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Police arrest 18 suspected criminals in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 27 April 2016 0

The Lagos State Police Command said on Wednesday that it had arrested 18 suspected criminals terrorising the Ikorodu area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Oladapo Badmos, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Badmos said that the suspects were arrested during

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Police arrest man, 30, for allegedly defiling 10-year-old boy

Ihesiulo Grace 11 April 2016 0

The Ebonyi Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 35-year-old man, Stephen Ude for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old boy. Mr George Okafor, the command’s Public Relations Officer who confirmed the incident and arrest on Monday in Abakaliki, said that investigation into the matter had begun. According to him, the suspect will soon be charged […]

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Police, NGO fly in two Nigerians trafficked to Libya – I was forced to abort 320 pregnancies – Abigail

Ihesiulo Grace 8 April 2016 0

The last has not been heard of Alhaji Muritala Sanni and his wife Alhaja Lateefat Sanni who runs a human trafficking syndicate alleged to be luring young girls from Nigeria to Libya for prostitution. The Daily Times crime desk exclusively reported in March that the police, assisted by a private detective agency have successfully rescued […]

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Two fraudsters in police net

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2016 0

Two members of a gang of fraudsters who specialise in using charms to induce their victims have been nabbed by men of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the State Police Command. The suspects belong to a syndicate alleged to have been defrauding unsuspecting members of the public around Lekki – Ajah Expressway and other […]

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Man rapes, impregnates relative, files for child custody in court

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2016 0

Wendi Lubin is a first generation immigrant from the Caribean Islands now residing in Florida. A mother and college student, Wendy tells the story of her brutal rape by a relation and the struggle that saw her starting an active Hope After Rape Conception, a blog that is charting a roadmap to youths who fall […]

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Two found dead in underground fuel tank

Ihesiulo Grace 31 March 2016 0

  Two men have been reported to have suffocated while cleaning the inside of an underground petrol tank at Fatgbems filling station at the Berger bus stop area of Lagos on Friday. The victims, Adekunle Ipaye and a young man identified only as United, were reportedly contracted to remove fuel sediments in the tank early […]

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Daring female robbery and kidnapping gang arrested in Rivers State

Ihesiulo Grace 31 March 2016 0

The Rivers State Police Command on Monday gasped in surprise when they trailed a terror armed robbery and kidnapping gang to their hideout at Rumuolumeni, in Port Harcourt and found all three to be females! The three female suspects now in police net gave their names in a statement as Queen Eze (27), Osorachi Onyemu […]

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Staff drags ITF to court over sack

Ihesiulo Grace 30 March 2016 0

The Industrial Training Fund (ITF), has been dragged to the Industrial Court sitting in Jos, by one of its staff, Mr. Joseph Bitrus Musa, over a sacked letter terminating his appointment. Mr. Musa is seeking for an order of perpetual injunction, restraining the ITF either by itself, agents, privies or any other person from terminating […]

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Police nab 100 persons for looting during Kano market fire

Ihesiulo Grace 28 March 2016 0

Kano Govt. sets up 8-man emergency committee Assembly pledges support for more fire service stations in markets No fewer than 100 suspected looters were arrested by security agents during fire outbreak which gutted the famous Sabon Gari market in Kano on Saturday. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Muhammad Katsina, disclosed this when Governor Abdullahi Ganduje […]

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Crisis hits Hausa community over new Seriki in Igando, seven detained

Ihesiulo Grace 24 March 2016 0

Seven persons have been arrested and charged before the Magistrate court sitting in Ejigbo, Isolo-Oshodi Local Government Area of Lagos, for allegedly disrupting the coronation of one Abubaka Muhammed Geiro as Seriki of Igando land. The suspects are Aliu Abdulkareem (30), Habib Rabiu (31), Aliu Bindawa (33) and 20-year-old Musa Sani. Others include Mohammed Ali […]

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$2.1bn arms probe: Court decides on bail of Dasuki’s aide today

Ihesiulo Grace 14 March 2016 0

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory at Jabi will today (Monday) deliver ruling on the bail application filed by Col. Nicholas Ashinze, a former aide to former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd). Ashinze has been in detention since December 13, 2015. Col. Ashinze had filed a fundamental human rights suit seeking […]

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Man rapes girl in Ebonyi

Ihesiulo Grace 11 March 2016 0

As the cases of rape in Ebonyi state rises with impunity, one Sunday Obaji is now on the run following his alleged involvement in raping one Mgbada Chioma. Confirming the incident, Police Public Relations Officer, Ebonyi State Command, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) George Ugwu said that one Mgbada Chioma from Effium community, Ohaukwu Local […]

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Suspected gay husband brutalises wife, celebrates in court

Ihesiulo Grace 9 March 2016 0

It all started like a scene from a bad movie script. Gloria Izuakor woke up on the morning of 23rd of January without an inkling of what the day had for her. Though quite unwell, she managed to drag herself out of bed to do her house chores. But before the end of the day, […]

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Orubebe now faces one count charge of false asset declaration

Ihesiulo Grace 8 March 2016 0

  The Federal Government has reduced the four-count charges filed at the Code of Conduct Tribunal against a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Godsday Orubebe to only the one bordering on false assets declaration. Orubebe, who was re-arraigned on Tuesday before the tribunal pleaded not guilty to the amended charge. Prosecution counsel, Mohammed […]

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Driver arrested for impersonation

Ihesiulo Grace 6 March 2016 0

  The Lagos State Commissioner of police, CP Fatai Owoseni, has arrested a driver and his conductor for alleged impersonation in Lagos. The suspects, Tunde Sanni and his conductor, Sunday Asapo were arrested along the 3rd Mainland bridge expressway between Adeniji Adele and Olowu intersection in Lagos Island, Lagos. According to police report, CP Owoseni […]

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Jilted housewife slices pregnant neighbour with razor blade

Ihesiulo Grace 6 March 2016 0

  A jilted housewife, Mrs. Chinwe Ogbachi, 28, has vented her frustration on a police officer’s pregnant wife, Nkechi Onwuzuruike by inflicting injury on her face with razor blade. The incident happened at their compound, located at Bright road in Ajamgbadi, an outskirt of Lagos where they reside. Chinwe was arraigned before an Apapa Magistrates […]

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Two guards in police net for raping a 16-year-old girl

Ihesiulo Grace 6 March 2016 0

  A 16-year-old girl (name withheld) is receiving treatment at the hospital in Lagos after three night guards abducted and gang-raped her all night in Ojo area of Lagos. The incident happened on 20th February 2016 at Tedi town in the Ojo Local government Area of Lagos where the victim lives with her parents. The […]

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Arepo boils again as 20 armed hoodlums raid estates, abducts woman

Ihesiulo Grace 4 March 2016 0

These are trouble times indeed for residents of Arepo community, close to Berger on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. While ripples of the abduction of three girls by armed hoodlums at the Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary secondary school at Agunfoye-Lugbusi community in Adamo, Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State on Monday night, reports […]

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Driver remanded in prison for stealing phones from two churches during services

Ihesiulo Grace 8 January 2016 0

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Friday remanded a driver, Sheu Jimoh, at the Kirikiri Prisons, Apapa, for allegedly stealing worshippers’ telephone handsets from two churches during night vigils. The Magistrate, Mrs A.O Gbajumo, remanded Jimoh, 25, after he admitted stealing the phones from the two churches. Gbajumo adjourned the case till Jan. 23, […]

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Police arrest hunter over Ekiti robbery

Ihesiulo Grace 7 January 2016 0

The police in Ekiti State have arrested one person in connection with the gun attack that occurred in Aramoko Ekiti leading to the death of a commercial driver, Mr. Femi Philips. Spokesman for the police in the state, Mr. Alberto Adeyemi, said, on Thursday, that the arrested person, who claimed to be a hunter, was […]