Tricycle Rider Sentenced for Assaulting FRSC Official

A Magistrate Court sitting in Benin city, Edo State last week, sentenced Mr Adeshina Adeyemo, a tricycle operator that assaulted FRSC personnel and stripped himself naked along Benin / Sapele road in July 2020 to 3 months imprisonment. According to the FRSC spokesperson, Bisi Kazeem, Mr Adeshina was arraigned with a case file number MEV/117C/2020…

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Nigerian Navy Neutralizes 291 Illegal Refineries – Official

The Nigerian navy has so far neutralized 291 illegal refineries, seized 31,310 bags of rice and arrested 707 suspects. Retired Rear Adm. David Adeniran, Flag Officer Commanding, Eastern Naval Command, Nigerian Navy in Calabar, stated this on Wednesday while enumerating some of his achievements during his service before he retired on Jan. 4. In a…

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Custom Intercepts 5200 Live Ammunition, Bullet Proof Vehicle

The Nigerian Custom Service (NCS), during 2020 Yuletide, intercepted 5,200 live ammunition and bulletproof Toyota Landcruiser. The Controller, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘C’, Mr Yusuf Lawal, who displayed the items to the media in Owerri on Thursday, said the seizures were made between Nov. 23 and Dec. 27, 2020. Giving a breakdown of the items,…

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SON Seals Lagos Plaza over Adulterated Lubricants

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Thursday sealed a plaza at the Auto Spare Parts and Machineries Dealers Association (ASPAMDA) market, Lagos Trade Fair Complex, over adulteration of established lubricants. SON said that the move was to guard against prevalence of motor accidents and machine breakdown, particularly during the Yuletide resulting from the use…

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