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Customs records over 45% increase in seizures

  The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’ Ikeja of the Nigeria Customs, has released her first quarter report of anti-smuggling activities of the zone. The report which was presented by the controller, DC Usman Adamu Turaki had it that 482 different Seizures were made this quarter. The seizures which includes 133 50kg parboiled rice, 74 […]
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15 Year Old Kidnapped, Sold for N10,000

Precious is smart and good looking, but greed led her maternal cousin to sell her off for prostitution for as lit­tle as N10,000. Speaking to Daily Times as friends and family members celebrate her return from Libya at their Igboroko Street, Lakwe, Ajah residence, Precious recounted her ordeal that began on May 25, 2014 on […]
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Nanny from Hell Not MFM Member – Police

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Kenneth Nwosu, has called on all Lagosians to desist from linking Fumilayo Adeyemi Kazeem (aka Mary Akinloye), the nanny who was responsible for the kidnap of the Orekoya kids as a member of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM). You may recall that the said […]
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NHRC Condemns Spate of Kidnapping

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has condemned in strong terms the spate of kidnapping in the country even as it vowed to intensify efforts in enforcing the rights of victims and ensure the culprits are punished in accordance with the law. The Commission also expressed worries over the recent occurrence in Lagos State where […]
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Bloody Murders at Dawn in Ikorodu

Gunmen suspected to be cultists invaded two homes in Ikorodu and blotted out two lives. ANYIM JOY NDUDI reports the sorry tale of a man killed in the presence of his family and another dragged from his wife in bed and hacked to death. It was indeed a bloody Tuesday to remember for residents of […]
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Man Murders Wife, Reports Self to Police

ANYIM JOY NDUDI reports the strange story of a man who murdered the mother of his son in Ajegunle, presented himself to the police and said ‘it was the work of the devil.’ A lawful suspect may be the right word to describe Michael David, a 31 year old indigene of Delta state who murdered […]
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Five in Police Net for Robbery

Men of the Special Anti-robbery Squad attached to the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a five-man gang of armed robbersalleged to have been terrorising residents of Agege and its environs. The gang, led byex-local government council staff, Ismaila Oladosun, has Shodeinde Azeez, Salami Ahmed, Sunday Samuel and Monday Paul as members. Monday is said […]
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18-Year-Old Die in Love/Hate Gang War

The search for love by an 18-year-old teenager, EniolaToyin, has led to his untimely death. The late Toyin who lived in the Ikorodu area of the state and worked as a mechanic in Small Kuramo in Jakande, Lekki was alleged to have fallen in love with one Yetunde who, unknown to him, was a lover […]
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Wife of Burundi Politician Shot

The wife of prominent Burundian opposition politician Agathon Rwasa has been shot and wounded at a hair salon in the capital, Bujumbura. The gunman fled after opening fire on Annonciate Haberisoni as she was waiting for her hair to be done, witnesses said. Mr Rwasa accused the government of attempting to assassinate his wife. It […]
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Iraqi Kurds allege chlorine gas attack by ISIL

Kurdish officials say remnants of a suicide blast on highway between Mosul and Syria showed presence of chlorine, AlJazeera reports. Kurdish authorities in Iraq say they have evidence that fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant used chlorine gas as a chemical weapon against their peshmerga forces. The Kurdistan Region Security Council […]
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Kidnapped Lecturer Released In Rivers

The Rivers Police Command said it had rescued a lecturer with the University of Port Harcourt, Mrs Awala George, abducted on March 3. Confirming her rescue, Mr Ahmad Muhammad, a DSP, and the Public Relations Officer of the Command, said the lecturer was freed on March 11 in an uncompleted building in Port Harcourt. ‘’Following […]