Crime

RRS Arrests Human Trafficker, Rescues Two Victims

The suspect, Martha Edea (m) and the two victims

The operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command have arrested a suspected human trafficker while trying to transport two teenage girls from Lagos to Abidjan in Ivory Coast allegedly for commercial sex work. The suspect, Martha Edea, 30, a mother of two from Ogoja in Cross River State, was nabbed in Lagos after travelling with the …

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Customs Adopts New Clearing Procedure To Curb Importation Of Prohibited Goods

Hameed Ali

The Nigeria Customs Service will soon adopt a new initiative, Authorised Economic Operator programme (AEO) to plug the loopholes exploited by unscrupulous people engaged in the importation of light weapons and other prohibited products. The AEO is a programme introduced by the World Customs Organisation in conjunction with National Customs Administration to facilitate safe and secure trade across international borders. …

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NCC, CBN Sign Agreement on Mobile Money Services

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The Nigerian Communications Commission NCC, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Central Bank of Nigeria to enable digital mobile operators incorporate Special Purpose Vehicles to offer mobile money services. The Executive Vice Chairman, NCC, Prof. Umaru Danbatta, stated this while hosting the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Advocate for Financial Inclusion for Development, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, …

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Companies Fake Poor Operating Positions To Seek Delisting…SEC

...As Commission Put Strigent Measure in Place To Check Further Abuse …Encourages Youth To Imbibe Saving Culture The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has disclosed that listed companies have been found to fake operating positions to get regulatory approval to delist from the equities market. The Commission said to further checkmate such scenario from playing-up again due to its zero …

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Nigerian Customs Seize 6,206 Bags Of Rice In Lagos

‎L-R: Deputy Comptroller, Nigeria Customs, Mr. Dauda Ashigye and Comptroller, Mohammed U. Garba, during the press briefing on. Seized items by the Nigeria Customs including 6,206 bag of foreign parboiled rice in Lagos.

The Nigerian Customs on Monday has seized 6,206 bags of foreign parboiled rice in Lagos worth over N105,000,000 in cash. Deputy Comptroller, Nigerian Customs, Mr. Dauda Ashigye and Comptroller Mohammed U. Garba briefed the Nigerian press on the seized bags of rice in Lagos. Smugglers have continued to make series of attempts to flood Nigeria with goods which are known …

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Ogun Police Foil Kidnap, Rescue Chinese Victim

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Men of Ogun State Police Command has rescued a kidnapped Chinese national, Mr. Lee Xian Qiang. Lee was kidnapped by six armed men at Ogere area along Lagos- Ibadan expressway at about 5pm yesterday, Monday, October 30, 2017 on his way to Abeokuta from Kogi State. Upon information that kidnappers were at work, the Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu …

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Lagos Murder Case: Women Arise, CEE-HOPE Seek Justice For Murdered Engineer

Joe Odumakin leading a peaceful protest in front of the Ebute Metta Magistrate Court, Lagos on Monday

Lagos Murder Case: Women Arise, CEE-HOPE Seek Justice For Murdered Engineer Members of civil society groups; Women Arise and CEE-HOPE have staged a peaceful protest at the Ebute Metta Magistrate court to seek justice for the murdered engineer, Lawrence Idoko who was allegedly stabbed by his wife, Folashade in their Ijanikin, Lagos residence. Lawrence Idoko, a 33-year old pipeline engineer …

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IRT Arrests Deadly Kidnapping Group On Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Expressway

Police

After Weeks of unrelenting follow up and deploying Advanced Technology, IRT Special Teams deployed to Jigawa, Katsina, Niger and Kaduna States have arrested the most deadly kidnapping group operating along Abuja-Kaduna-Kano  expressway. The gang according to the Police Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, is responsible for the killing of Barrister Sheriff Yazid on September 17, 2017 and the kidnapping …

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SEC DG, Gwarzo, Named in N104m Severance Allowance Scandal

  Mounir Gwarzo, Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), allegedly got a severance package of N104 million from the same commission shortly after he was named DG in 2015, Thecable news has said. He was an executive commissioner at SEC when former President Goodluck Jonathan appointed him to lead the commission on May 22, 2015. On assuming office …

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Reshuffle ‘kitchen Cabinet’, Labour Tells Buhari

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Alarmed by the scandal surrounding the reinstatement of the dismissed former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, into the Federal Civil Service, Organised Labour under the auspices of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to reshuffle his ‘kitchen cabinet’.   In a press statement issued in Lagos, the …

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