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The Nigeria Bar Association Section on Public Interest has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to stop the directive requiring vehicle owners to register and obtain a Central Motor Information System Certificate for a fee of not less than N6,000. NBA-SPIDEL questioned the legal basis for the Nigeria Police Force’s issuance of the CMRIS Certificates, stating that no law had granted the police the authority to issue such licences or certificates to vehicle owners following vehicle registration at the appropriate offices. It demanded an immediate halt to the issuance and enforcement of the CMRIS Certificates, urging the Inspector General of Police to issue a directive stopping the practice nationwide. The association also called for the shutdown of the registration website and physical registration centres, with refunds to be made to those who had already paid. It made the call in a letter addressed to the Inspector General of Police, and co-...

 As part of the efforts of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, NPM, Ph.D, to enhancing the security of lives and property, the Nigeria Police Force is set to commence the enforcement of the digitalized Central Motor Registry (e-CMR) within the next 14 days, specifically on the 29th of July, 2024, to rejuvenate and digitalize the motor vehicle registration system, significantly bolstering our nation's safety and security framework. The e-CMR is an advanced, real-time online repository of motor vehicle data, designed to support police investigations, operational activities, and combat vehicle-related crimes, including terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, and armed robbery. The transition to a digitalized system will streamline the documentation and verification processes for vehicle ownership and related transactions. Following the directives of the IGP, services such as change of ownership, change of license number, change of engine, and change of chassis/body would b...

 ...Edo 2024 guber' election in focus: a tale of the people's return to power By John Ewah We have embarked on this enlightenment journey to unveil the untold truths and hidden dimensions in Edo’s political landscape, such truths now becoming dormant in the recesses of the people’s memories. A trip down memory lane is therefore necessary to make glaring the real issues, before we as a people make life-changing decisions in our collective choice, come September 21, 2024. The title of this treatise has been used an extended metaphor to allude historically to the period the Soviet Union held sway in Eastern Europe, placing political, military, and ideological barriers to seal off itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other non-communist areas. The Edo political terrain has become the object of comparison in this historical allusion. The oppressive political class has erected several barriers to stratify the society in orde...