The Nigeria Police Force has revealed some potential benefits of the Electronic Central Motor Registry, E-CMR innovation.

The E-CMR innovation is expected to revolutionize how vehicle information is verified and tracked, especially when stolen.

The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, while highlighting some of the benefits of the E-CMR via his X handle on Thursday, said with the technology, there would be “No more stopping to check papers- our officers are equipped with cutting-edge tech to verify documents in real-time”.

According to Adejobi, when a vehicle registered with the NPF E-CMR gets stolen, “you can instantly flag it as stolen through your online profile” and it will be recovered.

The Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun had in July this year ordered the enforcement of the digitalised Central Motor Registry.

The IGP said the move was to modernise and digitize the motor vehicle registration system, and improve the nation’s safety and security framework.

Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja has dismissed a defection suit instituted against the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike.

The suit seeking to replace the 27 lawmakers on account of their alleged defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) was dismissed on various grounds.

Delivering judgement on Friday, Justice Lifu held that the suit instituted by the Action People’s Party (APP) was statute-barred and was not filed within 14 days allowed by law.

While the defection was said to have been carried out in December last year, the APP filed the case on July 12, eight months after the cause of action emanated.

Besides, Justice Lifu said that the case was a gross abuse of the court process on the ground that several suits on the alleged defection of the same 27 lawmakers had been adjudicated upon by the Federal High Court.

The judge who quoted the previous judgments of the Federal High Court said that the request for replacement of the lawmakers had earlier been rejected due to a lack of sufficient evidence to establish the defection of the legislators.

He specifically recalled the judgment of Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja delivered in July where the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was restrained from declaring the seats of the lawmakers vacant and from conducting any fresh election to replace them.

Justice Lifu pointed out that since the judgement had not been set aside and not appealed against, it remains binding with the force of law as far as the issue of defection is concerned for the 27 legislators.

He added that it would amount to a waste of judicial time for him to sit as an appeal court in the judgment of the same court.

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two women, Ujunwa Una and Chinelo Igbechionwu, for conspiracy and child trafficking.

The arrest was made by patrol officers from the Ojodu Division at Berger bus stop, a key entry point into Lagos.

According to the Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the women were caught with two newborn baby girls, about six days old, while traveling from Abia State on September 9, 2024.

Investigations revealed that they were transporting the babies to a nurse in Lagos, whom the mother had arranged for them to meet.

The suspects confessed, admitting they were paid ₦150,000 for transporting the babies, who had been sold by their mother due to her inability to care for them. The babies have since been placed in a motherless babies’ home for care and medical evaluation.