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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...

Gov Lalong Assents to N147bn 2021 Budget

25Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, Judiciary, Justice, Law Enforcement, Legislature, News, Nigeria, Security

Gov Lalong Assents to N147bn 2021 Budget

Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has signed the N147bn appropriation bill and the state anti-kidnapping bill into law. The House of Assembly in the state had raised the 2021 appropriation bill to over N147bn from the initial N133bn presented to it by Governor Lalong. The Governor’s Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Macham Makut said, the adjustment in the figure was done by the lawmakers to accommodate more interests before passing the bill which has now been signed into law by the governor, Punch reports. Makut said the governor while assenting to the 2021 bill consisting of N90.19 billion as recurrent and N57.34 billion as capital expenditures pointed out that the budget will focus on areas that will stimulate economic growth and recovery, particularly as the year beg...

Two Men Gang-Rape Teenager in Ogun, Threaten to Post Video

21Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria, Youths

Two Men Gang-Rape Teenager in Ogun, Threaten to Post Video

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two men, Damilare Oyeniyi and Emmanuel Okori, for allegedly gang-raping a 19-year-old teenager. The two suspects who were living in the same compound with the victim in the Sango Ota area of Ogun State have confessed to the crime. The Police said the victim reported the crime to the police despite threats by the perpetrators to post the video of the act on social media if reported to the police. According to a statement released by the police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the two men – Oyeniyi, 30, and Okori, 20 have been transferred the anti-human trafficking and child labour unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for onward investigation and prosecution. Oyeyemi, said, “The command on December 16 arrested...

Several Nigerians Don’t Trust the Police – Fayemi

20Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria, Security

Several Nigerians Don’t Trust the Police – Fayemi

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has advocated for a reform of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) that would build Nigerians’ trust in the force. This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday that quoted the governor to have said this during a stakeholders’ forum on community policing. Kayode in the statement titled, ‘Community Policing: Fayemi makes case for police reform, need to address trust issue’, expressed reserve that many several Nigerians no longer trust the police, noting that citizens do not see officers of the police as their friends. The governor bemoaned the non-implementation of a wide range of recommendations made at different conferences on how the Nigeria Police can be repositioned in the last 20 years. The Governor, who spoke through the State Attorney...