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       Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday urged security agencies to take practical steps to be ahead of criminal elements and as well build on the successes recorded so far in making the State the safest in Africa. Speaking at the 12th Town Hall Meeting on Security organised by the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Governor Ambode said though the security agencies deserved commendations for their efforts in securing the State, but that more strategies and policies have to be adopted to outsmart hoodlums especially during the yuletide season as well as the electioneering period now that the country is approaching the general elections in 2019. He said in the last few years, a lot of investment had been made in securing the State which had paid off, but that more investments needed to be made to further enhance the security architecture of the State. According to him, “Has our investment paid off, I would say yes it has. Have we ...

     CONDOLENCE VISIT TO MRS II SAKABA.   A 6 Div Deligation led by Brig Gen SI Igbinomwanhia COS HQ 6 Div to the widow of our fallen hero Late Lt Col II Sakaba today 28 Nov 18 on behalf of the GOC 6 Div/LCC JTF OPDS Maj Gen J Sarham. Present at the event are the rep of the NAOWA President 6 Div Chapter, NAOWA members, NASWA members, Comd 46 EB- Brig Gen JD Omali, CDOS- Brig Gen AM Kanoma, DDAPR- Col A Iliyasu, Comd 6 Prov G- Col AD Abubakar, DCOS G1- Col MG Hammawa, Chaplain (RC and Prot) and reps of Imam and 6 MIB.More photos below.

      Theme: Activating Diaspora Investments for a Diversified Economy held at the State house Conference Centre, Abuja.More details later and more photos below.

      A five-man panel of the Court of Appeal sitting in Sokoto and presided over by Justice Hannatu Sankey has sentenced the Chairman of the Zamfara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Murtala Adamu Jengebe to a cumulative jail term of 41 years. Jengebe was convicted by the court after the appellate court found him guilty on the seven out of the 10 counts for which he was earlier acquitted at the Federal High Court, Gusau, Zam fara State. In the lead judgment of the Court read by Justice Habeeb Abiru, the earlier acquittal of the embattled Chairman by a Federal High Court in Gusau was set aside. The appalate court held that the prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt seven out of the ten counts of the money laundering charge brought against him by the EFCC. He was consequently sentenced to five years imprisonment on each of four of the counts and seven years each on three other counts respectively. However, the Court ordered that the sente...

     President Buhari in Maiduguri Borno State to declare Open Chief of Army Staff  {COAS} Conference, Address Troops and Visits Wounded Soldiers on 28th Nov 2018.More details later and more photos below.

      President Muhammadu Buhari, in his capacity as Chairman of the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), has convened a consultation of Heads of State and Government of the LCBC scheduled to take place in N’Djamena, Chad, on November 29, 2018. The one-day meeting will review the security situation in the areas affected by Boko Haram insurgency and adopt measures to enhance the capacity of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) to meet the challenges of securing the areas. The presidents of the LCBC member countries of Chad, Cameroon, Niger, and the Central African Republic have been invited to attend the meeting. The President of Benin Republic, a troops-contributing country, has also been invited to attend. The MNJTF and the national operations of the affected countries have appreciably degraded the capacity of Boko Haram terrorists, although the insurgents still retain the capacity to attack isolated targets...

       Date: 28th November, 2018 PRESS RELEASE DISPERSAL OF UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY AND UNRULY PROTESTERS ARREST OF DEJI ADEYANJU, DANIEL ABOBAMA AND BOMA WILLIAMS FOR CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY, JOINT ACT, DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER, PUBLIC NUISANCE, DISOBEDIENCE TO ORDER DULY PROMULGATED BY PUBLIC SERVANT, DISTURBANCE OF PUBLIC PEACE, INCITING PUBLIC DISTURBANCE, THREAT TO PUBLIC SECURITY AND SAFETY, CRIMINAL DEFAMATORY AND DEROGATORY CONDUCT AGAINST CONSTITUENT AUTHORITY AND BREACH OF LAW AND ORDER The Nigeria Police Force is not unaware of the rights of every Nigerian to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, and freedom of movement as essentials of Democracy provided for by the 1999 constitution, Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended particularly sections 38, 39, 40 and 41. However, these rights must be observed with decorum, in good faith and without violating the rights of other millions of Nigerians to free movement and access to safety a...

      According to a facebook user,who posted all this photos today with the caption '' This female Ekwensu kidnapped this little baby ,and tied her inside a cement bag for some days now getting to a week in Ozuoba axis.. How the baby survived is still a miracle.. Luck ran out of her this afternoon as she was caught and she later confessed to the crime..Parents, neighbours, guardians, Be extremely vigilant this season and beyond. Pay attention to details.. Thank God for the rescue''.More photos below.