Crime

Police have released, Friday night, the names of suspects arrested in connection with the robbery of banks in Offa,Kwara State, on April 5, which left seven policemen and many bank customers dead. According to a statement made available by the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), ACP Jimoh Moshood,12 additional suspects were arrested from different parts of the country,in addition to …

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Eight police officers have been dismissed for claiming rats ate narcotic drugs in their custody,reminiscing recent cases in Nigeria where wild animals were blamed for missing funds. This followed Investigation which revealed that 540kg of marijuana,out of the 6,000kg impounded, was missing from a police warehouse in Pilar, north-west of Buenos Aires,BBC has reported. The city’s former police commissioner, Javier …

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Folake Sokoya A 20 year old man arrested by operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command has confessed that his 3-man gang use a toy gun to rob stranded motorists around Adeniji Adele end of the Third Mainland Bridge. The suspect, Rilwan Wasiu from Oyo State was arrested last week Thursday at Adeniji Adele under bridge …

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Folake Sokoya  Lagos State police on Good Friday, at the Ojuwoye market in the Mushin area of the state, arrested Benjamin Ojukwu,for selling adulterated wines. Ojukwu was arrested,following intelligence report, by ACP Akinbayo Olasoji and his men who stormed Ojuwoye Market on March 30, 2018, on the orders of CP Edgal Imohinmi, to fish out the individuals behind the illicit …

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly invited Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former minister of finance, to explain the withdrawal of $250 million from the $500 million recovered from the Sani Abacha family. In 2015, a sum of $250 million was released to the office of the national security adviser (NSA) for the procurement of arms and ammunition to equip …

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Folake Sokoya Men of Ogun state police command have arrested one Okwudili Okoro for matcheting to death his master Azubuike Okoro who was also his elder brother and his wife Jacinta Okoro. The suspect was arrested following a report by one Joseph Nwagu who reported at Sango Division that Azuibike and his wife have been hacked to death by the …

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Folake Sokoya The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force has nabbed a notorious traffic robber who pretended to be selling ‘Soft drinks to motorists at Oshodi bridge. SP Olayinka Egbeyemi, Chairman of the Lagos State Task Force disclosed that the traffic robber was apprehended by officers of the Agency who were positioned at Oshodi bridge to check criminal activities …

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From Amos Okioma,Yenagoa. A Bayelsa State High Court (Yenagoa Division), has sentenced a 38-year-old vicious cult leader, Diepreye Sunday Olayo to death by hanging. Delivering his judgment on Thursday, Justice Emmanuel Ogola found him guilty for the murder of Being Ilebiri on September 6 2011 along Ebis Mechanic road, Amarata, Yenagoa. Olayo a member of Greenlanders cult group was said …

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The 371,800 figure often quoted as the number of members of the Nigeria Police Force in the country included no fewer than 80,115 ‘ghost officers’, data obtained from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation by PREMIUM TIMES have uncovered. The data revealed that following the full integration of payrolls of the country’s 42 police commands and formations into …

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Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has raised the alarm of plans by ‘certain faceless and identified persons have sworn to malign’ his name. But the former president disclosed this through his facebook account that truth would surely prevail. Recall that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had disclosed last week that ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration spent only N153 billion on infrastructure in …

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