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‘We were trying to raise money to travel overseas’- 2 notorious kidnappers arrested in Edo State

Operatives of the anti-kidnapping squad of the Edo State Police Command have arrested two suspected notorious kidnappers, Best Iyoha, 34 and 27-year-old Junior Ekete, who are on police wanted list. The suspects, who had been terrorising Edo and Delta State, were arrested after they abducted a 40-year-old businessman, Mr Okpogie Osaigbovo, from his construction site […]
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Missing one year old child

A one year old little girl has been abducted by a househelp who started working for the family 3 days prior. Please contact the nearest police station if you see this child. Read what the LIB reader who sent in the missing child report wrote: “Dear Aunty Linda; “My niece was taken away from their house by […]
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Police bust fake embassy in Lagos

The Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command, has discovered fake embassy operating  in Lagos where many innocent members of the public had been swindled. The policemen attached to the squad swooped on them and two Chinese and two Nigerians were apprehended during the raid on their office situated inside a hotel,  Golden […]
Law News Politics

Supreme Court tells Fayemi: You were wrong

Former Gov. Kayode Fayemi’s dismissal of council chairmen under his watch in Ekiti State was illegal and unconstitutional, the Supreme Court has ruled. The court has therefore ordered the successor Ayo Fayose government to pay N3.3 billion to the local government chairmen and councillors, who were relieved of their duties. The former governor, now the […]
Crime

Robbers attack Ogwashi- Uku

 Rampaging armed robbers terrorising Ogwashi-Uku, the headquarters of Aniocha South Local Government, Wednesday attacked residents in Agidiase Quarters in the community, robbed them of their household belongings  N150, 000 cash. It was gathered that the armed hoodlum stormed the quarter in the early hours and began rob house to house including old persons before security
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APC Honourable member murdered in Lagos

An All Progressive Congress (APC) Honourable member Ugochukwu Nwosu, who contested as the party’s candidate for Abia North constituency during the 2015 Abia State House of Assembly election has been murdered in his Lagos residence. Ugochukwu was said to have been attacked in the early hours of Thursday the 1st of December at his home – […]
Crime News

Police arrest kidnappers of Dangote employee.

Three suspects allegedly responsible for the murder of one Istifanus Gurama, a key business strategist at the Dangote Group and the kidnap of five other expartriates from same organisation have been arrested. The suspects, Abubakar Gide 24, Abdullahi Salihu 22, and Babuga Adamu 25 were arrested by men of the IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT)  […]
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Court jails 3 Bolivians 12 years over drug trafficking

Three Bolivia nationals were on Tuesday sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment by a Federal High Court, Ikoyi Lagos, for unlawful production of controlled drug known as Methamphetamine, a drug similar to Cocaine, Heroin and LSD. Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo, had on Monday, November 21, 2016, convicted the three Bolivians: Reuben Ticono Jorge, Yhugo Chavaez Moreno, and […]
Crime

Photo: Police arrest kidnappers that murdered Dangote’s strategist, recovers arms and ammunition

The IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have arrested three of the kidnappers that murdered ransom transporter and a senior strategist with Dangote Industries Limited, Istifanus Gurama. According to a press release signed by police spokesman, Don Awunah, the IRT, armed with credible intelligence, between November 27, 2016 and December 3, 2016 arrested three of the […]