Undeterred by the loss of about 106,256 lives involved in road traffic crashes in the country from January 2019 to December 2021, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, is poised for improvement in traffic management and safety administration in order to make the nation’s highways safer. This direction the FRSC said it is taking its mandate in the coming year, to ensure safety of lives on roads across the country, even as the agency is assuring its staff to remain focused on improved service delivery in justifying the national confidence reposed in the Corps. The Corps Marshal, Dr. Boboye Olayemi Oyeyemi…
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An Ogun State based Pastor, James Oseni has cried out alleging threat to his life and members of his family by the Divisional Police Officer, DPO Igbesa, SP. Abayomi Adeniji. The senior pastor of Prayer, Teaching & Fasting Ministry of Iga Itolu, Ogona quarters, Igbesa Ogun State said him and members of his family have remained in perpetual fears as a result of alleged unprofessional conduct of SP. Abayomi. He claimed he has been an object of incessant unwarranted arrest and detention orchestrated by an unnamed landgrabber. Pastor James Oseni said he had it on a good authority that his opponent…
The palpable peace and serenity bestriding the entire length and breadth of Delta State today; arguably lay its credit to the indefatigability of a cultured Police force under Commissioner of Police, CP Ari Muhammed Ali. Prior to his entrant as the 20th Commissioner of Police, Delta State Police Command on January 12, 2021, Delta State adjudged a mini Nigeria, an admixture of oil and agricultural producing state located in the South-South geo-political zone of the country was notorious for atypical criminality; consequent upon of its rare topographical posturing. With an estimated land area of 16,842 square kilometers and a cover…
Knowledge and skills as the lawyer’s greatest tools The witty saying that “a good lawyer knows the law and a great lawyer knows the judge” has some merit, but those who practice the profession know that technical depth, versatility, commercial awareness, and soft professional skills remain the foundational block for success within the legal profession. Many times, the knowledge and skills required to succeed as a lawyer are not taught in schools and may even elude some who choose to embark on the expedition on their own without some initial guidance and coaching. Having worked at one of Nigeria’s topmost…
The Nigeria Police have been called on to release report of the medical autopsy conducted on 14-year-old schoolgirl, Kerenhappuch Akpagher who until her death was a student of Premiere Academy, Abuja. The call was made by the Parents Teachers Association of the school through its Chairman, Barrister Uche Anyanwu. Following the joint meeting with the school’s Management, parents are calling on the police to make public autopsy report on Miss Keren Akpagher to put to rest allegations and counter allegations on the cause of the deceased’s death. The Association believes that towing this path will bring about justice for the…
The Police Service Commission, PSC, has approved the promotion of two Assistant Inspectors-General of Police to the next rank of Deputy Inspectors-General, a statement according to the Head, Press and Public Relations, Mr. Ikechukwu Ani reveals on Tuesday. According to the statement, PSC also approved the promotion of six Commissioners of Police to Assistant Inspectors-General of Police and the elevation of 17 Deputy Commissioners of Police to Commissioners of Police. The Commission also approved the promotion of 24 Assistant Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Deputy Commissioners of Police; 49 Chief Superintendents of Police to the rank of…
On Monday morning, December 20, the social media was awash with an article titled ‘It Does Not Take 15 Years’. It was written by a leading samurai of the Saraki dynasty, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi. Abdullahi, author, former editor, minister and commissioner, qualifies to be called a public intellectual by any fair standard. However, there is this thing called intellectual dishonesty. It is defined, per wiki.c2.com, as a ‘failure to apply standards of rational evaluation that one is aware of, usually in a self-serving fashion. If one judges others more critically than oneself, that is intellectually dishonest. If one deflects criticism…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr. Joseph Nwobike who was sentenced to one month imprisonment in 2018 for perverting the cause of justice as been acquitted by the Supreme Court of Nigeria. In a unanimous decision by the Apex court on Monday, a five-member panel led by Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, JSC, faulted the earlier decisions of the Lagos State High Court and the Court of Appeal in Lagos, and proceeded to uphold Nwobike’s appeal. The court held among others that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, lacks the power to investigate and prosecute the offence of perversion of the…
The Nigeria Union Journalists and the Nigerian Guild of Editors have warned politicians against what they described as politics of destruction ahead of the 2023 general elections. Both media professionals gave the warning at a special reception by the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria in honour of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, held in Lagos on Sunday. The duo of National President, NUJ, Chris Isiguzo, and the President, NGE, Mustapha Isa, commended Governor Bello for turning the security situation in Kogi State around for good, saying those bent on undermining winning strategies to score political points should not play…
The capacity building for stakeholders particularly police officers and media practitioners in the administration of criminal justice continued on Wednesday in Lagos. This was the focus of a workshop on salient provisions in the the amended ACJL Law by the Lagos State Ministry of Justice in collaboration with the British Council under the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Programme, RoLAC. This was necessitated on the premise that effective implementation of the Lagos State Administration of Criminal Justice (Amendment) Law, 2021 ACJL, should be the focus in the State. Speaking with Police officers and journalists, the Special Assistant to Lagos State Commissioner…