Crime

Folake Sokoya The men of Ogun State police command has arrested three members of an armed robbery syndicate at Ogunmakin in obafemi owode local government area of the state. The suspects were arrested after they attacked one Isaiah Sowunmi and shot his son Abiodun Sowunmi on the thigh in a bid to dispose them of their money. Distress call was …

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Folake Sokoya Operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested 12 suspects over an attempted murder of a tanker escort and the diversion of a 45,000 litre diesel laden truck as well as the diversion of 410 bags of flour. The incident happened on February, 1, 2017 when the truck with the registration number ENU …

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Olabode Adaramola Hundreds of members of the Niger state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) last Thursday foiled an attempt by the police in Minna  the state capital,  to stop a stakeholders  meeting at the state Secretariat of the party . The PDP members from the 25 local government areas of the state arrived the Secretariat as early as 9.00am …

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Olabode Adaramola Niger state governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has commissioned Yakila Police station in Yakila community , Rafi Local Government Area of  the state. The station, according to a Press statement made available to newsmen over the weekend by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor,  Malam Jibrin Baba Ndace , was built and furnished by the state government …

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Folake Sokoya About 24 hours after the arrest of a cable vandal by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command, men of the security outfit has nabbed another cable thief on Oba Akran Road, Ikeja, Lagos early morning today (Wednesday). The first vandal, Bayo Agboola, a cart pusher, was arrested on Oba Akran around 3:30 …

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Woman whose husband was kidnapped at Epe Seven Days ago, collapse, during Igbodu/Isiwo axis farmers and community members of Epe  protest against kidnapping in their communities to the Governor’s office in Lagos yesterday, Photo; Abiodun Omotosho‎

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Olabode Adaramola The chairman of Niger state Liqour licensing board, Barrister Yahaya Halidu has warned all liqour vendors operating in the state to obtain their licenses before the end of February as anyone caught selling liqour without a license would be arrested and arraigned before the court of law. Barr.  Halladu , said the board will no longer tolerate the …

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Olabode Adaramola Niger State governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has challenged professionals in the  health sector in the country to check the increasing rate of quackery, complaining that many people have been victims of wrong diagnoses. He also decried the high mortality rate of pregnant women, new born babies  and children, saying the development is not acceptable and should be …

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Tayo Olanipekun The Nigeria Police has declared untrue an online report making the rounds on Monday that an unidentified young man attempted to commit suicide by jumping down the ledge of a pedestrian bridge at Jakande along the Lekki-Epe Expressway before policemen stopped him. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Dolapo Badmus, debunked the news that went viral …

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Tayo Olanipekun Lagos State Government has filed criminal charge against the Managing Director of Lekki Gardens Estate Ltd, Richard Nyong and others over the collapse of a five-storey building under construction on Kushenla Road, Ikate-Elegushi, Lagos, in which no fewer than 35 persons lost their lives. Charged along with the companies involved, Lekki Gardens Estate, GT Rich Ltd, HC Insight …

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