Crime

The training for 60 Nigeria police anti-bomb officers by the U.S. for one month has ended in Lagos. Police officers drawn from different commands in the country that were trained in four sessions of 15 participants each  as  Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) mentors,yesterday received their certificate. The training was facilitated by the American Embassy in Nigeria through the office of …

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he Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says that the speed limit device introduced Feb. 1, has reduced the frequency of road traffic crashes “drastically”. “Since we began the full implementation of the speed limit regime on commercial vehicles, the rate of road accidents has gone down. The device has been a huge success,” Mrs Pat Emoerdi, its Plateau Sector Commander, …

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Lagos State Police Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni, on Tuesday warned Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) in the state police command to shun bribery or leave the state. Owoseni stated this during a lecture on Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officers at the Police Officers’ Wives’ Association (POWA) Hall, Ikeja. He warned that the era of impunity and corruption …

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A South Korean female naval officer apparently killed herself after being allegedly raped by a senior colleague, a defence ministry spokesman said Thursday. The victim, a lieutenant, was found dead in her single-room apartment on Wednesday, where a message was found reading: “Tomorrow, I won’t be in this world any longer.” “The lieutenant appeared to have committed suicide,” a military …

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Folake Sokoya The operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command last week, rescued two teenagers fleeing the Abuja abodes of their parents and re-united them with the parents on Friday. The teenagers, Chidubem Amaechi, 13 and Chinedu Onyebuchi, 13 were rescued by the RRS operatives on Monday morning after alighting from an Abuja bus at Ojodu …

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50-year-old man, Muritala Olaniyan, on Friday pleaded guilty to stealing his neighbour’s mobile phone while buying goods from his shop. Olaniyan admitted before a Surulere Chief magistrates’ Court in Lagos that he stole the Samsung phone from Mr Godwin Enoch at 9a.m. on May 12 at Sari Iganmu, Lagos. The prosecutor, Sgt. Christopher Okoliko, had told the court that the …

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Abubakari Aliu, 32, who allegedly chased a married woman working in her farm with a machete, overpowered and forcibly had sex with her has ben arrested by the police at Agogo. He reportedly fled after committing the alleged crime and left the 19-year-old victim to her fate in the bush. The incident happened in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. According to …

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The political family in Bayelsa State has continued to mourn the death of a former Acting Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Pami Hobobo. Police spokesman in the state Asinim Butswat confirmed the assassination today in Yenagoa, the state capital. “One Pamo Christopher Hobobo of PDP Road, Yenagoa was found dead in his house at …

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Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN) has faulted the Senate president, Bukola Saraki, over his claims that the anti-graft agencies were involved in more of showmanship than investigation. Saraki, on Monday, had taken a swipe at the Federal Government’s anti-graft agencies, saying they preferred showmanship. He said this was the reason the anti-graft agencies …

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Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Monday, sentenced a 20-year-old applicant, Sabiu Abdulkadir, to one-month imprisonment for stealing 15 pairs of slippers valued at N13,500. Abdulkadir of Idu village, Abuja, was arraigned on a count of theft, an offence he admitted committing. The judge, Abubakar Sadiq, however, gave the convict an option to pay N4, 000 fine and warned …

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