Crime

Lagos State Government has said all is set for the prosecution of a Danish national, Peter Nielsen, for the murder of his Nigerian wife, Zainab, and their three-year-old daughter, Petra. The incident took place in the Banana Island area of Ikoyi on April 5, 2018. The government, in a statement on Wednesday by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, …

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A 35-year-old farmer, Emmanuel Awugye, has reportedly committed suicide by hanging after allegedly killing his 32-year-old wife, Ama Baduwaa. The incident took place at Awugyekrom near Adansi Fumso in the Ashanti region of Ghana on Monday morning. Emmanuel’s uncle, Ibrahim Abu, who disclosed the incident to Adomonline, said the body of Emmanuel Awugye was found hanging on a tree in a different …

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Folake Sokoya The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force over the weekend impounded 98 commercial motorcycles plying restricted routes within Apapa. The Chairman of the Agency, SP Olayinka Egbeyemi disclosed that the enforcement operation was carried out on the directive of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police CP Edgal Imohimi. He disclosed further that the enforcement operations was carried …

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Folake Sokoya Troops of the 81 Division Nigeria Army apprehended 23 suspected cultists at the Egirin Depression area of Ikorodu on April 16, 2018, where over 50 suspected cultists of the “Eiye” confraternity were conducting physical training for new recruits. The new members were being initiated to be able to plan and carry out robbery and kidnap activities,according to the …

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Olabode Adaramola A Minna, Niger State based  business woman, Tina Mutun, has dragged the Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Niger State Council, Malam Mohammed Mohammed, to court ober allegation of breach of trust and cheating. A copy of the direct criminal complaint filed at the Senior Magistrate  Court 5, Minna a copy of which was made available …

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Folake Sokoya Lagos State Police have arrested over 80 miscreants, recovered a toy gun, six butchers’ knives, 21 kitchen knives, nine hammers, substances suspected to be cannabis and other dangerous weapons from the Olusosun dumpsite squatters. The police team, comprising of officers drawn from Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Lagos State Taskforce, Counter Terrorism Unit, Alausa Police Station and other police …

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Tayo Olanipekun In addition to the 15 of the abducted Chibok school girls recently reported to be alive,15 more are still living, bringing the number of the surviving abductees to 30, a Nigerian journalist with sources among the Boko Haram insurgents has revealed. In a series of tweets Tuesday evening, Ahmad Salkida said, however, that five of the girls have …

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Folake Sokoya Lagos State Commissioner of Police (CP), Imohimi Edgal, has said he deeply regretted the “unwarranted use of firearm” by a police Superintendent attached to the Sagamu Road Police Station, Divisional Crime Officer(DCO), SP Opawoye Adetunji. Imohinmi has also directed that the officer be issued a “comprehensive query” for shooting a civilian on Sunday,April 15, 2018, for a yet-to-be-determined …

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Folake Sokoya Thirty-nine year -old Abdulrahman Mohammed,a primary school drop-out who has been parading himself and practicing as a medical doctor in Lagos over the past 4years have been arrested by Lagos police. The suspect, while responding to questions from journalist confessed that he was a medicine merchant, but had been giving his unsuspecting patients intravenous injections, conducting medical tests, …

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Folake Sokoya The operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command on Thursday forced four armed robbers to abandon a hijacked danfo commercial bus,with a gun and six passengers, whom they had held hostage while in transit. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Imohimi Edgal disclosed this on Monday at the Command’s headquarter while parading …

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