In support of the Federal Government’s quest for affordable house rent for workers There is perhaps no more revealing measure of the health of a society than the answer to a simple question: Can a man who works honestly afford to put a roof over the heads of his...
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Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has announced the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), Nigeria Customs Service and Dangote Group among partners for its 10th annual conference in Lagos. GOCOP Publicity Secretary, Ms Kemi Yesufu, announced this in a statement issued on Monday in...
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives have uncovered one of the year’s biggest opioid hauls during a joint examination of three monitored consignments, leading to the seizure of Two Million Five Hundred and Fifty-Five Thousand (2,550,000 ) pills of Tramaking 225mg, Tramaking 250mg, and Royal Tapentadol 250mg, with...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday 25th September 2026 arraigned Afolabi Kazeem Michael, popularly known as KC Luxury, and two other accomplices, Boniface Freeman Ochoche Sule and Ikechukwu Ekugo Patriarch, before Hon. Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on a 22-count charge bordering...
Lagos police identify inspector in viral video, begin disciplinary action over controversial remarks
Lagos police identify inspector in viral video, begin disciplinary action over controversial remarks
Lagos State Police Command has identified the police inspector seen in a viral video making controversial remarks while travelling in a public vehicle and has commenced disciplinary action against him. The Command, in a statement issued on Friday by its spokesperson, SP Abimbola Adebisi, identified the officer as Inspector Osumah Frank, adding that disciplinary procedures had already begun in line with the regulations of the Nigeria Police Force. According to the Command, the officer’s comments were made in his personal capacity and do not reflect the position or official views of either the Lagos State Police Command or the Nigeria Police Force. The statement said: “The Command has commenced appropriate disciplinary action against the officer in line with established regulations of the Nigeria Police Force; it also wishes to make it clear that the statements made by the officer were made in his personal capacity and do not represent the position, views or official disposition of the Lagos State Police Command or the Nigeria Police Force.” The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Tijani Fatai, reaffirmed the Force’s commitment to professionalism and discipline, stressing that officers must conduct themselves responsibly at all times. He said: “All personnel are expected to maintain professionalism, civility, discipline and respect for members of the public at all times.” The police commissioner added: “Wearing the Police uniform comes with a responsibility to uphold the dignity and integrity of the Force, and the Command will not condone any conduct capable of bringing the Force into disrepute or undermining public confidence in the Police.” The Lagos State Police Command also restated its commitment to transparency, accountability and policing with humility and integrity, assuring residents that misconduct by officers would continue to attract appropriate sanctions in line with the law.
Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old man suspected to be a cultist during an intelligence-led operation in Ikorodu, recovering a rubber-made pistol, an axe, suspected criminal charms and a quantity of the illicit drug known as “Ice.” The suspect, identified as Muyideen Olatunbosun, was apprehended by police...
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State Command, has arrested two women for allegedly producing adulterated fruit juice in Badagry, Lagos State. The suspects, aged 48 and 50, were arrested during a five-day surveillance operation carried out by the command in collaboration with an Army formation operating...
The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has announced four panellists for its 10th annual conference, scheduled to hold on Thursday, October 8, 2026, in Lagos. The panellists are Dr Abayomi Shogunle, Commissioner of Police, Election Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Force Headquarters, Abuja; Prof Tayo Popoola, Head of the...
The contest for the presidency of Nigeria in the election on 11 August 1979 was between five candidates. Nnamdi Azikiwe of the Nigerian Peoples Party was born on 16 November 1904. On election day in 1979, he was over 74 years. Obafemi Awolowo of the Unity Party of Nigeria...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recorded one of its biggest nationwide anti-drug operations, intercepting illicit drugs worth over N3.4 billion and arresting several suspects, including a man who allegedly posed as a senior police officer to transport drugs across the country. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi,...
Chidi Amuta In Nigeria today, the market of memoirs is now a field jammed with a buffet of titles by political mammals. And politicians in these parts have a penchant for poisoning most things they come into contact with. Anything hugged by Nigerian politics never remains the same. It...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, Okotie-Eboh, Ikoyi, Lagos, has handed over the sum of N140,000,000.00 (One Hundred and Forty Million Naira) to an investment and money-lending company, B4 Sail Limited. The recovery of the funds, handed over in bank drafts by the Acting...
A 38-year-old South African lady, Ms. Will Jessica Ann has been convicted and sentenced to 40 years in jail for importing 5.75 kilograms of heroin into Nigeria. The convict was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja...
The Lagos International Trade Fair Complex Management Board (LITFCMB), has reiterated its commitment to sustaining a fair and lawful business environment for both Nigerian and foreign investors operating within the complex. Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Board, Veronica Safiya Ndanusa stated this in a statement on...
The Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs (LASODA), in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has concluded a two-day Digital Citizenship Training for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Lagos State. Representing the General Manager, LASODA, Mrs. Adenike Oyetunde-Lawal, at the opening ceremony, the Head of Department, Monitoring, Evaluation...
The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has been ranked Nigeria’s leading health institution in the 2026 SCImago Institutions Rankings, placing 7,051st worldwide and in the first quartile of the global health-sector table. The Spanish-based ranking scored institutions on 20 indicators across three weighted dimensions: research performance (50%), innovation output...
Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML), and the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN) have expressed commitment to ensure a full compliance with the Anti Money Laundering/Counter Finance on Terrorism/Counter Proliferation Financing, (AML/CFT/CPF) laws within the Nigeria’s real estate sector. They made the resolve during a stakeholders’...
Abuja, Nigeria, September 14, 2026: Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan, is to deliver the keynote address at the 10th Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), scheduled to hold in Lagos. Chairman of the 2026 conference planning committee and Deputy...
In the stormy wellspring of a torrential national discourse, something useful has emerged. Suddenly, the written word as the expression of national memory has emerged in a flurry of memoirs. We are in the season of memoirs and recollections. Selective remembering in writing has since emerged as a distinctive...
The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), has announced plans to institute the Dotun Oladipo Prize for Online Journalism in memory of its former president. GOCOP Deputy President Olumide Iyanda announced the initiative on behalf of the Guild on Thursday at the service of songs for Oladipo at Regal...