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POLICE PARADES 14 CRIMINAL SUSPECTS IN KWARA  Kwara state Police Command has arrested fourteen suspects over alleged criminal conspiracy,armed robbery,Cultism,and Culpable homicide. Parading the suspect at the Police headquarters Ilorin, the state Commisssioner of police , Victor Olaiya said arms and other dangerous weapons were also recovered from the suspects. According to him, one Opadiran Yetunde of Egbejila area of Ilorin reported that about four men invaded her residence and carted aways valuables worth millions of naira. He said on investigations into the case led to the recovery of her vehicle in Lagos from one Abdulsalam Nurudeen Saka and Segun. Mr Olaiya said during interrogation the suspects mentioned three other accomplices who are  at large. He noted that on 15th of October this year the three suspects were arrested at a police check point on Eiyenkorin/Ogbomoso highway while on transit in a commercial vehicle from Ibadan. The commissioner said in a similar case a...

PRESS RELEASE IGP APPROVES POSTING OF PPROs As Kaduna, Borno, Railway, FCID Annex Get New Spokespersons The Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, NPM, Ph.D., has granted approval for the posting of dedicated Police Public Relations Officers (PPROs) to some Commands and Formations within the Nigeria Police Force. These appointments are instrumental in enhancing communication, transparency, and community engagement in the affected duty areas. The newly appointed PPROs include DSP Chukwukadibia O. Omojola to PPRO Railway Command; ASP Mansir Hassanto PPRO Kaduna State Command; ASP Nahum Daso Kenneth to PPRO Borno State Command; and ASP Mayegun Aminat Oluwakemi to PPRO Force Criminal Investigations Annex, Lagos. These officers have been carefully selected based on their professional aptitude, communication skills, and commitment to fostering positive relations between the police and the public. They will play a pivotal role in building trust between the Nigeria Polic...

Marwa to NDLEA officers: Stand firm, resist temptations from drug cartels  . As 2,500 trainees file out in colourful passing out parade Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has charged newly trained 2,500 personnel of the Agency ready for deployment to stand firm and reject insidious temptations that will come their way from drug barons and cartels. Speaking at the passing out parade of the newly trained Narcotic Agents and Narcotic Assistants in Katsina on Thursday 19th October, Marwa reminded the new personnel that they can’t afford to compromise on their work because their efforts will directly impact the safety and well-being of their families, communities, and the country at large.  According to the NDLEA boss, “I believe that before you reported at the Academy, you must have read and heard about the good works of NDLEA officers. Today, the door is open for you to contribute your quota. ND...

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT TINUBU DIRECTS WITHDRAWAL OF FERMA CHAIRMANSHIP NOMINATION President Bola Tinubu has directed the withdrawal of the nomination of Engr. Imam Kashim Imam to serve as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA). The President's withdrawal of the above-mentioned nomination is directed with immediate effect. All other appointments to the Board and Executive Management team of FERMA are not affected by this directive. Chief Ajuri Ngelale Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) October 19, 2023

NNPP national chairman escapes assassination The national chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr Major Agbo, loyal to the founder, Dr Boniface Aniebonam, has escaped an assassination attempt in his office in Abuja. Addressing journalists in Abuja, Agbo said that he escaped the assassination attempt in the NNPP’s newly opened office, adding that the attempt was made on his life while he was in the office on Monday, 16th August 2023. Agbo said: “The most critical reason for this briefing today is to bring you to speed with an attempt made to assassinate me here in this office on Monday, 16th August 2023. “I walked in here at about 2.45 pm, and shortly after that, two men walked in, ignoring the protocol advice from the desk boys in the front office. “They walked in with weapons demanding to meet me; unknown to them, they were talking to me. It was evident that they never knew me physically, infact my saving grace was that I was not sitting on my chair. ] “Pointing a short g...

British woman sentenced to de@th for murd3ring husband over £2m A British woman, Ramandeep Kaur Mann has been sentenced to d£ath by hanging in India over the dèath of her husband. According to Mirror UK, Kaur Mann was sentenced by a court in India for the mur dèr of Sukhjeet Singh. The court in India heard how Kaur Mann had p0is0ned her family before slitt!ng her husband’s thr0at on September 2, 2016, in order to inherit £2 million from his life insurance.  

Woman remanded in Umuahia Correctional Centre for alleged s3xual exploitation of girls and child trafficking. A 56-year-old woman, Nma Lilian Achumba has been remanded in Nigeria Correctional Centre, Afara, Umuahia by a Magistrate Court sitting in Umuahia, for allegedly recruiting and abducting 21 young girls for sē xual exploitation and child tra fficking. The accused was charged with recruiting and abducting young girls and exploiting them se#ually in Umunkpeyi Nvosi, Isiala Ngwa South LGA and Olokoro, Umuahia South LGA of the State in June, 2023. But the 56-year-old woman, who used to run the Nma Charity and Rehabilitation Centre in Abia State, pleaded not guilty. In a short ruling after her plea, the trial Magistrate, Ngozi Lekwa, said that the offence is punishable under Section 13, Sub section 1, 2 and C of Trafficking in Persons Enforcement and Administration Act 2015 and Section 86 of the Criminal Code, as applicable in Abia State. She, however, said that the Magistrate Court l...