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Lagos State DNA Forensic Centre (LSDFC) is a forensic centre to improve investigations of crime by allowing the Lagos State Government (LSG), South West Nigeria to use DNA analysis. The centre is the first of its kind in West Africa .
The SCIID carries out inquiries into diverse range of criminal offences in Nigeria. The police unit is authorized and empowered to carryout investigations, make arrest and prosecute criminals to the full extent of the Law of Nigeria. [4] [5] The unit serves to investigate and prosecute complex crimes in the country.
The Nigerian Army has been known to open fire and kill unarmed civilians in previous incidents, most notably was the 2015 Zaria massacre [11] and 2018 attack on Shiite Muslims who were protesting against the jailing of a cleric in which 45 Nigerians were killed. [12]
Crime in Nigeria is investigated by the Nigerian Police. Nigeria is considered to be a country with a high level of crime, ranking 19th among the least peaceful countries in the world. [1] During the first half of 2022, almost 6,000 people were killed by jihadists, kidnappers, bandits or the Nigerian army. [2]
Organised crime in Nigeria includes activities by fraudsters, bandits (such as looting and kidnappings on major highways), drug traffickers and racketeers, which have spread across Western Africa. Nigerian criminal gangs rose to prominence in the 1980s, owing much to the globalisation of the world's economies and the high level of lawlessness ...
Kuje prison is one of the largest prisons in Abuja, and in the months leading up to the attack, over 5,000 prisoners had been released in prison breaks orchestrated by various militant groups. [1]
The judge allowed the video images to be admitted as evidence, but did not accept the copy of the newspaper and adjourned the matter to 27 March 2020 for continuation. [8] On 11 June 2020, the judge gave 21 days to councils involved in the murder trial to file their written addresses and adjourned the suit to 29 July 2020 for the adoption of ...
The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) was founded in late 1992 by former police commissioner Simeon Danladi Midenda.The inciting events that spurred SARS formation were the killing of Colonel Ezra Dindam Rimdan (Nigerian Army) by police officers at a checkpoint in Lagos in September 1992, their arrest, [6] a strike by police officers in response, and a subsequent crime wave.