HARD TIMES AWAIT ILLEGAL MINERS AS OLUKOYEDE BAGS MINILS’ FELLOWSHIP AWARD. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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 Hard Times Await  Illegal Miners as Olukoyede Bags MINILS’  Fellowship Award The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has vowed to intensify his crackdown on illegal mining by going after the financiers, mineral buyers, compromised public officials and other collaborators who profit from the illicit exploitation of Nigeria’s mineral resources. Olukoyede made this disclosure in Ilorin,  Kwara State on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, while delivering a Keynote address at a joint conference on Illegal Mining, Corruption and Climate Implications organised by the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies MINILS, Ilorin, in partnership with the Human and Environmental Development Agenda, HEDA.  Beyond the address, the EFCC’s boss was honoured with the Fellowship of the Institute Speaking on the theme, “Uprooting the Roots of Resource Theft: A Zero-Tolerance Approach to Mining Corruption and Increasing Inse...

ROUTINE PATROL YIELDS RESULT AS POLICE RECOVER FABRICATED BERETTA PISTOL, LIVE AMMUNITION FROM SUSPECTED MOTORCYCLE SNATCHERS IN NNEWI. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 ROUTINE PATROL YIELDS RESULT AS POLICE RECOVER FABRICATED BERETTA PISTOL, LIVE AMMUNITION FROM SUSPECTED MOTORCYCLE SNATCHERS IN NNEWI


The Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command attached to Nnewi Central Police Station, while on routine patrol in the morning of 3rd September, 2026, recovered a fabricated Beretta pistol and one live round of ammunition along Ukpor Road, Umudim, Nnewi, Nnewi South Local Government Area.


The operatives had sighted two suspected motorcycle snatchers riding on a motorcycle and immediately gave them a hot chase. In the course of the pursuit, the suspects abandoned a bag which fell from them while attempting to escape. A search conducted on the bag led to the recovery of the exhibits.


Efforts are currently ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspects and bring them to justice.


The Command reassures Ndi Anambra of its unwavering commitment to crime prevention and the fight against all forms of criminality in the State.


SP Ikenga Tochukwu

Police Public Relations Officer,

Anambra State Police Command, Awka.


3rd September, 2026

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