Air Force condemns Cadets locking man in car booth

 The Nigerian Air Force  condemns the action of the two cadets, Peters O. Solomon and Abdullahi Fahad, who locked an artisan, Dahiru Lawal in their car booth for allegedly breaking a car windscreen.

2015: Bank robberies, kidnappings, Boko Haram hold sway

...a year of losses, pains, tears

Suspected bank robbers

Alleged arms suppliers of bank robbers

As the curtain draws close on 2015, Nigerians will not forget security issues that trended and sent shivers down their spins. Indeed, bank robberies, kidnappings and Boko Haram attacks are some of the major security challenges that held Nigerians spell bound. 

Nelson Mandela's nephew bags 12 years imprisoment

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A South African king who is a nephew of the late Nelson Mandela has begun a 12-year prison sentence for kidnapping, assault and arson.

Man kills his two-monthold baby

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A man, Abubakar Ibrahim, 25, has reportedly choked his two-month-old child to death. 

Ambode arrests cadets for locking boy in car booth

http://newtelegraphonline.com/ambode-arrests-cadets-locking-boy-car-booth/

The convoy of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State yesterday apprehended two Air Force cadets at Mile 12 area for dehumanising an artisan, Dahiru Lawal. Lawal had allegedly broken the windscreen of a Chrysler Stratus car with registration number KRD 267 DV.

10 cult members arrested, weapons recovered

The suspected cult members

Detectives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), have arrested 10 suspected cult members of the Eiye confraternity at Papalanto and Ewekoro area of Ogun State.

Drug trafficking: Man recruits lady via Facebook, using marriage proposal

Glory

Akpaka

A lady, who was unwittingly recruited into drug trafficking by a fiancé she met on Facebook, residing in Malaysia, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

IGP FELICITATES WITH NIGERIANS ON NEW YEAR CELEBRATION

·       Promises watertight security nationwide

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase, on behalf of the entire officers of the Nigeria Police Force, heartily felicitates with good people of Nigeria as we celebrate the New Year 2016.

DSS re-arrests Dasuki at prison gate

Operatives of the Department of the State Security Service have re-arrested a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd).

Gunmen abduct ACP’s 80-year-old mother

UNIDENTIFED gunmen have abducted the 80-year-old mother of an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Madam Rebecca Igbe.

Husband, 86, shoots dead his 81-year-old wife during a Christmas visit

Police have arrested Ronald King, 86, on suspicion of murdering his wife at De La Mer House in Essex

An elderly dementia patient was shot dead in her care home by her one-armed husband who was staying with her over Christmas. 

Female suicide bombers invade Borno, Adamawa

http://newtelegraphonline.com/female-suicide-bombers-invade-borno-adamawa/

69 die, 140 injured in multiple attacks

• Terrorists killed four soldiers –Army

• How I lost three siblings, father in attack –Survivor

Despite the Federal Government’s posture that the military has technically defeated Boko Haram terrorists, female suicide bombers invaded Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, and Madagali in Adamawa State on Sunday and Monday.

Killer cop: Experts demand psychiatric screening for police, soldiers

http://newtelegraphonline.com/killer-cop-experts-demand-psychiatric-screening-police-soldiers/

In order to curb incessant killings by armed policemen and soldiers, psychiatrists have called for a reorientation of officers of the armed forces and the police. 

My world has ended, cried mother of twins killed by police

*I would have been the fourth corpse

The 75-year-old mother of the twin, killed by a drunken mobile policeman at the Ketu area of Lagos State, on Saturday, said the incident signals the end of her world.

Lagos, Ogun bank robberies: Police arrest arms suppliers, soldier

Some of the suspected arms suppliers

Detectives attached to the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (SIRT), have arrested suspected arms dealer who supplied Niger Delta militant robbers that attacked banks at Lekki, Ikorodu, Festac and Agbara areas of Lagos and Ogun state.

Killer cop: Twins’ friend killed on his birthday

Adesanya

Fresh facts emerging from friends of the twins, Taiwo and Kehinde Oyesolu, who were killed, along with their friend, Adegoke Adesanya alias Jeje, at the Ketu area of Lagos State, on Saturday by a drunken mobile policeman, revealed that Adesanya was killed on his birthday.

700 inmates spend Xmas in prison over N5000 bail

The hope of at least 700 inmates, who expected reprieve to come their way during a pre-planned Christmas party, has been dashed.

IGP SUSPENDS SCREENING OF POLICE OFFICERS WITH HIGHER EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION FOR PROMOTION

·       Seeks partnership with Independent Examination Body

The Police Management Team and the Police Service Commission has decided to put on hold the ongoing screening exercise of Policemen who acquired Degree/HND while in service, the decision was based on allegation of malpractices and innuendoes going around.

Man kills live-in-lover on Christmas day, flees

Homicide detectives of the Lagos State Police Command have started hunting for a young man who stabbed his live-in-lover to death at the Festac area of Lagos and disappeared.

Policeman rejects posting over poor egunje

Lagos CP. Fatai Owoseni

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, has ordered the immediate arrest and detention of a serving police constable who refused to go to his new posting because bribes in the place are allegedly poor.

How parents can prevent kidnapping of their kids

Worried by the rising incidents of child kidnapping, the Lagos State Police Command has cautioned parents to be conscious of where and who they leave their children with.

NDLEA boss condemns death sentence on a Nigerian in Malaysia

Collins

The acting Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mrs. Roli Bode-George has condemned the death sentence passed on a Nigerian, Ekene Collins Isaac, 37, by a Malaysian High Court.

Killers in uniforms: A system of drunken, armed policemen

*Murdered on his birthday

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The late Kehinde

The killing of the twins, Taiwo and Kehinde Oyesolu, along with their friend, Adegoke Adesanya alias Jejelola, at the Ketu area of Lagos State, on Saturday by a drunken mobile policeman, left many Nigerians reeling in shock.

It was even more disheartening to discover that the twins were ‘parents’ to their 75-year-old mother.  Another shock was the discovery that Adesanya was murdered on his birthday. Yeah, it was a murder too gruesome. 

IGP FELICITATES WITH MUSLIMS AT EID-EL MOULUD

·     Assures Nigerians of adequate security during the holiday

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase, on behalf of the Police High Command, officers and men of the Force, heartily felicitates with Muslims in Nigeria as they join their counterparts across the globe to joyfully celebrate this year’s Eid-El Moulud.

I was raped ten times a day': Harrowing story of girl who was sold to a brothel at 10, gave birth at 13, then tortured when she tried to kill herself

Strength: Alicia was forced to have sex with men at her aunt's bar when she was eight years old. When she was 10 she was sold by her parents for £600 to become a sex slave at a brothel in Juchitán, Mexico

During the very darkest moments of her ‘true hell’ as a sex slave, Alicia, a 20-year-old Mexican, was punished severely for attempting to take her own life.

280 Nigerians died, 43 missing in Hajj stampede – NAHCON

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja submitted the report of the 2015 Hajj to the Federal Government and put the number of casualties involved in two tragic accidents at 280 while 43 have been declared missing.

Bishop’s wife hospitalised after release from kidnappers’ den

The wife of the Bishop of the Lagos Central Diocese of the African Church, Mrs. Dorcas Adebanjo, has been hospitalised after she was released by her captors on Tuesday.

Man jailed for defrauding Commissioners of Police

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, has sentenced one Mohammed Isah to two years’ imprisonment for defraudinsg the Anambra and Ondo states Commissioners of Police of N154,000.

Knife-wielding Santa robs KFC

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Police in England are looking for a man who robbed a KFC dressed as Santa Claus in Alfreton, Derbyshire on Saturday night, according to the Derby Telegraph.

Filling station, tankers catch fire

About 10 people escaped death by a whisker yesterday in Akure, Ondo State when two fuel tankers caught fire at a filling station on Akure-Ondo Road. 

Reduce checkpoints, citizens tell Owoseni

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Residents of Lagos State have called on the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, to reduce the number of police checkpoints in the state. 

Dasuki, Yuguda, others to spend Christmas in prison

http://newtelegraphonline.com/dasuki-yuguda-others-spend-christmas-prison/

Former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), immediate past Minister of State for Finance, Ambassador Bashir Yuguda and about five others standing trial for alleged diversion of funds before two different Abuja High Court may spend their Christmas in Kuje Prison. 

Army killed, buried 300 people in Zaria –Report

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  Allegation is presumptuous, says Army

• Police release 90 detainees

• Cameroonian troops chase insurgents, kill 70 Nigerians

No fewer than 300 members of the Shiite sect, including children and women, were killed and secretly buried by the Nigeria’s military following a bloody confrontation in Zaria, Kaduna State between December 12 and 14, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. 

Buhari: Boko Haram ‘close to defeat’

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The Nigerian military is close to completely defeating Islamist Boko Haram militants, President Muhammadu Buhari has told the BBC.

Biafra: I prefer to remain in detention – Kanu

http://newtelegraphonline.com/biafra-prefer-remain-detention-kanu/

• Judge hands off trial

The embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, yesterday declared that he preferred being held in the detention than subjecting himself to a trial. 

Why SARS operative kills fellow police officer

The Lagos State Police Command have started probing into the situation that led to a member of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad(SARS), killing a police officer attached to Area N Command, Ijede, Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Monday.

Fuel scarcity: IG’s Intelligent Unit arrests manager, seals filling station

The Inspector -General of Police (IGP) Intelligence Unit has arrested the manager of a filling station along Igando Road area of Lagos State and also sealed up the station.

PSC probes Police diversion of suspect ’s N1.8m, car

One of the complaints the Police Service Commission Committee on Public Complaint on Police Conducts would be deliberating on, is an alleged case of stealing and criminal diversion/conversion of N1.8million by the Men of the Nigeria Police Force FCT, Command.

Policeman jailed 100 years for raping 13-year-old girl

A high-ranking Malaysian policeman was Wednesday sentenced to 100 years in jail and 15 strokes of the cane for raping and sodomising a 13-year-old girl in a hotel.

PSC COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC COMPLAINT TO INVESTIGATE FIVE CASES OF POLICE MISCONDUCT

The Police Service Commission Committee on Public Complaint on Police Conduct has received several complaints against the Police. 

IGP FELICITATES WITH CHRISTIANS AT CHRISTMAS: Assures Nigerians of adequate security during the Yule-tide

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase, on behalf of the Police High Command, officers and men of the Force, heartily felicitates with Christians in Nigeria as they join their counterparts across the globe to joyfully celebrate this year’s Christmas.

Ten Most Wanted

The FBI is offering rewards for information leading to the apprehension of the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Select the images of suspects to display more information.

New Top Ten Fugitive: FBI offers reward for information on bank robber

Myloh Jaqory Mason

Myloh Jaqory Mason—wanted for a series of violent crimes, including attempted murder—has been named to the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

FBI recovers 149 sexually exploited kids, 150 pimps

Operation Cross Country, a nationwide law enforcement action that took place last week and focused on underage victims of prostitution, has concluded with the recovery of 149 sexually exploited children and the arrests of more than 150 pimps and other individuals.

Economic Espionage: FBI Launches Nationwide Awareness Campaign

	Defining the Crime Theft of trade secrets occurs when someone knowingly steals or misappropriates a trade secret for the economic benefit of anyone other than the owner. Similarly, economic espionage occurs when a trade secret is stolen for the benefit of a foreign government, foreign instrumentality, or foreign agent. Proving the foreign nexus in court is difficult, and cases that start out as economic espionage often end up prosecuted as theft of trade secrets. Both crimes are covered by the Economic Espionage Act of 1996, Title 18, Sections 1831 and 1832 of the U.S. Code.

Industries in the United States spend more on research and development than any other country in the world. 

'Depraved' man who tied up and raped a six-month-old baby then shared photos and abuse tips online is jailed for 22 years

A 'dangerous' paedophile tied up and raped a six-month-old baby girl and shared photos of the abuse online.

One million migrants have now entered Europe in 2015 – more than FOUR TIMES the total for 2014

More than a million migrants have now crossed into Europe this year - more than four times the total for 2014, it has been revealed.

Human rights: Groups train 14,000 policemen, others

http://newtelegraphonline.com/human-rights-groups-train-14000-policemen-others/

About 14,000 policemen and 200 civilians, mostly traders in various parts of Lagos State, have been trained in human rights issues. 

Ex-lawmaker’s wife, daughter rescued from kidnappers

http://newtelegraphonline.com/ex-lawmakers-wife-daughter-rescued-kidnappers/

Assembly has narrated how his wife and daughter were abducted in his presence while on their way to church. 

Another family demands missing son from embattled DPO

Trouble seems to be multiplying for the Divisional Police Officer, Igbogbo Police Station, Ikorodu, Lagos State, as another family has alleged that its member, Sodiq Omobowale, got missing under his watch.

Scores escape death as train hits truck

http://newtelegraphonline.com/scores-escape-death-train-hits-truck/

Hundreds of passengers yesterday escaped death when an overcrowded Lagosbound train from Ogun State collided with a truck at Shogunle Railway Crossing in Lagos.

Police admit killing UNIPORT student, SUG fumes

The Rivers State Police Command has admitted to killing a final year student of the University of Port Harcourt, Oghenekevwe Edah.

NDLEA arrests two with 500 grammes of cocaine

http://newtelegraphonline.com/ndlea-arrests-two-500-grammes-cocaine/

suspected drug traffickers have been arrested by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with 500 grams of cocaine in Ondo, Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State.