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Police Nab Five Suspects, Vow to Frustrate Illegal Sales, Theft at Ports

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The Nigeria Police Force has again reiterated its commitment to enforcing all laws and emplacing anti-crime strategies to curb illegal activities at our various ports and around the economic hubs in Nigeria.

The commitment, according to a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, is geared towards stimulating the government’s agenda of quick economic recovery and development in our dear county.

The commitment was re-echoed when the Eastern Port Police Command confirmed the arrest of 5 suspects in connection with the diversion of bags of wheat belonging to the United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP), and recovery of about 1,238 bags of wheat in Port-Hacourt on the 6th of February 2024.

The 1,840 bags of wheat which were to be transported from Ibeto Port Terminal, Port-Harcourt, to an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp located in Kano State were fraudulently diverted by the drivers tasked with this assignment, alongside their accomplices, who were intercepted and apprehended by the operatives of the Nigeria Police attached to the Eastern Port.

The operatives made an arrest of five (5) suspects namely Umar Hashim, Edidiong Umoh, Udah Stanley, Abubakar Jariri and Yunusa Babangida, and recovered 1,238 stolen bags of wheat along with the truck and a bus used in carrying out the crime. The recovered bags of wheat have been returned to the World Food Programme, and efforts are in top gear to recover the missing 602 bags of wheat and arrest the other suspects associated with the crime.

The FPRO reiterated that the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun has re-emphasized the goal of the Nigeria Police to ensure that individuals engaged in activities aimed at sabotaging the economy of the country and entrenching hardships among the vulnerable members of the public are ardently dealt with in line with extant laws. He has therefore ordered that the suspects be charged to court upon conclusion of investigations and tying of all lose ends.

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NAOSNP Walks: Collaboration Between Lagos Command and NAOSNP, a Welcome Development – Lagos CP Moshood

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The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Moshood Olorundare Jimoh, has commended the relationship between his Command and the National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP) as healthy, and a welcome development.

The CP made the remarks on Wednesday while flagging off the NAOSNP Walk against Drug Abuse, Cultism and Domestic Violence as part of events marking the 2025 NAOSNP Week.

Surrounded by security operatives, Association members, school children and members of the public at the Lagos Command headquarters where the Walk took off, CP Jimoh noted that under his watch, crime and criminality in Lagos State has been reduced to the barest minimum while urging residents of Lagos to continue to go about their daily activities without fear as the Command is fully ready and on the alert to nib any crime in the bud.

“No doubt the level of crime in the city is very low, but we are not resting on our oars and that’s why we are engaging stakeholders like the Online Publishers in Lagos to ensure we are on the same page to further reduce the  level of crime in the state to the barest level. This is not to first time the Online Publishers as an Association is coming to us, and today’s own is very remarkable, and is sending a message to Lagosians out there that this is the right way to go, and to criminals and would-be criminals that crime does not pay” CP Jimoh.

The Lagos Police Command boss also sounded a note of warning to criminals and wannabe criminals that their time is up as they would be caught.

While pledging the Command’s continued support for NAOSNP and lauding the Association as a group of note, the CP declared the Walk open.

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Edo Gov Okpebholo Threatens Commissioners over Wearing of ‘Tinubu Cap’

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Edo State governor, Monday Okpebholo, has threatened to send out of the weekly Executive Council meeting, any of his commissioners who fails to openly show their solidarity for President Bola Tinubu by wearing the ‘Asiwaju cap’, also known as the ‘President Bola Tinubu cap’.

Okpebholo, while speaking on Tuesday during the swearing-in of the appointees, said he would not forgive any of the commissioners who fails to wear the cap.

According to Okpebholo, the swearing in of the appointees wouldn’t have been possible without the support of Tinubu, adding that several elections have been held in the state in the past, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) lost due to a lack of support from the sitting president.

“First of all, before we begin, I want to say that this couldn’t have happened if we did not have a responsible President. We have done so many elections here. The major problem we had was the President is not with us.

So, let me tell you, before we begin, you see this cap I am wearing? I will not forgive any commissioner that is not wearing it.

“In EXCO if you are not wearing a suit, and you are wearing a traditional dress, and you are coming to the EXCO without this Asiwaju cap, you are going back,” he warned.

The governor further warned that he would not tolerate corruption and actions that could undermine the integrity of his administration.

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Woman Catches Husband Sleeping with Widow, Sets House on Fire

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A woman has been arrested for setting their house ablaze after her husband was allegedly caught in infidelity.

The Rongo woman, whose identity was not disclosed at the time of this release, also poisoned all their livestock. The incident happened earlier this month.

According to the woman, her husband, who had claimed to be in Nairobi for a conference, was actually at the home of their neighbour, a widow whose husband had died just three weeks earlier.

She said, “I was passing by my neighbour’s house when I heard my husband’s voice saying, ‘I’m enjoying it.’”

Community relations officers have, however, condemned her act, saying, “Why would someone go to the extent to destroy all they’ve built because of infidelity? What of men who married more than one wife, would she had destroyed the home is she’s one of those women? Our women needs to sit and think before making rash decisions that’ll cost them and their children.”

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