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      In reply please quote   Ref No. CZ.5300/FPRD/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.2/4 Date: 6th February, 2019 The Director of News   PRESS RELEASE Following the decoration of newly promoted Assistant Inspectors General of Police and Commissioners of Police at the Force Headquarters, today, 6th February, 2019, the Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has ordered the posting and redeployment of the following Senior Police Officers to Zones, Formations and Commands as follows: i. AIG Wilson A. Inalegwu – AIG Zone 9, Umuahia ii. AIG Abdul Dahiru Danwawo - AIG Maritime iii. AIG Adeyemi O. Ogunjemilusi, mni – Directing Staff NIPPS iv. AIG Maurice A. Yusuf – AIG Research and Planning v. AIG Ibrahim Lamorde, mni – AIG Force Intelligence Bureau vi. AIG Murtala Mani, mni – AIG FORCE CID vii. AIG Tijani Baba – AIG Zone 7, Abuja viii. AIG Dibal Yakadi, mni – AIG Zone 5, Benin ix. AIG Haruna Huzi Mshelia, mni – AIG Zone 3, Yola x. AIG Mohammed Mustapha – AIG Zone 10, Sokoto

       The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Office has secured the conviction of a businessman, Nicholas Emenike for advance fee fraud. Emenike was on March 27, 2017 arraigned along with his company, Raso Construction Company Limited, at an Enugu State High Court, on a two-count charge of obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N4,467,500. His ordeal began in 2015 when he was reported to the EFCC by a complainant who alleged that Emenike deceived him into supply rods for the execution of a multi-million naira building contract he claimed to have won. After supplying the rods, Emenike issued a post-dated cheque, which was returned unpaid. Investigation by the EFCC, however, revealed that Emenike was never awarded any contract, as there was no document to support his claim. It was further established that he sold the rods and diverted the proceeds to his personal use. He had pleaded “not guilty” to the charges. The prosecution team led by

      The trial-within-trial of Victor Briggs, who is standing trial along with Jide Omokore, Chairman of Atlantic Energy Brass Development, for an alleged $1.6 billion oil fraud, continued on February 6, 2019 before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of a Federal High Court, Abuja, with a prosecution witness testifying that he gave his statements voluntarily. Briggs, a former managing director of Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, had earlier claimed that the statements he gave under interrogation by the EFCC, which were to be tendered in evidence against him, were not made voluntarily, but “under duress”. An operative of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, while being led in evidence by prosecuting counsel, O.A. Atolagbe, told the court that the statements made by Briggs, were made voluntarily, and that he was not forced to make them. Bawa, who is currently the Head of the EFCC’s Port Harcourt Zonal Office, told the court that he has been with the anti-graft agency for 14 years, and th

      The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall visited The Supreme Court to commemorate its 10th anniversary yesterday. The Supreme Court in London is the final court of appeal in the UK for civil cases, and for criminal cases from England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It hears cases of the greatest public or constitutional importance affecting the whole population. During their visit, Their Royal Highnesses met all Justices of Court and members of staff. The Queen officially opened the court in 2009.More photos below.

       Lagos State Traditional Medicine Board, LSTMB, has commenced six weeks training for traditional practitioners who comprise of Faith Healers, Traditional Birth Attendants, Herbal Practitioners and Traditional Bone Setters. The training was organised to regulate and regularise the operations of these critical stakeholders in the provision of quality healthcare delivery. At the end of the training programme, participants would be issued certificates and licenses granting them the authority to practice traditional medicine in Lagos State. Some of the topics expected to be covered during the six-week training programme include Health Statistics, Basic Anatomy And Physiology, Botany, Traditional Medicine, Herbal Medicine, Primary Health Care, Blood and Sexually-Transmitted Diseases among others. Recall that LSTMB was established in 1980 by the administration of Alhaji Lateef Jakande, former Governor of Lagos State, to regulate the codes of conduct and practice of traditi

      The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Opeyemi Oke has urged individuals and corporate bodies to partner with the Lagos State Judiciary on actualising the bondsman scheme in order to make bail more accessible to defendants standing trial in courts. She urged stakeholders to make the necessary applications to join the scheme, emphasising that it has been proven in other jurisdictions that the  professional bail bondsman brings important benefits to the society. Speaking at a stakeholders’ summit with the theme: “Actualising The Law on the Bondsmen and Recovery of Recognisance in Lagos State”, Oke lamented that no individual or corporate body has applied to be a licensed bondsman and bonds company more than eight years after the Bondsmen Regulation of 2011 came into force in line with Section 138 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL). She said the introduction of the bondsmen into the criminal justice administration of the State was to make bail more access

    Disclaimer   Our attention has been drawn to the exploitation of unsuspecting members of the public by some Entrepreneurship Development Institutions (EDIs),purporting to be Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)-accredited EDIs for our AgriBusiness Small and Medium Enterprises Investment Scheme (AGSMEIS).These unaccredited bodies have continued to defraud and exploit members of the public by advertising for courses and charging training fees ranging on the pretext that the training is endorsed by the CBN and therefore would guarantee easy access to AGSMEIS loans. For the avoidance of doubt, the CBN has neither appointed nor accredited any organization to conduct any training on its behalf for the purpose of applying for AGSMEIS loans. The Public is therefore advised to beware of the activities of these nonaccredited private and public organisations, and report anyone or group that approaches them for these illegal and unauthorized trainings, to the law enforcement agencies. The Publi

      February 6, 2019 Press Conference El-Rufai’s Body Bag Comment/Police Deployment to Kwara: PDP Threatens To Pull Out of Peace Accord The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), after due consideration of comments, threats and incendiary actions by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Buhari Presidency, which are directly inimical to a peaceful, free and fair election, the PDP is left with no option than to consider a review of its signatory in the national peace accord, if no action is immediately taken to curb this trend. Nigerians are still in a shock over comments by the Governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, who declared on a national television that members of the global democratic institutions that are working for a peaceful election in Nigeria will return to their countries in body bags. What a threat? We call on the international community to immediately impose a travel ban on el-Rufai for this inciting comment against peaceful elections in our country.