Crime

A 49-year-old man, Gbenga Olomilua, has urged a Grade C Customary Court sitting at Inanlende, Ibadan, to uphold the divorce request of his wife, Rashidat, alleging that her promiscuity has no bounds. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Olomilua told the court on Wednesday that his 10-year union with the plaintiff was characterised with cheating, nagging and disrespect. ”I married …

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From Amos Okioma Jones Abiri the Bayelsa publisher of weekly source who wasincarcerated by the department of State Security services   for more than two years yesterday touched Bayelsa state amidst a rousing welcome by his colleagues. Jones Abiri  who was a law student of National Open University before his arrest it would be recalled was whisked away in  a commando …

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A cleric, Pastor Joshua Adeoye, on Thursday advised men against assaulting their wives in view of its psychological effect on them. Adeoye of Good News Church of Christ, Ilorin in Kwara, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeriain Ilorin. He described such behaviour as “evil’’, According to him, assault on women is almost becoming a way …

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By Amos Okioma Chief Style Benjamin,  National Chairman of Host Communities  of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM) on Sunday dissociated the group from ongoing fraudulent jobs and contract scams in Bayelsa. Benjamin said in Yenagoa  that fraudulent people were using the name HOSTCOM to defraud unsuspecting people in Bayelsa and across the Niger Delta region. The HOSTCOM leader said that its findings …

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Folake Sokoya The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State  Command, Imohimi Edgal, has directed the deployment of additional 1000 policemen for the upcoming Eid El Kabir holiday to boost the number of men designated for that purpose in the Command’s Operations Order. This,according to the Command Image Maker,  is to ensure a hitch free Sallah celebration through effective coverage of the …

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Folake Sokoya Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal, Imohinmi has appointed  SP Abubakar Aliyu of the X-Squad section to represent him as member of Stakeholders on Police Accountability. Imohinmi made the announcement on  Wednesday,August 15,2018 during the official launch of Stakeholders Forum on Police Accountability at the Conference Hall of the Lagos State Police Command with a promise to monitor …

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Ogun State Police Command on Wednesday, 15th of August,2018 arrested one 28year old Kelvin Michael over the death of Monsurat Idowu after a marathon sex. The arrest of the suspect,according to Ogun Police Image Maker, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, was as a result of a complain made by one Mr. Benjamin Okereke of the State Hospital Ota who was said to have notified …

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.asks NHRC to probe rights violation The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday directed the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to immediately begin the overhaul of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. He has also directed the National Human Rights Commission to set up a panel to probe allegations of rights abuse by the Police unit. The Senior Special Assistant to the …

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An Appeal court has halted the  arrest order on INEC chairman Mahmoud Yakubu. A federal high Court had last week ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to arrest the INEC chairman and produce him in court on August 14 to face contempt charge for violating its order. The Justice Stephen Pam-led Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, had ruled that …

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Reports Amos Okioma The dynamic security needs in the Niger Delta region has been seen as the justification for various strategies adopted by military to protect oil infrastructure in the region. The Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to the Niger Delta christened Operation Pulo Shield was terminated in June 2016 and renamed Operation Delta Safe. The Joint Force, hitherto headed …

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