Crime

Folake Sokoya Police on Sunday secured freedom for two underage children abducted by their househelp after about one week of captivity. The two children of Mr. and Mrs. Aneru Mutana of Gbagada Phase 2, Lagos, were kidnapped on November 26, 2018, by the househelp simply identified as Busayo, who kept the kids at a location close to the Nigeria-Benin Republic …

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Folake Sokoya Two brothers,Ayodeji and Saheed Obadimeji have been apprehended by Police on Tuesday with the head of their neighbor’s son they killed on the request of a man who contracted them for same. The team of Anti-kidnapping personnel of the Lagos State Police Command nabbed the suspects with the freshly severed head while on a routine patrol along the …

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Tayo Olanipekun Deceived by the prospect of earning over 600 Dinars monthly in Libya while transiting to Europe, a Nigerian based in Italy has likened her journey through the Mediterranean sea to a death wish. Sarah (surname withheld), who is now part of a group using photography for advocacy and social activism, spoke with National Wire on the sidelines of …

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Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligent Department of the Nigerian Police Force Alagbon Ikoyi Lagos South West Nigeria Monday arraigned before a Federal high court Ikoyi Lagos three cybercrime suspects, Uche Anyawu Julius’a.k.a Musa Mohammed 48, Kenneth CHUKWUDI Ezeonu a.k.a Abdul Karim M 45 and Agu  Ifeanyi George a. k. a Dr. Lina Norman 48 years alleged to have swindled some …

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Folake Sokoya In its bid to fight crimes to a standstill in Lagos, the Lagos State Police Command’s Taskforce on recovery of illegal and prohibited firearms, attached to Area J Command Headquarters, Ajah, while on targetted raids of uncompleted, unoccupied houses and plots of land have uncovered five guns covered in an uncompleted building in Ajah area of Lagos State. …

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The Federal High Court in Lagos has revoked the bail granted in 2007 to a former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, who is facing N7.65bn fraud charges. Justice Mohammed Idris revoked Kalu’s bail on Monday for the failure of the ex-governor to appear in court for his trial. Kalu’s lawyer, Prof. Awa Kalu (SAN) had, last week …

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By Amos Okioma Bayelsa Barely a few days after the People Democratic Party decried the incessant posting of police commissioners to Bayelsa state,  the state House of Assembly has resolved to resist and would not be intimate-dated by the Inspector General of police who is conniving  with members  of the ruling party from the state notably the former governor of …

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The trial of  former Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, Dr. Patrick Ziadeke Akpobolokeme and five others currently standing trial for allegedly stealing the sum of N754.8 million, has taken a new dimension as  the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has decided to withdraw charges against three of the defendants and made them its witnesses in …

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By Betty Abah Youths in Otukpo, Benue State have apprehended a 61-year old grand father who Sixty one year-old grandfather, Scheduler Solomon, who raped and impregnated a 14-year old house help. When apprehended by the youths of the area 7th November, he quickly hid the girl to cover up. After his arrest, he was taken to the police, grandpa Solomon, …

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The Buhari Media Organisation has revealed how the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar was able to get his US Visa. The group claims that a U.S. lobbyist was paid millions of dollars to secure an American visa for Atiku. The Chairman, Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary, Cassidy Madueke, said this in a statement jointly signed in Abuja …

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