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Customs Service Intercepts over ₦2bn Worth of Contraband Items

Web News 5 February 2021 1955 0

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Ogun Area One Command, says it has intercepted contraband items worth more than two billion naira in the last thirteen months. The Customs Area Controller, Mr Peter Kolo made this known while presenting the scorecard of the command between January 2020 and Continue Reading

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Oyo CP Seeks Synergy with NSCDC on Crime Reduction

Web News 4 February 2021 703 0

Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Mrs Ngozi Onadeko has sought for synergy with NSCDC to collectively reduce criminality in the state. Mrs Onadeko stated this when during a courtesy visit to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Oyo State Command Headquarters Agodi Ibadan. The Commissioner of Police, who was accompanied by some of […]Continue Reading

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Impounded Goods: Customs Generates about Five Billion Naira in January

Web News 4 February 2021 4197 0

Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Oyo/ Osun Area Command says it has generated revenue of almost five billion Naira through seizures of illegal goods in the month of January this year. The seized items included nine Toyota vehicles valued at over three hundred million, ten motorcycles, valued at over one million naira, bags of foreign rice, valued […]Continue Reading

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Ogun Youths Protest over Alleged Extra-Judicial Killing by Customs Officers

Web News 4 February 2021 574 0

Some youths have stormed Governor’s Office, Oke Mosan Abeokuta to protest against the death of their colleague, who was allegedly shot dead by the operatives of Nigeria Customs Service along Siun-Sagamu interchange in the state. One of the youths, Mr Adewale Mara explained that four people, who sustained various degrees of injuries, were still in critical condition Continue Reading

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Rate of illegal immigrants’ inflow alarming – Gov Akeredolu

Web News 3 February 2021 705 0

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has raised alarm over the increasing number of illegal immigrants flooding into the country through the land borders. He made this known while receiving the Assistant Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service, Zone F, who is in charge of Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti States, Dora Amahian in his office in […]Continue Reading

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Play your roles properly in the lives of your children – Commissioner charges parents

Web News 3 February 2021 673 0

Oyo State government has urged youths in the state to desist from violence and restiveness. A statement by the Special Assistant on Print Media to the governor, Mr Moses Alao indicates that the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Mr Bayo Lawal gave the admonition while speaking with journalists after a stakeholders’ security meeting held […]Continue Reading

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Probe of Service Chiefs Unpatriotic – Lai Mohammed

Web News 2 February 2021 471 0

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has described the calls for the International Criminal Court to probe the immediate past Service Chiefs as unpatriotic. The Minister who stated this during Radio Nigeria Programme, Politics Nationwide” said those calling for probe of the former service chiefs did not have the competence to talk on […]Continue Reading

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Gov. Makinde Talks Tough On Insecurity

Web News 2 February 2021 446 0

Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says his government has turned the heat on kidnappers and criminals in Ibarapa and Oke-Ogun axis of the state declaring that the state will succeed in routing them. Governor Makinde, who was speaking at different spots in Ibarapaland where he engaged the people in town hall meetings, said that his […]Continue Reading

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Outgoing AIG Advocates Technology Driven Police System

Web News 1 February 2021 1363 0

The Outgoing Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Zone 11, Mr. Agunbiade Olasore has called for review of the curriculum of police training in Nigeria. Mr. Olasore spoke at the valedictory parade to mark his retirement from the Nigeria Police Force, after thirty five years of exploits in the service. The Retiring Assistant Inspector General […]Continue Reading

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Insecurity: NSCDC Partners Nigerian Army

Web News 1 February 2021 831 0

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Oyo State Command has partnered the Nigerian Army in retraining its newly launched anti-terrorism unit in fighting insecurity. The State Commandant, Mr. Iskilu Akinsanya stated this while briefing newsmen on the command’s achievement during the last year. He said though, the anti-terrorist unit of the command was not […]Continue Reading

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Gov. Makinde Meets Stakeholders Over Insecurity in Ibarapa

Web News 1 February 2021 482 0

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has met with selected stakeholders in Ibarapa area of the state over security breaches in the axis and declared that the problems of the people are his problems. Governor Makinde while speaking in Igbo Ora with concerned people said that he feels the pains of the people noting that […]Continue Reading

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Prioritize Welfare Of Security Agencies-Evangelist Richard Usenu

Web News 1 February 2021 535 0

Federal Government have been enjoined to prioritize the welfare of men of the Nigerian army and other security agencies in the country so as to end security crises bedeviling the development of the nation. The Assistant General Evangelist, Gospel Faith Mission International, GOFAMINT, Evangelist Richard Usenu, gave the advice in an interview with Radio Nigeria. […]Continue Reading

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Ensuring security is a collective responsibility – Oyo CP

Web News 29 January 2021 642 0

Commissioner of Police In Oyo State, Mrs Ngozi Onadeko says people must see security issues as collective responsibility to continue to enjoy a safer and secured society. Mrs Onadeko stated this at a security stakeholders meeting held at the Police Headquarters Eleyele Ibadan. She said unity and collaboration from all stakeholders in Oyo State would […]Continue Reading

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7 Bandits Surrender, Return Weapons in Zamfara

Web News 29 January 2021 1032 0

In Zamfara state, seven bandits have willingly repented and surrendered fourteen AK47 rifles and ammunition to the state government. The repentant bandits according to the state commissioner of security and home affairs Abubakar Muhammad Dauran migrated from neighboring states and settled in Zamfara for some years. He explained that it is the outcome of the […]Continue Reading

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PSC Promotes 20,356 Senior Police, 9 CPS, 9 DCPS

Web News 28 January 2021 698 0

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 20,356 senior police officers from one rank to the other.Among those promoted are nine Commissioners of Police who have become Assistant Inspectors General of Police, and nine Deputy Commissioners of Police who are now Commissioners of Police.Disclosing this in a statement on Thursday, January 28, […]Continue Reading

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Attack on Police Personnel: Oyo CP Warns Miscreants

Web News 28 January 2021 484 0

The Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Mrs Ngozi Onadeko, has sounded a note of warning to miscreants over attacks on police personnel attached to Mapo Division. This is contained in a Press Release by the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO CSP. Fadeyi Olugbenga, Anipr. Continue Reading

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Ogun Assembly Passes Resolution on Prompt Takeoff of Amotekun

Web News 28 January 2021 474 0

The Ogun State House of Assembly has passed a resolution calling on the State Government to step up plans towards the immediate take off of the Amotekun Security Network, with a view to strengthening security architecture in the state. The passage of the resolution followed a motion moved by the Majority Leader, Mr Yusuf Sherif, seconded […]Continue Reading

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Ibarapa Mayhem:NACOMYO Calls for Compensation for Victims

Web News 28 January 2021 554 0

National Council of Muslim Youth Organisations, NACOMYO has called on Oyo State Government to compensate victims and families of the lost ones in the recent mayhem in Igangan and other parts of Ibarapaland. This is contained in a statement in Ibadan by Coordinator, NACOMYO,  Oyo State Chapter, Alhaji Dawood Afolabi. Alhaji Afolabi, who conveyed sympathies of […]Continue Reading

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Insecurity: Makinde Meets Buhari, Demands More Mobile Police Squadrons in Oyo

Web News 27 January 2021 485 0

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Wednesday, met with President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss the security situation in the state, declaring that his administration remains resolute about fighting bandits, hoodlums, armed robbers and kidnappers. Governor Makinde, who addressed State House Correspondents in Abuja, said the real enemies of the state are the criminal Continue Reading

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We have deployed more security personnel to kidnapping/banditry hotspots – Governor Makinde

Web News 27 January 2021 541 0

In a bid to restore lasting peace to troubled areas, Oyo State government has come up with a security strategy including deployment of additional Operatives of the Amotekun Corps to the affected zone. Governor Seyi Makinde on his official Facebook page stated that government has resolved to redeploy 200 members of the Oyo State Western […]Continue Reading

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New AIG Zone 17 Visits Akeredolu, Promises Improved Security

Web News 27 January 2021 637 0

The new Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Zone 17, in charge of Ondo-Ekiti State, Mr Isaac Akinmoyede says the security agency will bring down the crime rate in Ondo State. He gave the assurance during a courtesy visit to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The new AIG who decried the […]Continue Reading

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Akeredolu Receives New Commander Of Owena Cantonment

Web News 27 January 2021 1491 0

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has pledged his continual support for the 32 Artillery Brigade, Owena Cantonment in Akure with a view to combating crime in Ondo State. Governor Akeredolu made the pledge while receiving the newly posted Brigade Commander, Brigadier General Raymond Utsaha in his office. The governor commended Nigerian Army for the immense contributions to Continue Reading

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South West Governors Must Ensure Peace in The Region – Catholic Bishops

Web News 26 January 2021 507 0

Catholic Bishops of Ibadan ecclesiastical province have enjoined South-West governors to ensure full implementation of various modalities aimed at ensuring peaceful–co-existence in the region.They made this known in a communiqué issued at the end of a meeting held in Ibadan.Reading the communiqué on behalf of other Catholic bishops , the Catholic Archbishop of Ibadan, Most Continue Reading

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Oyo Judicial Panel: NPF Fails to Appear

Web News 26 January 2021 447 0

Indications have emerged that the Nigeria Police in Oyo State have been refusing hearing notices on some of the petitions filed by aggrieved residents before the State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police brutality. Our Judicial correspondent who was at the inaugural sitting reports that the panel had issues hearing notice on sixty eight petitions. After the Continue Reading

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BREAKING: Oyo Amotekun Apprehends Men In Possession of Arms

Web News 26 January 2021 514 0

Oyo State Amotekun, Ido unit led by Gbenga OLAREWAJU, have arrested a truck with Reg N0 TUR 30 ZY Kebbi with about 25 suspected Hausa men in possession of about 25 dane guns and 10 dogs. They have been handed over to the police for further interrogation. Police in Ido can be contacted for confirmation. […]Continue Reading