The Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) will soon be detached from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) so that it can become a full-fledged Department. The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, disclosed this in a memo he personally signed, and sighted by PRNigeria. He said after the FIB is excised from FCID, a Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) will be appointed as Head of the new Department. “This is expected to fully integrate intelligence-led policing strategy to the community policing initiative in addressing the threats that the dynamics of crime poses to the country,” said IGP. According to…
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The Military high command says the Nigerian troops have killed over 188 terrorists in the North East, 411 bandits in North West and Central and rescues 236 victims in various operations in 21 days. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, stated this while briefing newsmen on the operations of Armed Forces of Nigeria from May 6 to May 28 on Thursday in Abuja. Enenche said that the successes were results of joint operations by the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Air Force and other security agencies that had considerably degraded terrorism and criminality in the country. Under Operation…
Some parents in Lagos State have kicked against reopening of schools in view of the continued spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in interviews that it was important for the federal and state governments to continue to safeguard children from the pandemic. NAN reports that the Federal Government on Wednesday said that it was considering adopting morning and afternoon shifts of classes for reopening of schools. The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, made the disclosure in Abuja during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. A civil servant,…
Mr. Mohammed Adamu, the Inspector General of Police, has ordered the immediate posting/redeployment of some Commissioners of Police to new Commands and Formations. According to Force spokesperson, DCP Frank Mba, the Inspector General of Police charges the newly posted officers to ensure they consolidate and advance the gains of their predecessors particularly in the implementation of community-policing, crime prevention, public security, public safety and general crime fighting. He also enjoins the citizens of the affected states to cooperate with the Commissioners of Police to enable them succeed in their new areas of responsibilities. Find the posting below: Osun State …
The cleaning up exercise of the records of registered market operators, embarked upon by the Security and Exchange Commission, SEC, under the present leadership of its acting Director-General, Ms Mary Uduk, has led to the cancellation of registration of eighty four (84) inactive operators as well as giving 94 others a pre-notice of cancellation of their registration. Similarly, the SEC has revealed that with over 70% of its ten year plan (2015-2025) initiatives already started, the plan has the potential to facilitate the implementation of the Nation’s economic agenda. These were revealed in a document obtained on Thursday in Abuja detailing the…
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), will on Friday, May 29 speak with Funmi Iyanda on Public Eye on Instagram. The theme for the week is COVID-19, Creative Industry and Nigeria’s Infrastructure. Mr. Fashola, a former governor of Lagos State will speak on effects of the global pandemic and its effects on infrastructural development in Nigeria. Ms. Iyanda will also speak with Chairman of the Federal Government Creative Industry Advisory Committee on COVID-19, Ali Baba. The popular comedian and entrepreneur will discuss the best ways to mitigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the creative industry. Supported…
The Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, arraigned one Okoro Chukwudi Goodluck before Justice Charles Ikpe of the State High Court, sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on a seven-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence and stealing to the tune of N33,560,000 (Thirty-three Million, Five Hundred and Sixty Thousand Naira). Trouble started for the defendant when Peter Udo Peter and John Udo Peter in a petition to the Commission alleged that he swindled them of the mentioned sum in 2019, by luring them to invest the sum…
By Beauty John, LAFIA The chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Nasarawa state, Bishop Joseph Masin has been abducted by unknown gunmen. The Immediate past Secretary of the CAN, Mr Yohanna Samari in a telephone interview revealed that the gunmen stormed the Bishop’s Bukan- Sidi residence in Lafia, at about 11pm and 12 midnight (Wednesday) and zoomed off with him to an unknown destination. The Commissioner of police in Nasarawa state, Mr Bola Emmanuel-Longe confirmed the abduction. According to him, the kidnappers took the chairman away on motorcycles. The police chief stated with confidence that the police are on the trail…
IBADAN – Captain of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan, Omololu Waheed, has described as second to none, the commitment of the Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde to the welfare of the team. In a press release issued out by 3SC Media Officer, Tosin Omojola, the 3SC centre back described the Oyo State helmsman as a man of his words, stressing that the club, has never had it so good in terms of welfare in recent times. “I must confess, this government, under the able leadership of His Excellency, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has shown great commitment to the course…
By Segun Oye, IBADAN Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 389 new cases of coronavirus (covid-19), bringing the total confirmed cases to 8,733. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Kogi state recorded its first cases (2) while Lagos recorded the highest number of 256 cases. Also, the number of deaths rose to 254 just as 2,501 covid-19 patients have been discharged. Tweeting, @NCDCgov says: “389 new cases of #COVID19; Lagos-256Katsina-23Edo-22Rivers-14Kano-13Adamawa-11Akwa Ibom-11Kaduna-7Kwara-6Nasarawa-6Gombe-2Plateau-2Abia-2Delta-2Benue-2Niger-2Kogi-2Oyo-2Imo-1Borno-1Ogun-1Anambra-1 “8733 cases of #COVID19NigeriaDischarged: 2501, Deaths: 254.”