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Following President Buhari's scheduled visit to Lagos state today, some roads have been blocked and this has caused traffic gridlock in most part of the state. Many of the state residents have resorted to trekking to their destinations following the traffic gridlock the road blocks have caused...

Three weeks after operatives of the Department of State Services allegedly abducted a port worker, Moruf Ajao, at his home in the Aguda, Surulere area of Lagos State, his lawyers and family members have yet to see him. According to punch newspaper a letter to the Director General of the DSS...

General Ibrahim Idris has ordered the removal of Kogi State Police Commissioner Ali Janga, following yesterday’s escape of six suspects from custody. Idris asked the Commissioner of Police, Federal Operations, Force Headquarters, Abuja, Esa Sunday Ogbu, to proceed and take over as the state’s...

The African Guarantee Fund, AGF, was launched on June 1, 2012 as a market-friendly guarantee scheme aimed at easing access to finance for African Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). AGF was designed and funded by African Development Bank, AfDB, in partnership with the governments of Denmark...

ABA—A group, Searchlight Initiative for Community Peace Advocacy and Rural Development in Nigeria, in collaboration with Abia State Police Command, has mapped out strategies aimed at tackling insecurity in the state. Speaking during a conference with the theme, “Effective Crime Prevention and...

Scores of security men including officials of the Department of State Security (DSS) led by DCP Operations, Lagos State Police Command, Mr A. Mohammed, have invaded the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) office, Ikeja Branch. The siege followed a threat by the NBA led by its Chairman, Mr Adesina...