

          ix.       Zone 9: (Abia, Ebonyi and Imo States) - Police Hospital, Bende Road Umuahia;

           x.       Zone 10: (Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara States) - Police Training School Clinic, Sokoto;

          xi.       Zone 11: (Osun and Oyo States) - Police Clinic Osogbo, Osun State;

         xii.       Zone 12: (Bauchi and Gombe States) - Police Clinic Bauchi;

        xiii.       Zone 13: (Anambra and Enugu States) - Police Hospital, CPS Awka;

        xiv.       Zone 14: (Kaduna and Katsina States) - Ibrahim Coomassie Police Hospital Katsina;

         xv.       Zone 15: (Borno and Yobe States) - Police College Clinic, Maiduguri;

        xvi.       Zone 16: (Bayelsa and Rivers States) - Police Clinic Yenagoa, Bayelsa State;

       xvii.       Zone 17: (Ekiti and Ondo States) - Police Hospital, Akure.

Candidates are to appear at the various screening venues in their clean white T-shirts and shorts with the following mandatory requirements:

i. National Identity Card/Slip

ii. Printout of medical screening slip (as obtained from the portal).

Candidates are equally advised to stick to their allotted date and time as the exercise would be carried out in strict compliance with the COVID-19 prevention protocols.

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, reiterates that the recruitment exercise is absolutely free of charge. The IGP assures that the medical screening will be conducted in the best tradition of transparency and professionalism.

He advises the applicants not to allow themselves to be swindled by online fraudsters and other criminal elements, who might want to take advantage of the recruitment process to defraud innocent applicants. The IGP warns that anyone found wanting will be arrested and prosecuted.

Candidates are advised to call 08100004507 for any inquiry especially on the operations of the portal. NNL.

• * Set To Announce New Cabinet Soon
• As State Govt Okays More Development Centres

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief), Just Back From Owerri

Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Odidika Uzodimma, is set to launch the new Imo State Security outfit which was put together by the governor in the wake of the security crisis that rocked Imo some months ago.

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

Residents of Minna metropolis and its environs are now in fear after gun men suspected to be Fulani militia invaded Maikunkele community, a suburb of Minna metropolis in Bosso Local Government Area of Niger state and abducted an Igbo man.

By Yemi Adeleke (Osun State Correspondent)

A popular hotelier in Ile Ife, Ramon Adedoyin, was arrested on Wednesday by the Osun State Police Command along with five others in connection with the death of a Post-graduate Masters Degree student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Mr Timothy Adegoke.

By Nahum Sule (Taraba State Correspondent, in Jalingo)

Suspected Ambazonian soldiers from Cameroon attack Manga community in Takum local government area of Taraba state.

• * Orders Probe Into Viral Signal Suggesting Otherwise

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has assured that no female Police Officer in Police Barracks across the country would be ejected for residing with civilian spouse.

By Nahum Sule (Taraba State Correspondent, in Jalingo)

In the early hour of Tuesday November 16, 2021, Gunmen suspected to be Tiv militias wrecked havoc in Rafin Kada ward of Wukari local government area of Taraba state, killing two, injuring scores people and destroying properties worth millions of naira.

A source told NIGERIAN NEWSLEADER Correspondent in Jalingo, that the attack happened around 4 am on Tuesday, when Gunmen in their numbers stormed the village and began to shoot sporadically and setting houses ablaze.

Recall that the land dispute between the Jukun ethic groups of Taraba and the Tiv in Benue over the borderlands and farming land led to the ethnic crisis in 2019 killings of thousands of people.

The source confirmed that, one Mr Chala, and Saikaso were shot dead instantly while several others sustained injury.

Speaking to one of the victim, Magai Tsokwa whose house and property were set ablaze, he said in tears thus: "We thought the crisis has finished. We all have returned back to our normal activities, but all of sudden, this happened. We are saddened and we call on the government to put an end to this lingering crisis", he said.

When Contacted for comment, the chairman of Wukari local government area, Adi Daniel Grace, confirmed the attack and said the security on ground are working towards apprehending culprit. NNL.