Crime

Olabode Adaramola Niger state Police Command has said that within the last two weeks, it has  arrested   70 suspects over  offences ranging from cattle rustling, kidnapping, armed robbery and culpable homicide in the last two weeks ,while about 457 cattle were ala so recovered in the period under review. This was contained   in  a Press statement signed by the Police …

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Folake Sokoya The Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris has stated that the inability of the force to effectively tackle crime in the country is due to few personnel in its service compare to the population of the country. Just as he disclosed that the force have concluded plans to establish tracking units in Lagos and Rivers to contain the …

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Olabode Adaramola The Medical clinic, Bosso campus of the Federal University of Technology, Minna has been burnt down while other facilities of the Institution were also  touched during  students’ protest that erupted yesterday on the campus over the death of their colleagues. National Wire learnt   that the trouble began in  the university,  when the students discovered that one of …

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Folake Sokoya The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested an 18 – year old serial phone thief in Oshodi. The suspect, Sadeeq Wasiu, who had been imprisoned seven times, was re-arrested in Oshodi on Tuesday after several months of being on the operatives’ wanted list. Wasiu, alias “Omo Eiye”, as he is …

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The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), has said there are corruption allegations in the Central Bank of Nigeria’s foreign exchange allocation and transactions. Malami added, on Wednesday, the fraud allegations were “supported by several documents.” According to a subtle query issued by Malami to the Governor of CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, demanding …

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  The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has employed the services of an auditing firm, KPMG, to look critically into the finances of Arik Air, which it took over last week, to determine its true financial status.   This came after the immediate past President of the Aviation Round Table (ART), Capt. Dele Ore, insisted that the airline’s problems …

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Folake Sokoya The operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command, have arrested a lady in Agbor, Delta State, for drugging her man friend, a medical doctor, in a hotel in Ojodu area of Lagos, carting away his car, laptop and mobile phone. The lady, Mitchel Harrold, 37, from Warri, Delta State was on Tuesday February …

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Olabode Adaramola The Niger state Police command have  recorded a major success in restoring law and order in some parts of the state with the  arrest of 195 suspects who have been unleashing terror on the residents of the state in recent times among whom were  suspected kidnappers, cattle rustlers and other sundry  criminals. The State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji  …

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Ajibola Alao Ajibola Alao, 29, a member of a one chance gang arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command, has disclosed that his failure to heed his late mother’s advice not to be fraudulent caused his arrest. Alao was chased and arrested on Thursday February 2, 2017 around noon during one of …

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Olabode Adaramola A Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Minna, Niger State, has  on Tuesday sentenced one Baba Abuja to 12 months imprisonment for contravening the Saharia law. The accused person,  was arrested and charged before Chief Magistrate Abdullahi Usman for selling alcohol in a prohibited area of Paiko town in Paikoro Local Government of the state. According to the sharia …

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