Crime

The Nigerian Army has intercepted 300,000 live cartridges smuggled into Nigeria from Benin Republic. The trucks carrying the bullets were intercepted in Ogun State. The seizure is coming barely eight months to the 2019 general elections. Investigations have commenced on the seizure. Security agencies yesterday morning intercepted 300,000 cartridges that were smuggled into Nigeria through the Benin Republic border. The …

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Tayo Olanipekun Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has ordered the Task Force on Human Trafficking and Irregular Migration to ensure eradication of the issues by 2020. The Senior Special Adviser to the Governor on human trafficking and illegal migration,Mr Solomon Okoduwa, said in Benin on Monday that that the Task Force, which the governor set up in 2017, has …

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Folake Sokoya Mrs. Adenike  Elegushi Okokuku, wife of a Lagos politician, Mr. Adeshina Okokuku, has called on the Inspector General of Police(IGP), Ibrahim Idriss and Nigerians to come to her aid as her husband’s life is not only in danger but his whereabouts are unknown The wife is also calling on the IGP to compel his officers and men to …

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With the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in May, 2015, and subsequent assumption of duties as the Honourable Minister of Finance in November, 2015, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has focused her attention on the initiation, development and aggressive implementation of innovative fiscal operations management policies and initiatives aimed at redressing the economic fortunes of the country, as well as facilitating …

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A new Swedish law set to change the way rape and other sexual crimes are prosecuted has been promulgated. It is the first law in the country that acknowledges that sex without explicit consent is rape. It is a move lawmakers say is “based on the obvious.” With the passage of the law, Sweden became the 10th country in Western …

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday said it was investigating the $1 billion alleged investment in Unity Bank Plc by Milost Global Incorporated. Efe Ebelo, SEC’s Acting Head, Corporate Communications, who confirmed this  in Lagos said the investigation into the Unity Bank/Milost case was still on, and that anyone found wanting would be sanctioned appropriately in line with …

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Folake Sokoya Two more suspected gang leaders who were declared wanted in connection with the April 2, 2018 multiple bank robberies in Offa, Kwara State have apprehended by the police. This brings to 22 the number of suspects in Police custody. The two suspects were identified as Kunle Ogunleye, 35, a.k.a Arrow, a native of Oro town in Kwara State; …

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Indian police used laxatives for several days to retrieve 106 cocaine capsules worth some $900,000 from the stomach of a Brazilian woman who tried to smuggle them into the country, officials said Monday. The 28-year-old woman and the capsules were presented to a New Delhi court which remanded her in the city’s Tihar jail. The woman was held on May …

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Residents of Magboro/Akeran area of Ogun State have blamed the police for ineptitude and lack of commitment to solving increasing rate of robbery, cultism and other criminal activities in the area. They alleged that the police benefits from the activities of hoodlums and street urchins in the community. One of the residents who pleaded anonymity said: “Magboro-Akeran Town has been …

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Justice M.S. Hassan of the Federal High Court Lagos Division has granted an injunction against Sea Petroleum Oil & Gas Limited, whose chief promoter is former Minister of Aviation, Senator Princess Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi on the application of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). Princess Oduah-Ogiemwonyi, a serving member of the 8th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has been having a running battle with …

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