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Kidnapped Rivers NTA Reporter Regains Freedom

15Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Crime, Law Enforcement, News, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Safety, Security

Kidnapped Rivers NTA Reporter Regains Freedom

The Rivers State Police Command has announced the release of Mrs. Chidiebere Onyia, who was kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Woji, Rivers State last Tuesday, by her kidnappers. Onyia, a nursing mother and an employee of the Nigeria Television Authority, Port Harcourt Zonal office, spent five days in captivity. The kidnappers had blocked her vehicle and taken her away, leaving her colleagues who were with her behind. Confirming the development, the spokesman for the state police command, Nnamdi Omoni, in a statement on Sunday, described Ovia’s release as a Valentine’s Day gift. According to Omoni, the kidnappers abandoned Ovia and fled on sighting the police. He attributed the development to the police, saying the intense pressure mounted by the police paid off eventually. T...

Lagos CP Condemns Molestation of Lekki Protesters, Orders Probe

14Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Lagos News, Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria, Press Statement, Safety, Security, Violence, Youths

Lagos CP Condemns Molestation of Lekki Protesters, Orders Probe

The Lagos State Police Command has condemned the inhumane act levelled against some individuals arrested during the protest at the Lekki tollgate area of the state on Saturday. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement on Sunday that the office-in-charge of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Panti, Yaba, DCP Adegoke Fayoade, had been ordered to analyse a trending video showing the arrested suspects being subjected to dehumanising conditions. He stated that the persons responsible for the act would be brought to book. Adejobi said, “The attention of the Lagos State Police Command has been drawn to a viral video where some arrested “Endsars protesters” were being molested in a bus by some individuals after their arrest....

FG Deploys Police, Others to Lekki Tollgate Ahead of Today’s Protests

13Feb

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Armed Forces, Human Rights, Justice, Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security

FG Deploys Police, Others to Lekki Tollgate Ahead of Today’s Protests

The Federal Government has deployed policemen and over 150 operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, to preempt the breakdown of law and order and possibly forestall the protest tagged #OccupyLekkiProtest at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos on Saturday (today). This comes as some individuals under the auspices of #DefendLagos have also promised to organise a counter-march against the #OccupyLekkiProtest demonstrators. Earlier, the Federal Government and the police had warned youths who planned to protest at the Lekki tollgate on Saturday to have a rethink and shelve the protests. However, the protesters under the auspices of #EndSARS Season 2, vowed to remain steadfast. According to them, the planned protest was necessitated by the decision of the Lagos Stat...

Police Calls on Lagosians to Ignore Calls for Fresh Protest at Lekki Toll Gate

11Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Human Rights, Lagos News, Law Enforcement, Nigeria, Press Statement, Youths

Police Calls on Lagosians to Ignore Calls for Fresh Protest at Lekki Toll Gate

Lagos state government and the Police on Thursday urged the people of state to shun calls for fresh protest slated for tomorrow at the Lekki Toll Gate. They said the fact that two groups scheduled protests for Lekki Toll Gate would cause confrontation, pandemonium, public disorder and wanton destruction of property. The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Hakeem Odumosu and Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso made the appeal at a press conference addressed at Bagauda Kalto Centre, Alausa, Ikeja Two groups, “Occupy Lagos Lekki Toll Gate” and “We Rebuild Lagos” had scheduled protest for Saturday at the toll gate over return of the facility to its owner, Lekki Concession Compan...

Clearing Agents Arrested as NDLEA Intercepts N32bn Worth of Cocaine at Lagos Port

10Feb

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria

Clearing Agents Arrested as NDLEA Intercepts N32bn Worth of Cocaine at Lagos Port

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has recovered N32bn worth of cocaine at the Tincan Port in Lagos State. The cocaine was discovered in a consignment which arrived Nigeria from Brazil on board a vessel marked MV SPAR SCORPIO was placed on surveillance for some days before two clearing agents showed up on Monday to clear it. Speaking on the development, Sumaila Ethan, the commander of Tincan Port Command of the NDLEA, said the clearing agents were arrested, while the consignment was searched and the substance weighing 43.11kg was found in it. Ethan said, “After a thorough search, we discovered 40 compressed parcels, which after laboratory investigations, tested positive for cocaine. The two clearing agents have been taken into custody, while we continue...

NDLEA Seizes Cocaine Worth N28bn From Hair Stylist, Others at Lagos Airport

31Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Aviation, Crime, Drug Abuse, Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria, Transportation

NDLEA Seizes Cocaine Worth N28bn From Hair Stylist, Others at Lagos Airport

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, recovered cocaine worth N21bn from a hairstylist, identified as Jennifer Onyejegbu at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Reports say the operatives also discovered another drug confirmed to be cocaine worth N7bn in luggage abandoned at the E-arrival hall of the airport after the inward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian airline. It was gathered that information on the luggage tag suggest it arrived in Nigeria from Sao Paulo, Brazil, a destination classified as a high-risk country going by records and trends of arrest and seizures. The agency arrested four persons; Abubakar Aliyu, Ikechukwu Eze, Emmanuel Aniebonam and Onwurah Kelvin in connection with the drug. The two seizures were reportedly made ...

Stop Giving “Juju” to Cult Members, Police Ask Traditionalists

28Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria, Security

Stop Giving “Juju” to Cult Members, Police Ask Traditionalists

Hakeem Odumosu, the Lagos State Commissioner of police has cautioned traditionalists operating in the Ikorodu Local Government Area of the state to desist from strengthening cultists and criminals in the area with local charms, otherwise called juju in the country. This was contained in his speech during the 2021 Ikorodu Town Hall meeting on security on Wednesday. The commissioner said the state had enjoyed appreciable peace except in some areas like Ikorodu with a high rate of vices such as cultism, gangsterism, traffic robbery, ritual killings, amongst others. According to Odumosu, 242 armed robbers and cult members were arrested in the local government area within the last six months while 28 arms and 120 ammunition were recovered. He added that 192 cultism cases and 18 murd...

Buhari Criminalizes Non-use of Face Masks Among Other Regulations

28Jan

By Obiajulu Joel Nwolu1 Comment

Covid-19, Judiciary, Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria

Buhari Criminalizes Non-use of Face Masks Among Other Regulations

President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the Coronavirus Disease Health Protection 2021 which made the use of face masks in public places compulsory among other measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country. Boss Mustapha, the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force, PTF, on Wednesday told reporters in Abuja that the president accented to the document on Tuesday. The PTF boss who doubles as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, noted that the President exercised the powers conferred on him by Section 4 of the Quarantine Act, Cap. Q2, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2010 by signing the document. As part of the law, the first part which deals with restrictions on gatherings stipulates that at all gatherings, a physical distance of at least two metres shall ...

Anambra Police Parade Two Teenagers, 12 Others for Illegal Revenue Collection, Armed Robbery

21Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security

Anambra Police Parade Two Teenagers, 12 Others for Illegal Revenue Collection, Armed Robbery

The Anambra State Police Command has paraded fourteen males suspects who are engaged in illegal revenue collection and armed robbery in different parts of Onitsha. The suspects who were paraded at the Police Area Command Headquarters, Onitsha, were arrested in separate raids by the command's patrol team. Among the fourteen suspects were two teenagers, who were arrested separately at Nkpor Junction and Awada Obosi while robbing people of their belongings with a make-shift gun at night. Twelve other suspects were apprehended at Upper Iweka axis and Owerri Road where they are collecting unauthorized revenues from traders and vehicle owners. The arrest of the illegal revenue collectors, according to the Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Haruna Muhammed, who spoke on...

Court Remands Teenager Who Set Boyfriend Ablaze in Benue

20Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, Judiciary, Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria

Court Remands Teenager Who Set Boyfriend Ablaze in Benue

The police on Tuesday, arraigned the 17-year-old girl, identified as Esther Alex, who allegedly set her lover ablaze before the Magistrates’ Court 8. The court is located at North Bank, Markurdi. It was gathered through the First Information Report, FIR, that nee Esther Alex of No. 1 Zaki Biam Street, Wadata, Makurdi, went to the house of Mr Chidimma Omah, 28, at No 17 Yandev Street, Makurdi, and poured petrol on the house, while he was asleep, and set it ablaze. The FIR titled: ‘Mischief by fire and culpable homicide’, said, “As a result, the room was engulfed in fire, which burnt down the entire property, whose value is not yet known, together with Mr Chidimma Omah, who sustained grave burns and subsequently died while receiving treatment at the hospital.” According to Inspe...