January 2025

Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has affirmed the continued stay in office, by Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, as lawful and legal.The AGF, in a statement he signed, noted that Egbetokun’s appointment, which took…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Police Service Commission rose from its first extraordinary Meeting with the approval for the immediate retirement of senior Police Officers who have spent more than 35 years in service and those above 60 years…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Nigeria Police Force hereby refutes, in clear and unequivocal terms, the baseless and misleading claims recently attributed to Mr. Omoyele Sowore alleging that the tenure of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP…
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By Ebinum Samuel The leadership of the Police Service Commission has paid a courtesy visit on the Senate President, Chief Godswil Akpabio, GCON, who used the occasion of the visit to call for more recruitment exercises in the face of the…
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By Ebinum Samuel In a resolute and uncompromising enforcement initiative designed to restore traffic discipline and facilitate the unhindered movement of vehicles, operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) have…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Police Service Commission has received the assurance of the German Government for more and continuous support for the ongoing Police Reform in the country.Chairman of the Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd mni,…
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No fewer than 1,088 suspects linked to various financial crimes have been arrested in separate operations in 2024. The operations also led to the recovery of $11,450,000 and N142,261,254,228.80, according to a statement on Tuesday by the…
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Eleven members of the same family from the Abofia-Agbaja community in the Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State were among the victims of a tanker fire that occurred at Ugwu Onyeama along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, on…
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By Ebinum Samuel The police in Delta state, yesterday, clarified a suspect mother's alleged extortion of N2.1million by its operatives According to SP Edafe Bright, the Command spokesman, on the 22nd of October 2024, a complaint…
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By Ebinum Samuel In February 2023, Nigeria was placed on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list, designating the country as a high-risk jurisdiction for money laundering and terrorism financing. In response to this critical…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today welcomed a distinguished delegation from the World Bank to its Oshodi headquarters, Lagos. The delegation, led by Mr. Luc Gendre, embarked on a fact-finding…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Assistant Inspector General of Police in-charge of Zone 2 Command comprising Lagos and Ogun States, *AIG Adegoke M. Fayoade, held a security meeting with Commissioners of Police, Strategic and Tactical Commanders…
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Human rights activist and politician Omoyele Sowore has been detained indefinitely by the Nigeria Police Force after rejecting the bail conditions set for his release. Sowore was summoned for questioning over his exposé on alleged police…
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By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Have you encountered officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency lately? They appear to have turned a new leaf! Is it a make-believe or is it for real? Is it fleeting or is…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), in a decisive enforcement operation over the weekend, dislodged all illegally parked tankers around the Dangote Refinery and across the Lekki Free Trade Zone. …
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Recovers skuchies, ‘suck and die’, opioids, assorted weapons in raids across Lagos, Ekiti, Kwara; destroys cannabis plantation in Kano By Ebinum Samuel Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted…
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.. Operatives Recover Dangerous Weapons, Other Assets By Ebinum Samuel As part of the efforts of the Nigeria Police Force to emplace peace and public safety across the country, police operatives attached to the Imo State Police…
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Ever since I started consciously monitoring the business of the government, I have always wondered why Nigeria’s yearly budgets unfailingly allocate astronomical amounts of money to buy the same items—cars, cutlery, furniture, etc.— that…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has successfully concluded a two-day leadership retreat aimed at refining the strategic competencies of its senior officers in transport management.Themed “Strategic…
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By Tunde Olusunle Abuja, Nigeria's capital city, makes no pretences about a robust arts and culture tradition, as vivacious as in good old Lagos. The National Theatre in Iganmu; the Musical Society of Nigeria's (MUSON) Centre in…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd, mni, has promised that the Commission as employers of the Police will continue to support the new recruit Constables who passed out today,…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State Police Command, CP Baba Mohammed Azare fsi, on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, convened a significant meeting with representatives of cattle dealers and the Farmers Association…
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By Ebinum Samuel A Security Expert has unveiled, commended the policing methodology adopted by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Ahmed.A Lateef. This uncommon,…
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Details of the meeting between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and leaders from Ogoniland have emerged, with the President committing to fostering peace, justice, and sustainable development in the region.The meeting, held on Tuesday at…
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, demanding the reversal of the recent 50% increase in telecommunications tariffs. In a statement, SERAP…
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By Debo Alabi Yagba Federal Constituency in the western Kogi senatorial zone, consists of three local councils, namely Mopamuro, Yagba East and Yagba West. In 1999, at the outset of the Fourth Republic political dispensation in…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Edo State Police Command will on Saturday this week, pull out the command retiring commissioner of police, Mr Peter Umoru Ozigi at the ancient Benin-city, Edo state. The ceremony expected to be witnessed by…
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By Ebinum Samuel In a resolute crackdown on criminal operations targeting commuters, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) apprehended a notorious One-Chance syndicate that employed a painted commercial bus (KSF 56…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it will conduct an electronic auction of 891 forfeited cars between Jan. 20 and Jan. 27. The commission announced this on its social media handle on Monday. It stated…
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Intercepts illicit consignments heading to Borno, Kano, Abuja; nabs 33 suspects in Lagos, FCT, Kano, Kwara, Kogi, Taraba raids By Ebinum Samuel Attempt by 26-year-old Esther Onyinyechi Uzodinma, a 200-level student of nursing at…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd mni, has expressed profound shock on the avoidable deaths in a petrol tanker inferno in Dikko junction, Niger State. He said the gory images of…
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By Tunde Olusunle Nigeria's South East geopolitical zone has courted global notoriety for the multipronged crimes and criminality which has festered over the years. In several public engagements, I've had reason to comment on this…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Police Service Commission at an extraordinary Meeting today, Friday January 17th,2025 approved the appointment of AIG Banji Badaru Lawal, AIG incharge of Border Patrol, Force Headquarters , Abuja as a…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Police Service Commission today, Thursday, January 16th 2025, approved the appointment of Miller Gajere Dantawaye as the substantive Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command.The Commission also approved the…
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By Ebinum Samuel The commissioner of police for Lagos state, Olarewaju Adewale Ishola, has been commended for taking the bull by the horn to chased out drug peddlers in Gowon Estate near Egbeda .Describing the action of the CP as…
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By Ebinum Samuel Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has expressed appreciation to the National Assembly especially the Senate and House Committees on…
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By Ebinum Samuel Taraba State Police Command has rescued three Kidnapped hostages in a fresh move to stamp out violent crimes in the state.The Command’s boss, CP Ukachi Opara has however tasked the tactical team, which recorded the…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Police Service Commission has approved the dismissal and prosecution of two Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP) for misconduct, dishonesty, corruption, sabotage and acts unbecoming of public Officers. The…
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A housewife, identified as Mrs Abigail Oluwarotimi has been reportedly arrested by the Uromi Divisional Police for allegedly inflicting injuries on a 15-year-old boy’s private part and other parts of his body. It was reported that the…
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Intercepts Australia-bound cocaine in face cream bottles in Lagos; N1.1b worth of codeine shipment in Rivers; nabs traditional priest for drug trafficking By Ebinum Samuel A 40ft trailer load of skunk, a strain of cannabis,…
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By Tunde Olusunle It may be well over two years to the next cycle of general elections in Nigeria. For the people of Apa/Agatu federal constituency in Benue South, however, the measure of their participation and integration into the…
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Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of Prince Abimbola Owoade as the new Alaafin of Oyo. The announcement was made in a statement on Friday by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade. …
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By Ebinum Samuel In its first lecture of the year with officers of the Zone 2 Command Headquarters, theAssistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Fayoade M. Adegoke, mni, psc wished officers of the Zone a Prosperous New Year while…
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By Shade Damiro Subomi the fun loving son of billionaire businessman, Razaq Okoya, is literally swimming in troubled waters for publicly abusing the naira. So bad is the situation that the police have arrested and detained…
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Popular Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has safely returned to Nigeria after escaping the viral Los Angeles wildfires. Omotola expressed concerns about the fires on social media, revealing that her friends in the city…
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Russia’s Defence Ministry announced on Wednesday that its forces eliminated over 290 Ukrainian military personnel in the border areas of the Kursk region within the past 24 hours. The ministry further stated that Russian units…
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Two Catholic sisters, Sr. Vincentia Maria Nwankwo and Sr. Grace Mariette Okoli, have been kidnapped by gunmen in Anambra State. The abduction occurred on Tuesday evening along Ufuma Road as the sisters were returning from a vocational…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Police Service Commission has appointed AIG Jonathan Towuru, AIG Zone 6, Calabar, as Deputy Inspector General of Police. He will be replacing DIG Daniel Sokari Pedro, DIG ICT and representing the South South…
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By Tunde Olusunle A studious interrogation of his educational background, offers some insight into the experiences which crystallised into his latter day exertions as a left-inclined personality and public figure. He studied…
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The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi to call his supporters to order, cautioning against the use of threats and language that undermine democratic values.....KINDLY READ…
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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has vowed that those arrested by the security agencies for alleged involvement in the removal of sewage manhole covers on highways in Abuja will be made to face the full wrath…
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LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Around 300 passengers onboard a Boeing 787 had a narrow escape at the Melbourne Airport in Australia after the landing gear of Etihad flight EY461 caught fire while taking off. According to the reports,…
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LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected terrorists have killed Alhaji Amadu Surajo, the Acting Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Katsina State, during an attack on Mai Rana village in…
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By Ebinum Samuel Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, started the new year with the arrest of a wanted drug kingpin and Lagos socialite, 61-year-old Alhaja Aishat Feyisara Ajoke Elediye on Wednesday 1st…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2 Police Command, AIG Adegoke M Fayoade, Thursday, decorated newly promoted Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs). According to a press statement signed by the Zonal…
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By Ebinum Samuel FCT Police command spokeswoman, SP Josephine Adeh, has disclosed that on 31st December 2024, Police operatives from the Durumi Division, while on routine patrol, discovered an abandoned Toyota Prado Land Cruiser…
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By Tunde Olusunle Nigeria's northern geopolitical neighbour, Niger Republic, was effectively an annex of our country under the rulership of the immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari. At every given opportunity, Buhari never…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd, mni, has prayed for a rewarding and productive new year for Nigerians insisting that 2025 will usher in a great turn around for our nation.DIG…
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By Ebinum Samuel Lagos, Dec. 31, 2024 (NAN) The Nigeria Police Force has pulled out the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Abiodun Alabi, two Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIGs Joshua Ogundele and Olanrenwaju Olaosebikan…
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