There was a twist, however, when it was gathered that the importer had the permission of the office of the National Security Adviser and the Commissioner of Police Explosive Ordinance Department of the Nigeria Police Anti-Bomb Disposal Unit, Foluso Adebanjo, to import the fireworks, a source said.
Author: Patience Ogbo
There was the horrific murder on October 7 of four second year undergraduates of the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State – Biringa Lordson of Theatre Arts Department; Ugonna Obuzor of the Geology Department; Mike Toku of the Civil Engineering Department; and Tekema Erikena
Kareem was arrested close to the Redeemed Christian Church of God Camp along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway recently by police officers attached to the Ogudu Police Station in Lagos, following a report by one of his victims that he used a false Facebook account to deceive and extort more than N200,000 from her
Eshinlokun said that the Nigerian Customs Service and the police should be held responsible following their failure and negligence in checking the influx of the fireworks as well as arresting the importers
The items recovered to included five Mark 4 riffles, three pump action rifles, 20 rolls of detonating cords, 21 nine volt batteries, two remote switches, one testing metre, five assorted daggers and jack knives and other materials for the production of Improvised Explosive Devices
He was on his way home on Thursday at about 8pm after attending to patients at the hospital when the gunmen, operating on a motorcycle, attacked him
Narcotic investigators have arrested seven members of the criminal gang who are helping in further investigation
The police is reacting to the Boxing Day explosion at the Jankara Market in the state, where fireworks stored in a three storey building exploded, killing one person, injuring forty others and burning over 20 buildings and cars
Patrick was caught by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on his return from Sao Paulo, Brazil with parcels of high grade cocaine
In a statement by Babatunde Edu, the General Manager of LASTMA, the agency washed its hands off the conduct of its officials in the Popoola case
When he reported to the EFCC on Monday, Babalakin was quizzed by the operatives of the commission and then granted administrative bail
According to available information from the police, the incident happened in Bigi, Bauchi State when the gunman opened fire on a crowd
In a statement on his behalf by the Force Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Police Frank Mba, Abubakar directed all Assistant Inspectors General and Commissioners of Police to provide security in places such as shopping malls, places of worship, recreation centres and motor parks
But the passengers got the shocker of their lives when staff of the company allegedly failed to provide buses after collecting the fares of over N7,050 in some cases
Justice Buba said it was wrong for the applicant to approach the court to enforce his fundamental human rights when there was a pending criminal charge against him at the state high court
This, however, was not the case with the students with sight as the dismal performance in previous examinations continued, with only 37.97 per cent of those who sat for the examination obtained five credits in English language and Mathematics
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, who was represented by the Deputy Inspector-General (Training), Marvel Akpoyibo, said that the training period was increased from seven months to 13 months to ensure that the constables are well tutored in effective, people-oriented policing
“When the quarrelling became tense, the police was invited and on sighting a policeman with a gun, the rival gang began to shout and cause problem.
According to the PSC, the minimum entry requirement has been scaled up to Ordinary National Diploma, also known as OND
it was discovered that some of the fraudsters also pretended to be cashiers with banks and they collect cash from people on the queue in banking halls under the guise of depositing the money in their accounts