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January 6, 2023 No Responses

NCS Loses Four Personnel To Smugglers

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, said it lost four of its officers to smugglers in 2022. The acting Controller of the unit, Deputy Comptroller Hussein Ejibunu, disclosed this on Thursday in Lagos. Ejibunu explained said that...

July 27, 2022 No Responses

Court Remands Man For Allegedly Stealing N11.27m From Fidelity Bank

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday remanded a 32-year-old man, Sedeliu Iziomo, in a correctional facility for allegedly stealing N11.27 million from Fidelity Bank Plc. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Iziomo is charged with a two-cou...

June 22, 2022 No Responses

FG To Prosecute Food Vendors Using Transformer Oil

The Federal Government is making plans to prosecute users of PolyChlorinated Biphenyl (PCBs), popularly known as transformer oil, in frying “akara” (bean cake), plantain chips, chicken and other food items. Prof. Babajide Alloy, a Consultant to the F...

March 7, 2022 No Responses

VIO Prosecutes 1,678 Road Traffic Offenders

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) prosecuted 1,678 persons for various road traffic offences in 2021. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, Mr Wadata Bodinga, Director, DRTS explain...

June 17, 2021 No Responses

Ex-Bank PHB MD Jailed For N25.7b Fraud, Wife Acquitted

An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday night sentenced Francis Atuche, a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank), to six years’ imprisonment for defrauding the bank of N25.7 billion. In a 12-hour judgment, Justice Lateefa Okunnu....

May 30, 2021 No Responses

FRSC Prosecutes 2,362 Traffic Offenders

Between April 2 and May 4, 2021, the Kaduna State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) prosecuted not less than 2,362 traffic offenders Its Sector Commander, Mr Hafiz Mohammed, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna....

November 27, 2020 No Responses

NPA Releases Attack Video As Injured Policeman Dies

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has revealed plans to prosecute hoodlums behind the attack on its Corporate Headquarters, located at 26/28 Marina Road and the Tincan Island P...

October 25, 2020 No Responses

#EndSARS: Lagos To Prosecute 229 Suspects For Arson, Murder, Others

The Lagos State Ministry of Justice is to prosecute 229 suspects arrested by the police for allegedly using the #EndSARS protest to destroy and loot public and private properties in the state. A statement issued on Saturday by the Ministry’s...

June 22, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Begins Prosecution Of Pirates Under New Law This Week

As part of measures to rid waterways of criminalities and reassure the global community that it is getting on top of the security issues in its maritime domain, Nigeria will this week commence the prosecution of suspected pirates under the...

January 8, 2020 No Responses

SON To Prosecute Importers, Manufacturers, Distributors Of Substandard LPG Cylinders

The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) says it will prosecute importers, manufacturers and distributors of substandard Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders and other products as provided by law. The Director General (DG) SON, Osita Aboloma gave the warn...