Crime

Folake Sokoya   Leader of notorious kidnapping gang, Chukwudidumeme Onuamadike alias Evans was this afternoon arrested by men of the Nigerian police.   Onuamadike, 36, from Nnewi Anambra State led a deadly gang of kidnappers that terrorised Festac town, Amuwo Odofin, Ojo areas of Lagos for several years.   His notorious gang has been responsible for high profile kidnapping activities. …

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Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have apprehended a 59 year-old contractor, Okechukwu Oparaji Joseph on his way to New York and 41 year-old safety officer, Nnaji Ikenna Austine returning to his base in Qatar at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos  in connection with drug trafficking.   The suspects were intercepted during the outward screening …

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A woman, identified as Mrs. Ifeyinwa Udeh, from the Abakpa-Nike area of Enugu, has died in a hotel room where she reportedly lodged with an alleged lover. The incident occurred on June 2, 2017 at a hotel in the Trans Ekulu area of Enugu. Spokesman, Enugu State Police Command, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the incident, said the woman checked into …

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The Federal Government has endorsed the operations of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the seaports. This clarification was openly made by the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, (NPA) Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman at a stakeholders’ meeting in Lagos on Wednesday sequel to the implementation of the executive order issued by the  acting President, Yemi Osinbajo …

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  Nigeria and eighteen other coastal countries stretching from Senegal to Angola have started working together in a joint effort at fighting crime at sea.   The European Union project, Gulf of Guinea Interregional Network (GOGIN) (www.GOGIN.eu), starts operations today. The €9.2 million, four-year programme will support participating countries in developing joint planning, coordination, communication and IT infrastructure at a …

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Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni has allayed the fears of the general public with regards to the falsehood being circulated on the social media in respect of security situation at Mafoluku-Oshodi and environs. “Oshodi is relatively calm and not “boiling as being erroneously peddled. It is mischief and callousness to put people in fear. Video footage being circulated …

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Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos have intercepted a fifty-four year old single mother of four children on pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia with substances that tested positive for cocaine. In a release signed by Ofoyeju Mitchell Head, Public Affairs, NDLEA, the suspect who hails from Kwara State was apprehended …

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Operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested an alleged member of a five-man gang that specializes in stealing tricycle, popularly known as ‘keke Napep’, and motorcycles in the Lagos metropolis. The suspect, Ekene Chukwuan, 21-year-old, was arrested in the early hours of Thursday June 1, his 5man- gang broke into an apartment at 49, …

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A housewife, Mrs Kemi Joshua, 30, was on Wednesday brought before an Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly receiving two stolen pigs valued at N100,000. The Police prosecutor, Sgt. Adeoye Adesegun, told the court that the accused conspired with her husband, Joshua, who is still at large, to commit the offences. “Kemi unlawfully received two female pigs valued at N100, …

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Tragedy struck in the ancient city of Kano on Monday when a newly wedded woman set her husband and herself ablaze in Kano over alleged infidelity. The woman was said to have lit a petrol keg in their No 54 Middle Road residence in the Sabon Gari area of the city, which exploded, engulfing herself and the husband. The husband, …

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