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The zero tolerance stance on market infractions and fraud of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), received yet another major boost Tuesday when Mr. Oyekun Akinsemoyin was arraigned before the Ikeja magistrate court 1 on charges of conspiracy , forgery, fraud and impersonation contrary to sections 412, 380 and 368 of the Lagos state criminal code. The arrest and prosecution of Mr. …

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Tayo Olanipekun President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the suspended Secretary to the Federal Government (SFG), Babachir Lawal and the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ayodele Oke. The President has immediately appointed Boss Mustapha as the replacement for the embattled SFG while no announcement is made yet about the replacement for Oke. This was made known by …

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In 2014, the President of the National Association of Women Journalists, Mrs. Ifeyinwa Omowole, sold the idea of low cost housing for women journalists in the state to the National Union of Journalists, Lagos State Council. Three years down the line, with contributions running into almost N100m, no journalist or contributor to the scheme has got any house while prospect …

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Olabide Adaramola,   Minna The Niger State Police Command,  has announced the rescue  of the kidnapped Divisional  Police Officer (DPO)  in munya Local Government area of the state on Thursday evening. Advertisement In a statement by  the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer ( PPRO)  SP Abigail Unaeze, the kidnapped Divisional Police  Officer (DPO) and five others, have been rescued in …

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The “Operation Absolute Sanity” launched by the Nigeria Police to rout kidnappers and other criminals terrorising communities, motorists and commuters along the Abuja-Kaduna highway, has yielded fruit with the arrest of Aliyu Bello, described as the grand commander of kidnappers in the zone. Bello, according to the police, was in charge of virtually all the kidnap groups operating along the Abuja-Kaduna …

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It was a shocking revelation on Monday at the headquarters of the Osun State Police Command, Osogbo when a 39-year old woman, Mrs Omotayo Salawudeen, confessed that she had s3xual intercourse with her late husband, Alhaji Salawudeen Hakeem, before killing him. Speaking during a chat with journalists after being paraded by Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fimihan Adeoye, Omotayo, …

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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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The Imo State Police Command on Tuesday promised prompt payment of the entitlements of the two policemen who lost their lives during the robbery attack on a Zenith Bank branch on Wetheral Road, Owerri, Imo State. The state Commissioner of Police, Chris Ezike, said the police would not abandon the victims’ families. This is just as Zenith Bank said it …

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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old man, Lucien Tosume suspected to be a ritualist, for possessing a human skull. Tosume was arrested on June 4 2017 following an intelligence report in Iraye village in Sagamu Local Government Area, Ogun State. According to ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, the suspect was specializes in the sale …

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Folake Sokoya Fulfilling the promise to fish out the killers of Mr. Awodiran Sunday, a bank agent that was gruesomely murdered in May, the Ogun State Police Command has arrested all persons involved. The 38 years old indigene of Ekiti State was attacked by hoodlums at Lambe junction, Alausa Village in Ifo local government area of Ogun State around 9:45 …

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