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FRSC, Oyo Command Apprehends 1,775 Traffic Offenders

January 15, 2020 2:09 pm

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Oyo State says it has arrested 1,775 traffic offenders since the commencement of the on-going “Operation Zero Tolerance” in the state.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that “Operation Zero Tolerance” started in Dec. 16, 2019 and would end on Jan.19.

The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mrs Uche Chukwurah, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Ibadan.

Chukwurah said that out of those arraigned before a mobile court at Apata, Ibadan, 37 were convicted and six others cautioned and discharged.

She said that the exercise was to

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Alledged oil theft: Navy apprehends Ghanaian, 8 Beninoise

May 14, 2019 10:31 pm

The Navy said yesterday that it had arrested nine foreign nationals alongside two boats and seven trucks, for alleged stolen Petrol Motor Spirit (PMS), near Atlas Cove in Lagos.

The Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, Commodore Ibrahim Shettima, who briefed reporters in Apapa, Lagos, said the arrest happened between May 10 and 12 at Atlas Cove Island and Nigeria- Benin Republic border.

He said: “On May 10 at about 2am, a patrol team posted to the Atlas Cove Island discovered two trucks containing about 200 x 25 litre plastic cans around Akaraba area on the Atlas Cove Island.

“Although,

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EFCC nabs seven suspected Internet fraudsters in Kwara

EFCC apprehends four suspects of cyber crime

May 6, 2019 9:06 pm

Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested four suspected internet fraudsters in Calabar, the Cross River State.

Their arrests followed two seperate raids carried out in the early hours of May 4 and May 5.

The Saturday morning operation led to the arrest of a known “yahoo” kingpin, Akpojivi Joel Onoriode, a 29-year-old graduate of Delta State University, Abraka, who is married with two kids.

Onoriode was arrested in his “lavishly furnished” duplex located at Plot 10, Block VI, UniCal Satellite Town, Calabar, which he allegedly confessed was purchased with proceeds …