Less than 24 hours after the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, declares him wanted, the suspended boss of the IGP IRT, DCP Abba Kyari is now in custody of the NDLEA. This was confirmed by Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi. His change of location followed the arrest earlier announced by the Police Spokesperson, CSP. Olumuyiwa Adejobi earlier on Monday. Mr. Babafemi said his arrest follows indictment in a 25 kilograms cocaine deal. ”The Nigerian Police Force has handed over the suspended DCP Abba Kyari, the erstwhile Commander of Intelligence Response Team (IRT) at the Force Intelligence Bureau of the…
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Members of the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria, CRAN, have commiserated with one of their own and President/Chief Executive Officer, Security Watch Africa Initiative, Mr. Patrick Agbambu, on the death of his wife, Mrs. Sharon Abisola Agbambu (Nee Azeez) on Sunday, February 6, 2022, aged 50. In a condolence message issued on Monday by the leadership of the group which consists of journalists assigned by their media organisations to cover the security/crime beat noted that “although his wife has joined the heavens above, we remember her for being a mighty pillar of support to the widower as he sojourned widely…
Two assault weapons, an AK – 47 and a pump action gun loaded with eight rounds of live ammunition in Ajah area of the State. The guns were recovered on Saturday with a hood and plier inside a black sack. A statement signed by the Lagso Police Command Spokesperson, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu says the team of officers on a special assignment in the area had received intelligence about the suspicious substances before detouring to check it out. The Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi commended the Rapid Reaponse Squad Commander and his men for the recovery and the strategic informant who…
The Police high command has saddled CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, with the duties and responsibilities of supervising the Force Public Relations Department of the Nigeria Police. Adejobi who was the deputy of CP. Frank Mba, has handed the baton of Police Spokesperson to CSP Adejobi with immediate effect, following his nomination by the Inspector-General of Police for the Senior Executive Course at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, Kuru, Jos. A statement E-signed by Admin Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin of the department on Saturday, confirmed the change of baton. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, a Chief Superintendent of Police, is an alumnus…
There are vacancies at the Supreme Court of Nigeria for six slots waiting to be occupied. This was announced by the expression of interest letter emanating from the office of the Chief Justice of Nigeria. This has however attracted the attention of the Nigerian Bar Association which has communicated same to its members in a statement signed by the Publicity Secretary, Rapulu Nduka. The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, by a letter dated the 19th January 2022, called for the nomination of suitably qualified legal practitioners from South East, South South, South West, North Central and North…
The leader of tricycle riders in Lagos State, Alhaji Azeez Abiola has called for a different identity for tricycle riders to enable them to address their perculiar issues and improve their welfare. The Chairman of Tricycle Owners and Operators of Nigeria, TOOAN, Alhaji Abiola, popularly known as Istijaba, also called for a separate and independent association for triycle riders. He made the call on Saturday while addressing journalists against the backdrop of recent clashes between members of TOOAN and members of the Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW. He appealed to Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to wade into the matter. He said, “Our union…
No fewer than 2,334 innocent Nigerians were killed by terrorists in 935 events in Nigeria in 2021. This grim statistics according to the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC is worrisome. CISLAC in collaboration with Transparency International Defence Security Program supported by Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also decried the gradual collapse of the nation’s security, as terrorists now operate with reckless abandon, causing panic, maiming and killing more citizens. The group disclosed this worrisome dimension to insecurity in the country at a recent forum, tagged, “Focus Group Discussion on the Barriers and Bridges to Security Sector Accountability in Nigeria,”…
There seems to be much to the arrest of the Lagos State Chairman of Tricycle Owners and Operators Association of Nigeria, TOOAN, (Keke Marwa) Alhaji Azeez Abiola otherwise known as Istijaba by the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, as Istijaba is spilling more beans about his relationship with the State Chairman of NURTW Musiliu Akinsanya also known as MC Oluomo. Istijaba shortly after his release linked his ordeal to the handwork of Oluomo. He alleged that Oluomo in a sharp deviation from the tradition before him is attempting to take over the control of triycle operation in Lagos. According to him,…
One of the leaders of Tricycle Owners and Operators Association of Nigeria, TOOAN, Alhaji Azeez Abiola, and four suspects have been arrested by the Operatives of the Lagos Command for allegedly attempting to cause mayhem in Agege area of the State. A statement from the RRS says a pump action gun was recovered in the area. The suspects as revealed by the Police are Alhaji Azeez Abiola, alias Istijaba Yusuf Azeez, a.k.a Araba,42, Kazeem Akinbode a.k.a Womi, 43, Taofiq Odewale, a.k.a Omo Iya Agba, 38, and Moses Abiodun, a.k.a Orobo, 34. Report added that they were arrested in Agege while leading a team…
Wives and children of MOPOL 22 officers posted to Beri in Mariga Local Government Area, Niger State on special duty protested for hours calling for safe return of their husbands. The protest took place at the Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday. The women stormed the Lagos State Police Command with various placards stating “CP Lagos State, please look into our matter to call MOPOL 22 Commander to order, CP please release our husband from Niger State after one year of special duty, MOPOL 22 Commander, bring our father, MOPOL 22 Commander, bring our father please on Special duty of…