Mr. Pome Banda, a 50-year-old Beninoir parent, and three other people have been detained by the Zone 2 Police Command on suspicion of luring a nine-year-old kid from the Benin Republic for ritualistic money-laundering. Mr. Ari Mohammed, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), revealed this information to news reporters in Lagos. In the course of their planning, according to Mohammed, Zone 2 Criminal Investigation Department learned about them, and the police acted as the herbalist...
In the Niger Delta, “Operation Delta Safe” troops demolished 23 illegal refining plants and seized 367,200 litres of crude oil. During a Thursday media briefing in Abuja, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, Director of Defence Media Operations (DMO) at DHQ Abuja, stated this. He stated the Joint Taskforce of Operation Delta Safe in the South-South intercepted and sank a crude oil thief. Maj. Gen. Buba said the air component destroyed active illegal refining plants while troops...
Ondo State Police Command nabbed a driver who killed a policeman at a checkpoint on the Benin-Owo Expressway in Ifon, Ose Local Government Area, on Sunday. The motorist, whose name was unknown, allegedly hit an Assistant Superintendent of Police and was apprehended by the Nigeria Army at Sobe in Edo State. The command denied that the highway kidnappers killed the cop. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Funmilayo Odunlami, verified the officer’s death as...
At Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), the Nigerian Air Force officers apprehended a thief breaking into armoured cables that belonged to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). One of the three vandals was caught, while the other two escaped, according to a press release issued by Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, head of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection. He asserts that there may be some connection between the vandals and those responsible for the recent vandalism...
In a response to President Bola Tinubu’s legal team, Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate for the election of February 25, 2023, and the initial petitioner in the case currently before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, said that anarchy only reigns in places where the rule of law is disregarded. Obi responded to Tinubu’s lawyers’ written argument that a reading of the law needing 25% of the total legal votes cast in 24...
Eight people were detained, according to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps agents, on Tuesday in Ajah Beach in Lagos State while being suspected of transporting stolen petroleum products. According to reports, the suspects were captured during a routine patrol of the agency’s state command’s anti-vandal unit. Abolurin Oluwaseun, the command’s public relations officer, revealed that the product was thought to be adulterated diesel. “The operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,...
Chief David Edebiri, the Esogban of Benin, passed away at a local hospital after a brief illness. On September 2, 2023, he would have been 94 years old. He passed away at 12:20 p.m., according to a family source, who also added, “He has not been too strong and we rushed him to the hospital a few days ago. He passed away today (Thursday) afternoon. The family will adhere to the formal announcement’s protocol. The...
Hon. Mr. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), has finally appeared to address the claims that President Bola Tinubu called him regarding ongoing procedures before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). there are claims that the Chief Justice has refuted making a phone call. Dr. Festus Akande, the CJN’s spokesperson, denied the allegations in a statement on Wednesday. According to the statement, “it is imperative to state clearly that there is no...
The Federal Government’s intentions to borrow $800 million to pay for palliative care in the form of cash transfers to some poor and vulnerable Nigerians have been roundly denounced by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, released a statement on Tuesday outlining the Congress’ position. Ajero referred to the plan to give N8,000 to each of the 12 million poorest households in Nigeria for a period of six months as...
The naira has been added as a payout option for remittances from the diaspora, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Additionally, the CBN mandated that the rate for such a naira payout be calculated using the foreign exchange rate from the investors and exporters (I&E) window. The plan envisions giving Nigerians who receive remittances from abroad the choice to receive their funds in naira going forward. Additionally, it signifies that the new development...
