Author: Saint Augustine

…Establishes Police observation points across Lagos state The Lagos State Police command has offered to reward any informant who provides credible information that leads to the arrest of criminals in the state. The new acting Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Edgal Imohimi who disclosed this in his maiden press briefing in Lagos on Wednesday also promised that the identity of the informants would be protected by the police. According to him,”On the issue of intelligence networking, I intend to improve very greatly, our intelligence gathering capabilities and strategy. Henceforth, I repeat, henceforth, any credible information that leads to…

…Establishes Police observation points across Lagos state The Lagos State Police command has offered to reward any informant who provides credible information that leads to the arrest of criminals in the state. The new acting Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Edgal Imohimi who disclosed this in his maiden press briefing in Lagos on Wednesday also promised that the identity of the informants would be protected by the police. According to him,”On the issue of intelligence networking, I intend to improve very greatly, our intelligence gathering capabilities and strategy. Henceforth, I repeat, henceforth, any credible information that leads to…

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Nigeria has called on the federal government to consider adding a particular sum of money to the amount payable by vehicle owners to renew their licenses annually to fund the development of road infrastructure. The National Director of CILT Nigeria, Mr. Paul Ndibe who made this call while reacting to the recent suspension of debate on the bill seeking to establish petrol tax to fund the road sector on the floor of the National Assembly pointed out that anything that would touch on the price of petroleum products would spark off confusion…

The National President of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Chief Increase Uche has frowned at the inability of the managers of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) led by the Registrar, Sir Mike Jukwe to implement the collection of the Practitioners’ Operating Fee (POF) one month after commencement. Uche who made his feelings known in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos on Tuesday said that although the collection actually commenced, the council was not able to perfect the process and modalities for collection leaving the collection partially successful. “For us,…

Not less than 130 school bags containing educational materials such as mathematical sets, pens, pencils, rulers, long and short notebooks were given out on Sunday to orphans and less privileged pupils and students of various primary and secondary schools drawn from the communities of Onicha-Ugbo, Issele-Uku, Ubulu-Uku, Igbodo, Obior and others under the aegis of Anioma Youth Network for Development (AYND). The founder and convener of the group, Mr. Odita Sunday- Udemaguna, a journalist with The Guardian and Chairman, Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN) affirmed that the gesture was part of AYND objective of giving back to the society,…

The operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested an undergraduate of Ambrose Alli University posing as an online custom auctioneer for cloning the website of Lagos State College of Health Technology and allegedly duping several admission seekers of large sums of money. The suspect, Mayaki Best, 25, a 300 level student of the university, studying Library and Information Science, was on Wednesday arrested in Auchi, Edo State. Mayaki was tracked to Edo State following a petition signed by the Provost of Lagos State College of Health Technology, Dr. Moyo Kasim on the fraudulent…

The acting Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr. Edgal Imohimi has ordered a full scale investigation into the alleged corrupt practices leveled against the Officer in-charge (O/C) of the Anti-Kidnapping and Cultism Unit of the command, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Adejobi. It will be recalled that a group, Network on Police Reform in Nigeria (NORPIN) had in a petition to the new Commissioner of Police, Lagos state on September 1, 2017 accused CSP Adejobi of unlawful detention, demand of N70, 000 bribe for bail and sexual molestation in a case involving one Blessing Taiwo accused of stealing $50, 000…

…Urges Buhari to promote unity and good governance The apex socio political organization of Ndigbo, the Ohanaeze has appealed to President Muhammedu Buhari to revisit the recent reorganization at the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in the interest of peace, unity and good governance. Ohanaeze said in a statement at the weekend signed by its President General, Chief John Nnia Nwodo that it was appalled at the consistent and unrepentant disposition  of disdain for the South East by Buhari administration as copiously displayed in the recent reorganization at the NNPC.  The apex body said that it had thought that after…

The National Director, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), Nigeria, Mr. Paul Ndibe has said that there has not been any major breakthrough in the logistics and transport sector of Nigeria in the first half of 2017. Ndibe who made this known in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos noted that in the rail sector, outside the ground breaking ceremony for the Lagos-Ibadan rail line, there had not been any major improvement in the sector. “What we have seen is the issue of GE taking over or not taking over and that has created some doubts and it…

Contrary to media publications circulating on the social media accusing the Lagos State Police command of complicity in an ongoing police investigation involving one Blessing Taiwo accused of stealing $50, 000 from Ojo Osagie Abiola, the command has reassured members of the public that proper investigation would be carried out on the matter. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Olarinde Famous-Cole, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, in a statement in Lagos on Sunday explained that the case in question which involved one Blessing Taiwo who was being investigated by the police for a case where she was accused of stealing $50,000…