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Ambode donates N5m to widow of burnt kidnap victim

Ihesiulo Grace 1 September 2017 0

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has donated N5million to the widow and children of Osaze Omorogbe, a community leader killed and burnt by kidnappers for leading security agents to foil their operation. Presenting the cheque to the widow and children on behalf of the governor at a

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Four-year-old rescued from ritualist in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 31 August 2017 0

A suspected kidnapper cum ritualist identified as Aliu Bashiru has been arrested by men from the Lagos State Police Command for abducting and attempting to murder a four year old girl(name withheld) in the Denton area of the state. According to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Fatai Owoseni who paraded the suspect in […]

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Helicopter crash: Pilots, aircraft engineer incompetent- AIB

Ihesiulo Grace 31 August 2017 0

The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), yesterday released reports on the Accident involving Nigeria Police Force (NPF) Bell 427 helicopter with registration 5N-POL at Kabong, Jos South LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria on the 14th of March, 2012. The Bureau also released the report on the Serious Incident to Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) Tampico TB9 […]

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Gunmen kill one, kidnap four in Ondo

Ihesiulo Grace 28 August 2017 0

No fewer than four travellers were kidnapped by gunmen on Monday on Owo-Ikare Expressway at Ose/Oba area of Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo state. The victims were travelling from Ikare, the headquarters of Akoko North-East Local Government to Akure, when their vehicle was stopped and the passengers forced out and taken away. A […]

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Police bust two fraud syndicates

Ihesiulo Grace 28 August 2017 0

Policemen attached to the Rapid Response Squad, Lagos State Police Command, have arrested four members of two fraud syndicates operating in Ikeja, Maryland, Ojodu-Berger, Agege and Oshodi parts of the state metropolis. The members of the syndicates, three male and a female, were arrested in two separate cases of fraud last Thursday and Saturday in […]

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One dead in Owerri Market demolition

Ihesiulo Grace 26 August 2017 0

A market demolition exercise has gone tragically wrong in Owerri, the Imo state capital. For close to a year, the Imo state government has been trying to relocate the traders to the new Relief Market, or other locations at Egbeada. This morning, demolition teams moved into Ekeonuwa market, by Douglas Road, Owerri to begin demolishing […]

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Cripple, blind man arrested with cannabis in Cross River

Ihesiulo Grace 26 August 2017 0

A cripple, Gabriel Aniefiok a.k.a Kuli Kuli has been arrested in big Iwuru in Biase local government area of Cross River State with dried weed suspected to be Cannabis. The substance weighed 9.8kg. Also, a blind man Effanga Offiong Ekeng 45 from Eto Mkpe village in Akpabuyo local government area of Cross River State was […]

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9 cultists arrested in Ogun

Ihesiulo Grace 26 August 2017 0

The Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSAR) have arrested nine suspected fleeing cultists responsible for many criminal activities in the Iperu Remo and Isara areas of the state. The suspects identified as Nureni Adenuga, 56, Kehinde Boyejo, 27 (a.k.a Alara Oro), Ogunubi Abiodun (a.k.a Ostrich), Sola Ogundimu, 19; Dare Owolani, 19; Kamiru Muyiwa, 24; Itilope Fadimu, […]

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I do not want to go to prison – robbery suspect begs

Ihesiulo Grace 26 August 2017 0

A member of a five-man robbery gang that had been terrorizing residents of Ajah in Lagos have been arrested. The suspect named Mustapha Mohammed, 20 year old claimed his friend and the gang leader identified as Taiwo Baba-Sunday lured him into the act . The robbery gang was said to have gone to rob a […]

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2 killed, journalist, 4 others injured as armed thugs invade Bayelsa APC secretariat

Ihesiulo Grace 25 August 2017 0

Two persons have been confirmed dead with five others including a journalist injured following the invasion of the All Progressive Congress (APC) secretariat by some armed hired thugs to disrupt the inauguration of the new acting chairman of the party, Hon. Joseph Fafi. One of the persons killed was confirmed as APC member from Sagbama […]

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Policeman commits suicide in Ondo

Ihesiulo Grace 23 August 2017 0

A policeman, identified as Abraham Arowogun, who was attached to the Kajola Divisional Police Station, Kajola town in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State has committed suicide by jumping into a deep well in the police station. More to follow

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Police take over Buhari Campaign Organisation over leadership crisis

Ihesiulo Grace 23 August 2017 0

The headquarters of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, BCO, has been taken over by policemen following the leadership crisis that been rocking the organisation. Two factions are laying claim to the leadership of the BCO A faction is led by Alhaji Danladi Pasali, while the other is led by Alhaji Isa Pasali Representives of each of […]

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WPG: Victorious Team Nigeria Police returns

Ihesiulo Grace 22 August 2017 0

The victorious Team Nigeria Police to the just concluded World Police Games (WPG) in the United States of America where they won 5gold, 4silver and 2bronze medals are back in the country aboard Lufthansa Airline that touched down at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport at 4.30pm Nigeria time on Monday. Nigeria Police Force Director of […]

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Impunity, law enforcement inadequacies blamed for rising cases of justice justice

Ihesiulo Grace 21 August 2017 0

Esther Demshak, the girlfriend of Chinedu Paul, an upcoming comedian, also known as MC Think2ce, who was lynched by members of a vigilante group in Ikorodu in July, tried unsuccessfully to stop the tears and mucus running her eyes and nostrils as she spoke to a TVC reporter. “He was not a cult member. I […]

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Single mother defrauds business partner of N7 million

Ihesiulo Grace 21 August 2017 0

A single mother identified as Gladys Assah-Asor, has been arrested by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, Lagos State Police Command for allegedly defrauding her business partner, Nkiruka Okon, of N7 million. The 35-year-old graduate from Cross-River State who lives at 33b Silifatu Abioye Street, Ogba, Oke-Ira, works as a network marketer for a […]

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Police nabbed notorious fake journalist thieves

Ihesiulo Grace 19 August 2017 0

The Nigeria Police has arrested five impersonators parading themselves as journalists but specialised in duping innocent personalities at social functions of their hard currencies and stealing. The impersonators are Musa Auwalu (Gang Leader) ‘M’ 43yrs from Nasarawa LGA of Kano state, Kolawole Akinbode ‘M’ 50yrs from Ogun Central LGA of Ogun state, Umar Tahir Abba, […]

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Police partner residents to chase One Million boys cult group

Ihesiulo Grace 19 August 2017 0

Residents in Lagos state have been urged to support the police in the fight against crime . This advice was handed down to the residents in Ajangbadi community in Lagos during the quarterly Inspector General of Police Eminent Personality Forum organised by the Ilemba Hausa police Division Ajangbadi. The quarterly event which took place at […]

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Human traffickers arrested with 44 kids in Kaduna

Ihesiulo Grace 17 August 2017 0

The Kaduna State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it has intercepted two suspected human traffickers and rescued 44 minors. Speaking in Kaduna on Thursday, the Sector Commander, Malam Umar Ibrahim, said that the suspects, a driver and one other adult were arrested on Wednesday on Kaduna – Zaria Expressway. According […]

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Police Inspector’s body found

Ihesiulo Grace 17 August 2017 0

The lifeless body of a police inspector, Musa Sunday, of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) was found yesterday evening, August 16, around the Ibeju-Lekki waterfront near Oshoroko village. The deceased was declared missing on November 26, 2016 when himself and other officers were deployed from a scene of crime in Ibeju-Lekki, Free zone. More […]

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Police asks court compel Evans’ lawyer pay N.3m

Ihesiulo Grace 15 August 2017 0

For alleged wrongful service, the police on Tuesday asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to compel Mr. Olukoya Ogungbeje, counsel to suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a. Evans, to pay a punitive cost of N300,000. Evans, through Ogungbeje, had filed a N300million fundamental rights enforcement suit against the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) alleging