Crime

The Baale of Shangisha,Lagos State, Chief Yusus Ogundare has been suspended. The state governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday approved the immediate suspension of Ogundare. Ogundare is the Baale of Shangisha in Magodo, who had faked his own kidnap on the 5th of July which allegedly took place around Center for Management Development (CMD) Road in Ikosi-Isheri Local Council Development …

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The Kano State Police Command on Thursday recorded a breakthrough following the arrest of a notorious 30-year-old armed robber, Yusuf Umar, in a military camouflage, alongside 12 other suspects in a robbery operation at Tokarawa Village on wednesday. Briefing newsmen on the crackdown at the Command’s headquarters in Kano on Wednesday while parading the 13 armed robbers on behalf of …

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Folake Sokoya In the bid to rid Ikorodu of criminals, the Lagos State Police Command with LNSC operatives and the Ikorodu vigilante (Onyabo) group stormed Ikorodu today, Wednesday 12th July. Wednesday’s raid came as a result of the security meeting last week in Ikorodu between the security agencies and major stake holders in the various communities around Ikorodu.   The …

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The Police Command in Borno on Wednesday confirmed that 19 people were killed in the latest deadly Boko Haram attacks in Maiduguri in Nigeria’s troubled North East. The attacks, which occurred late on Tuesday, claimed the lives of 12 Civilian Joint Task Force members and seven civilians, according to the Borno State Commissioner of Police Borno, Mr Damian Chukwu. No …

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Folake Sokoya Chairman, Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC), Mr. Israel Ajayi has appealed to the public to stop killing suspected members of the cult group otherwise known as Badoo boys. Ajao, a retired Police DIG, made the appeal during a security town hall meeting organised by the corps for the communities in and around Ikorodu in Lagos State. Describing …

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The International Press Centre, Lagos-Nigeria has condemned the murder of Mr. Lawrence Okojie a reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority, Benin City, Edo State-Nigeria, who was allegedly killed by gunmen on the night of Saturday July 8, 2017. In a release sent to National Wire and signed by Melody Akinjiyan, Program Assistant/Safety Desk Officer for the International Press Centre, Media …

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Folake Sokoya The Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), on Monday in Lagos, announced the arrest of 11 suspected fraudsters, including three bankers with a new generation bank, over N150 million fraud. The unit’s spokesman, ASP Lawal Audu confirmed the arrest to newsmen Ikoyi, Lagos, stressing that two of the suspects were employees of a network service provider. The suspected bankers …

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The Osun State High Court sitting in Ede has ordered that the immediate former Acting Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Professor Anthony Elujoba be further remanded in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The anti-graft agency had on Wednesday arrested Professor Elujoba alongside the school’s Bursar, Mrs Josephine Akeredolu on alleged financial corruption and …

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The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, says President Buhari has resolved to work with Ibrahim Magu as EFCC Chairman to stamp out endemic corruption in the country. Osinbajo, who spoke at the inauguration of the Kaduna office of the anti graft agency on Thursday, said that those who think that they were winning in fighting back against the government’s war …

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Olabode Adaramola A  Chief Magistrate Court in Minna, Niger State has ordered the remand in prison custody of a 33-year-old Pastor, Paul Aderinwa, over allegation of raping an under age Girl. The Clergyman was arraigned in court on Thursday on One  count charge of rape, contrary to section 283 of the penal code law. The Police Prosecutor, Inspector Gunduma Ibrahim, …

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