Crime

Folake Sokoya The operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS), a unit of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two suspected robbers for killing an UBER driver and made away with his Hyundai Elantra car with the registration number EPE 676 EC. The new  State Police Commissioner,Zubairu Muazu upon information, ordered the Commander of the RRS, Olatunji Disu to the culprits …

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A federal High court sitting in Abuja has ruled that Midland Capital Market Ltd and the Managing Director, Mr. Sam Bandi have a case to answer on allegations of falsely obtaining N40,000,000 from a client. This is a boost to the Securities and Exchange  Commission’s drive to ensure investor protection in the capital market. Midland Capital Ltd and Bandi are …

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Walter Onnoghen, the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), has filed a motion at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) seeking that Danladi Umar, the CCT Chairman, disqualify himself from prosecuting him. In the suit, Onnoghen posited that Umar is not qualified to try him, as he is also being investigated for bribery by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). …

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Ahead of the emergency meeting of the National Judicial Council (NJC) today (Tuesday), the office of the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) has sent a list of criminal allegations against Water Onnoghen to the body, TheCable has said. Insiders at the ministry of justice informed TheCable that the petition contains a number of damaging allegations against the chief justice of …

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A Lagos Magistrate Court has remanded three men in prison for impersonating INEC workers and recruiting ad-hoc staff. The suspects,Kaiyewu Folahan, Akintunde Ibukun and Azeez Kazeem were caught in the act on Wednesday by the operatives and were immediately apprehended. The suspects were today arraigned accordingly at the Chief Magistrate’s Court 2, Yaba, for conspiracy, impersonation, forgery, fraudulent act and …

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The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has announced the ban of ALG Global Concept Nigeria Limited from participating in Bank-financed projects for 36 months. The construction company registered in Nigeria, as well as its Managing Director, Mr. Abuharaira Labaran Gero, were slammed with the ban by the Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption of the Bank. An investigation conducted by the …

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The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate disbandment of the Federal SARS. He announced this in Abuja on Monday at his inaugural conference with Commissioners of Police and other senior officers. The SARS will now work under the direct supervision of the Commissioners of Police in all the states of the federation, the latest directive …

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Folake Sokoya A 23 years- old man called Abel Goodnews has been arrested for defiling a six-year-old girl (Names withheld). The suspect, a resident of No 10, Dendeke street, Bariga,Lagos, was said to have taken undue advantage of the girl who had gone into his room with her younger brother to watch television. Noticing the atmosphere was in his favour few …

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Media NGO, the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria, has condemned in very strong terms the brutal killing of Ghanaian undercover Journalist – Ahmed Husein. According to media reports, Husein was shot by gunmen on a motorbike on Wednesday night while in his car driving home. He was reportedly shot three times; twice in the chest and another in the neck. …

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Journalists in Ghana are mourning the death of their colleague, Ahmed Hussein-Suale, who was shot dead on Wednesday night. Ahmed is an undercover reporter with Tiger Eye, an investigative media platform owned by Anas Aremeyaw Anas in Ghana. The journalist was instrumental to the story which exposed the corruption in the Ghanian sports sector. On Wednesday, gunmen on a motorbike …

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