Ahead of the Presidential and National Assembly elections in the State, Lagos State Police Command Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin has announced that human and vehicular movement will be restricted on Saturday, February 25, 2023 between 0000hours and 1800hours across all roads, waterways and airways in Lagos State. This implies that from 12:00 a.m to 6:00p.m, humans and vehicular movements have been restricted, except those on essential services. Below is the full statement announcing the restrictions In the same vein, security aides of public and private individuals, who have already been scaled down in accordance with the Electoral Act 2022, are…
Author: Funke Busari
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it has intercepted the sum of N32,400,000 (Thirty-two Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira) in Lagos alledgedly meant for vote buying. This information was disclosed in a statement signed by Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media & Publicity of the Commission on Friday. The statement states, “The massive operation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to deter vote trading and other financial malfeasance ahead of tomorrow’s presidential and national assembly elections may have begun paying dividends with the interception in Lagos of the sum of N32,400,000 (Thirty-two Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira) allegedly suspected to be…
The Police Service Commission, PSC, has advised the Police and other security Agencies to exhibit the highest level of patriotism in ensuring that both voting Nigerians and voting materials are safe and secured. This task was communicated through a statement by Ikechukwu Ani, Head Press and Public Relations of the oversight body of the Nigeria Police Force. The Commission charges the security Agencies to ensure that Nigerians can freely vote and that their votes count. The PSC also believes that the success of the 2023 General Elections depends largely on the commitment of the Police and other security Agencies on…
A member, House of Representatives representing Port Harcourt II Federal Constituency, Hon. Chinyere Igwe has been arrested for alleged money laundering by the Police Officers from Rivers State Command. The lawmaker was arrested in possession of a cash sum of 498,100 United States Dollar inside a bag in his car, with a list for distribution of the money, according to SP. Grace Iringe-Koko, the Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer. According to the Spokesperson, the lawmaker was arrested on Friday by officers deployed to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Headquarters Aba Road. Meanwhile, the Assistant Inspector General on Election, AIG Abutu…
Over 27,000 police officers have been deployed to ensure peaceful election during the Saturday Presidential and National Assembly elections. Speaking on Thursday at a meeting geared towards election preparedness with Police Officers of the Lagos State Police Command, the Deputy Inspector General, Force Operations, DIG Johnson Babatunde Kokumo, on behalf of Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, charged Police personnel on election duty to adhere to policing responsibility as regards the 2023 General Elections. According to him, “We are to ensure that the election is peaceful, free of crisis and fair. He highlighted that Police officers must be apolitical…
The Synagogue Church Of All Nations, SCOAN, and its Emmanuel TV Partners have donated £10,000, about N9 milion Naira as a relief support to the victims of recent earthquake that devastated some parts of Turkey and Syria. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake which occured on February 6, 2023 shocked the world with its volume of destruction to lives and properties. This was followed by other devastating twin earthquakes which leaves thousands dead, injured and homeless. It was the 6th most deadly natural disaster this century after the 2005 tremor which killed about 73,000 in Pakistan. In Turkey, some 4.6 million children…
Two men have been arrested with two locally made guns in Lagos by Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS. The suspects; 20-year-old Daniel Ojoh and 27-year-old Kudus Ahmed were arrested in Lekki and Ojota, Lagos, respectively, with two locally made guns in their possession. The Police Spokesperson in Lagos, SP. Benjamin Hundeyin said the suspects were arrested by Commander, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi-led RRS, upon receipt of credible information from the public. According to the Police, Daniel Ojoh was arrested at his workshop in Alagutan on Saturday, February 18, 2023, and a locally made gun with two live cartridges were…
Says Coalition made him proud over COVID-19 response As the private sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19, CACOVID, winds down, President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the initiative of private sector operators, saying the contributions he has received from the Coalition so far has elevated his status among other Presidents of the world. The President spoke in Abuja on Tuesday while receiving a parting donation of N12 billion security equipment for the Military and the Nigeria Police from the leadership of CACOVID. He said his government had received so much support from the private sector in addressing social ills in the country. Items…
Ahead of the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Lagos State has started the distributions of electoral materials to the 20 Local Government Areas, LGA. This was disclosed to journalists on Wednesday by the State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Olusegun Agbaje at Central Bank of Nigeria office in Lagos where the materials were kept. Agbaje said that all telectoral materials would be distributed on Wednesday to the LGAs where the electoral officers from each council would do the final distributions on election day. He hinted that all political parties were invited for…
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has adjourned till March 3, 2023 for judgement in the new naira policy suit. Recall that the highest court in the country had on February 8 restrained the Federal Government from implementing the February 10 deadline for swapping the old naira notes with new ones, but the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, refused to shift the deadline. The injunction was granted following a suit filed by Zamfara, Kogi and Kaduna state governments against the Attorney-General of the Federation on February 3. Other states; Lagos, Ondo, Ekiti, Kano, Sokoto, Ogun and Cross River have also joined…