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The commandant said that the suspect was caught during surveillance patrol of “Operation Clamp Down on illegal Dealers of SIM cards”.

How Police Attacked, Assaulted, Arrested Nigerian Journalist In Lagos I brought out my identity card and showed the police, but that did not stop them from beating me. One of the policemen called me a bastard. by Saharareporters, New York Mar 01, 2021 Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command on Sunday attacked a journalist with the Guardian newspaper, Eniola Daniel, stripping him and destroying his phone. SaharaReporters gathered that Daniel was arrested by a team of policemen led by one S...

Arrests Indian, 89 Nigerians in Lagos raids The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a container load of Tramadol at the Apapa seaport in Lagos, just as its operatives have arrested 90 persons including an Indian during raids of some drug cartels in some parts of Lagos, where a total of 614.396 kilograms of various hard drugs were seized. At the Apapa seaport, about two million capsules of Tramadol (precisely 1,994,400 capsules) tucked in 554 cartons were intercepted in ...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a container load of Tramadol at the Apapa seaport in Lagos. Nearly two million capsules tucked in 554 cartons were discovered in the storage falsely declared to carry ceramic tiles. Apapa Port Area Commander, Samuel Gadzama, disclosed that one of the containers had been intercepted and seized in Kenya. “Though the second container found its way to Nigeria, the eagle eyes of our narcotic agents discov...

The police in Lagos have arrested eight suspected armed robbers who rob commuters and passengers in traffic snarls in the Ketu-Alapere area of the state

TODAY February 15, 2021 The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos Command, Muyiwa Adejobi, has said that officers would remain at the Lekki Toll Gate until further notice from the state commissioner of the Police, Hakeem Odumosu. According to the PPRO, the police officers have laid siege to five locations in the state apart from the Lekki Tollgate. He said they would remain at the locations until further notice. “Our policemen are still at the tollgate, it is a deployment and we are workin...

In emergency response, localising disaster management has been a time-proven process that entails use of local responders embedded in communities, thereby ensuring faster response and in essence saving more lives and alleviating the suffering of victims. Keying into this, the South-west Zone of the National Emergency Management Agency has kicked off series of trainings for such local actors, writes Chiemelie Ezeobi One of the challenges emergency responders always face is getting to the scene o...

FRSC arrests 3,187 traffic offenders in Lagos The FRSC boss says the offenders were arrested for allegedly committing 3,708 traffic offences between December 15, 2020, and January, 15. ADVERTISEMENT The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos Command, said it arrested at least 3,187 traffic offenders during its “30 days operation zero tolerance” in the state. The Lagos Sector Commander, Olusegun Ogungbemide, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursda...

Four officers of the Lagos State Police Command are on trial for allegedly harassing and extorting a teenager earlier this week. The officers extorted N70,000 out of Segun in the Isheri area of Lagos on Monday, January 18, 2021. The 16-year-old had been driving around in his Toyota Corolla car when the team of inspectors stopped him and took him to the Isheri Divisional Police station. The victim was deprived of access to his family and forced to make an online bank transfer of N70,000 to a POS...

NDLEA seizes 11 tons of Indian hemp in Lagos The NDLEA says it arrested 471 drug offenders- 424 males and 47 females - in 2020 despite the challenges of COVID-19 pandemic. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Lagos Command, said it seized 11,798 kilogrammes (over 11 tons) of various illicit hard drugs and 722.31 litres of same illicit drugs (liquid) from dealers and joints in the state in 2020. The state’s Commander of the agency, Ralph Igwenagu, (Narcotic Commander), disclosed ...