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  122 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria ; Kaduna-37 Lagos-29 Plateau-25 Ekiti-9 Rivers-5 Ogun-5 Edo-4 Kwara-4 Bayelsa-2 Bauchi-1 Kano-1 67,960 confirmed 63,839 discharged 1,177 deaths Our discharges today include 371 community recoveries in Lagos State managed in line with guidelines. A breakdown of cases by state can be found via http://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng

  The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of four oil thieves and a vessel, MV Tim Begele, before Justice A.M. Liman of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. The convicts, Ukwuoma Ahamefula, Omeogor Nelson, Efemuaya Evans and Jude Eghreriniovo, were arrested sometime in December 2019 on board a vessel, MV Tim Begele, by the Nigerian Navy and subsequently handed over to the EFCC for further investigation and prosecution. They were, however, arraigned alongside the vessel on March 4,2020 on a three-count charge bordering on illegal dealing in 369 metric tons of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) without appropriate license, to which they initially pleaded not guilty. One of the counts reads: “ That you, MV Tim Begele, Ukwuoma Ahamefula, Omeogor Nelson, Efemuaya Evans, Jude Eghreriniovo and others now at large on the 3rd of December, 2019, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, conspired among y...

  At the 4th Edition of Prestige Excellence Award & Lecture which attracted great personalities and celebrities gracing the occasion like before for four years now. Celebrities, media icons, politicians, security experts, legal icons, NGOs, business tycoons and other corporate entities were honoured with awards based on their outstanding performance in their fields, contributions to humanity with other germane reasons. The organiser, Mr. Wale Abiodun, the CEO of Timmary Communications who is the publisher of Prestige Int'l Magazine and Prestige Online as earlier promised that it would be mind-blowing event as usual despite the aftermath of Covid-19 and ENDSARS protest which had caused set back in economy and human activities and it was really mind-blowing. The award event took place at Presken Hotels off Balogun, Ikeja, Lagos on the 29th of November, 2020 at 2pm. Special Guests of Honour are His Excellency, Bello Muhammed Matawalle, the Excutive Govenor of Zamfara State and Dr....

  The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has pledged the readiness of the Green Chamber to address some of the challenges faced by magistrates across the country. The Speaker said a situation where magistrates have poor working conditions would not augur well for the judiciary, considering the enormous task before them. "Based on what you said, something clinical has to be done. I wonder why the situation is like this. We know your work. We know how much you put in this profession. "I'm just surprised at your condition of work. Obviously, something needs to be done," Gbajabiamila told a team from the Magistrates Association of Nigeria who paid him a visit on Wednesday. The Speaker said the House would have to unravel the reason why magistrates are not referred to as judicial officers in Section 318 of the constitution, as brought to his attention by the association. "We just started the amendment (of the constitution). We'll look ...

  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has presented a N448,660,773,476 billion Budget, for 2021 fiscal year to the state's House of Assembly for consideration and approval. The proposed 2021 budget christened, “Budget of Recovery and Consolidation”, is made up of N305, 894, 284.061 for Capital Expenditure, while N142,776,489,415 is earmarked as Recurrent Expenditure. Governor Wike, while presenting the Budget to lawmakers at the State House of Assembly in Port Harcourt on Wednesday said the N448,660,773,476 budget for 2021 fiscal year represents more than 20% increase over the 2020 Revised Budget of N300billion. He said the capital expenditure, representing 68.18% of the total budget size, constituted as follows: Administrative sector N 87, 790,330,011.37; Economic sector N 105,077,364,248,.81; Law and Justice N1,742,996,000.00; Social sector - N 132, 656,033,322.35 and Deductions/Loan repayments N38,000,000,000.00. The governor explained that the capital budge...

  The trial of former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, before Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, could not hold on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, and for the third consecutive time due to his absence in court. Fani-Kayode is facing a five-count charge of money laundering to the tune of N26million, preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. At today’s trial, prosecution counsel, M.S. Abubakar, expressed displeasure at the defendant’s recurring absence in court, noting that the unnecessary delays which such has caused in the trial defeat the spirit of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act of 2016 (ACJ), which is for speedy administration of justice in the country. He therefore applied for a bench warrant against Fani-Kayode. “My lord, on January 22, 2019, the defendant was neither in court, nor was he represented. But the court gave him a benefit of the doubt, which he abused. Again, on October 21, 2020, the defendant was als...

The attention of @PoliceNG has been drawn to comments in the social media erroneously suggesting that the photos of the suspects shared on the Police handles on 1st December, 2020 were falsified. The Force wishes to state categorically that there was absolutely no misrepresentation or any intention whatsoever to deceive members of the public. To set the record straight, in the case involving one Talatu Ibrahim, female, 40years old from Shinkafi LGA, Zamfara State from whom six (6) AK49 rifles were recovered and one other, Duleji Alhaji Abubakar a.k.a Ori jeje who gets arms supply from her to carry out series of kidnapping and armed robbery in Kwara State, the pictures are authentic and true representation of the suspects and exhibits. However, the pictures were taken separately and merged into one screen for seamless understanding of the story line. The arms showcased in the picture were the exhibits recovered by Police operatives from the suspects. Similarly, with respect to the pho...