Category: Security / Safety

Driver Jailed 12 Years For Killing LASTMA Officer
July 5, 2024 No Responses

Driver Jailed 12 Years For Killing LASTMA Officer

The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Thursday convicted and sentenced a commercial bus driver, Elijah Shokoya, to 12 years imprisonment for killing an officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA). Justice Oyindamola Ogala jailed Shokoya after...
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Customs Impounds Firearms, Drones At Lagos Airport
July 4, 2024 No Responses

Customs Impounds Firearms, Drones At Lagos Airport

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized assorted arms, drones, and military accoutrements worth ₦1.5bn exported from Turkey to Lagos State. Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this in Lagos on Wednesday at the Murtala Muhammed Are...
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Bill To Repeal NIMC Act Passes Second Reading
July 3, 2024 No Responses

Bill To Repeal NIMC Act Passes Second Reading

A bill to repeal the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Act 2007 has passed the second reading in the Senate. The bill provides for the establishment of a National Identity Database, and the NIMC is charged with the responsibilities for...
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Customs Impounds N4b Arms Shipment
July 2, 2024 No Responses

Customs Impounds N4b Arms Shipment

The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted a shipment of assorted arms and ammunition originating from Turkey and estimated to be worth about ₦4bn. The Controller General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, on Monday, revealed that the 40-feet container with regist...
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EFCC Arrests Ex-Union Bank Staff Over Alleged Fraud
June 23, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Arrests Ex-Union Bank Staff Over Alleged Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested two former employees of Union Bank for allegedly stealing N4.1 million from the account of a deceased customer.The suspects, Idah Ogoh and Agbo Okwute, were apprehended in Makurdi on June 14,...
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Gunmen Abduct Catholic Priest In Zamfara
June 23, 2024 No Responses

Gunmen Abduct Catholic Priest In Zamfara

Gunmen have kidnapped the parish priest of St. Raymond Catholic Church Damba, Gusau, Zamfara State, Rev. Fr. Mikah Suleiman. The spokesperson of Zamfara State Police Command, Yazid Abubakar explained that the priest was kidnapped around 3 am on Saturday at...
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NDLEA Impounds N4.7b Cocaine
June 17, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Impounds N4.7b Cocaine

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has clampdown on a cartel controlled by alleged drug baron and his sister, seizing cocaine and methamphetamine worth over N4.1 billion. In a statement issued on Sunday by the Director of Media and...
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EFCC, FBI Strengthen Partnership
June 14, 2024 No Responses

EFCC, FBI Strengthen Partnership

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)on Friday, June 14, 2024 brokered a renewed strategic alliance towards tackling the menace of internet crimes and other waves of emerging and old crimes that are of...
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NDLEA Intercepts 176,000 Codeine Shipment From India
June 10, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts 176,000 Codeine Shipment From India

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted another consignment of 175,000 bottles of opioid imported from India. The is coming barely a week after seizing a shipment of codeine-based syrup at the Port Harcourt Ports co...
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IGP APPOINTS FIRST FEMALE FORCE SECRETARY
June 5, 2024 No Responses

IGP APPOINTS FIRST FEMALE FORCE SECRETARY

In furtherance of the vision to ensure gender inclusivity and equality in all aspects of appointments and operations within the Nigeria Police Force, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has appointed Assistant Inspector General of Poli...
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Obaseki Bans Okaigheles Over Alleged Cultism
June 3, 2024 No Responses

Obaseki Bans Okaigheles Over Alleged Cultism

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has banned the activities of Okaigheles (Youth Leader) in Edo South Senatorial District of the State, as part of a renewed effort to tackle cultism in the State.Obaseki disclosed this while speaking with...
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FRSC Produces 3.56m Number Plates
May 30, 2024 No Responses

FRSC Produces 3.56m Number Plates

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) produced a total of 3,563,759 number plates for motor vehicles and motorcycles between 2020 and 2022.   According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), FRSC produced number plates for motor vehicles tot...
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Tinubu Appoints New FRSC Corps Marshal
May 22, 2024 No Responses

Tinubu Appoints New FRSC Corps Marshal

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of ACM Shehu Mohammed as the Corp Marshal and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC).This was contained in a letter of appointment signed by the Secretary to the...
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Dana Air: NSIB Report Reveals Landing Gear Failure
May 19, 2024 No Responses

Dana Air: NSIB Report Reveals Landing Gear Failure

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), on Saturday, released a preliminary report on the incident involving an aircraft belonging to Dana Air at the Lagos Murtala Mohammed Airport on April 23, 2023. The preliminary report linked the incident to ...
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