...hijacks, diverts two containers as "Presidential Policing Marshals" By Okosun Dennis   The knack for impersonation has been taken to a higher pedestal as Lagos State Police Command on Monday paraded some suspects for impersonation and who claimed to be "Presidential Policing Marshals" attached to the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA). Hiding under the guise of Importers Association of Nigeria (IMAN) Special Taskforce, claimed to be part of "anti-corruption campaign on multiple taxation and other crimes" and thereby hijacked two containers and diverted them at Apapa, knowing full...

By Odimmegwa Johnpeter, Abuja    The Defence Headquarters has warned individuals and groups to desist from disparaging the enviable reputation of the Nigerian Military by dragging it into its petty issues to gain Political Mileage. This was contained in a statement signed by Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, Acting Director, Defence Media Operations. The DHQ warning was in reaction to a trending video clip on the social media, and some other media reports, alleging that some Nigerian Military personnel were on a spy mission to the residence of one Sunday Adeyemo otherwise known as...

By Odimmegwa Johnpeter, Abuja    The Honourable Minister, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs (MNDA), Sen. Godswill Akpabio has stated the readiness of the Federal Government to collaborate the French Government in the production of Virology Centres which will address and tackle the spread of infectious diseases in the Niger Delta Region. This was contained in a statement by Deworitshe Patricia, Director, Press & Public Relations. Akpabio made this known when the French Ambassador to Nigeria, Jerome Pasquier paid him a courtesy call recently in his office, Abuja. According to the...

The Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has jailed Precious Bala Musa and Jeffson Arinze before Justice P. Mallong for cybercrime-related offences. The conviction was secured by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna Zonal Office in Kaduna. Precious Bala Musa was arraigned March 11, 2021 on a three-count charge that borders on internet fraud. The defendant, was arrested in Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State following information which linked him to series of fraudulent activities that border on false representation, identity theft and obtaining by deception. He...

By Okosun Dennis   The Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has rescued some passengers from a drunk driver who was spotted driving so recklessly in such a manner that could lead to road traffic crashes. Confirming the arrest of the driver, the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, said in a statement that the drunk driver was arrested in Kyakyama, Ogere, Ogun State about 1335HRS when the Sector Commander received a distress call from a passenger who noticed the dangerous way the driver of...

By Okosun Dennis   Three different attempts by some defiant traffickers to export hard drugs out of the country were thwarted by the officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos; Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano. In all the foiled attempts, 200 kilogrammes of the illicit substances seized from them. Confirming the arrest, the Director Media and Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi said in Abuja on Sunday that at the Lagos airport, a...

...arrests two robbery suspects with pistol By Okosun Dennis   A distressed call from the Security Department of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, has led to Police operatives attached to Ikeja Division of the Lagos State Police Command, recovery a lifeless body of a day old baby. The baby discovered on March 20, 2021 was said to be lying beside Ayinke Hospital by Airport Road, Ikeja. The police, having discovered the corpse of the baby, contacted the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit that evacuated the corpse. The baby...

By Odimmegwa Johnpeter, Abuja   The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has assured the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, of the readiness of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to rid Kaduna State and the Nation of banditry and all other forms of criminality, working in synergy with sister Services and other security agencies. He made this commitment when he paid a courtesy call on the Governor, today, 17 March 2021, at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna. This was contained in a statement by Air...

By Odimmegwa Johnpeter, Abuja   The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE, has reaffirmed the agency’s commitment in creation of a viable innovative ecosystem in order to move the country forward through sustainable technology innovation and export driven digital economy. This was contained in a report by Aliyu Bichi. Mallam Kashifu made this known, Thursday, when he received the Executive Director/CEO of Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Mr Olusegun Awolowo at the Agency’s National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Wuye, Abuja. While...

By Odimmegwa Johnpeter, Abuja   The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor has appealed for the support and trust of the legislative arm of government towards the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) and the security agencies in their task of defending the nation against adversaries. This was contained in a statement by Brigadier General, Onyema Nwachukwu, Acting Director Defence Information. The CDS made the appeal today when the House Committee on Defence paid an oversight visit to the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), in Abuja. In his remarks, Gen Irabor...