Monday, August 31, 2015

Mother forgets two-month-old baby in shopping mall, drives home

Where is my mama?

A mother who admits that she forgot her baby in a shopping cart at a grocery store has spoken out about her 'horrible' mistake but insists that she is a good mom.

Hotel romp: Oil worker Amy Maxwell, whose illict encounter with a colleague was recorded on a mobile phone

Two oil

Two oil workers have been sacked after a video of them having sex in a hotel room was shared online.

Governor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos State has commended the former General Officer Commanding (GOC), 81 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Tamunomiebi Dibi, for his contributions to the security of the state.

Kidnappers dump victim’s mutilated body in bush

The body of a man in his late 40s, Christian Isha, of Ndubia village, Igbeagu community in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State was at the weekend found in a swamp.

Policemen attached to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, have arrested about 35 suspected criminals.

Seven die, others injured in Oyo auto crash

Seven people lost their lives yesterday on Oyo- Ogbomoso Road in Oyo State in an auto crash involving a commercial bus and an articulated lorry.

About 109 people have been arrested for crossing the expressway at Ketu bus stop on Ikorodu Road, Lagos, instead of using the pedestrian bridge.

Gunmen yesterday abducted a columnist with the Vanguard newspaper, Dornu Kogbara, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Congregation chases pastor from church for impregnating member

There was commotion on Sunday at the United Methodist Church, Mafoluku, in the Oshodi area of Lagos as members of the church rejected their pastor and chased him away for allegedly impregnating his housemaid.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has commenced a full investigation into the activities of the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.

The governing All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday engaged in a war of words over the state of the economy as well as cases of alleged looting by the former President Goodluck Jonathan-led PDP administration.

Boko Haram now in Lagos, Enugu –DSS

The Department of State Services has arrested 20 suspected Boko Haram commanders in Lagos, Kano, Enugu, Plateau and Gombe states.

Arik: NDLEA invites brother of main suspect, gets CCTV footages

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has obtained closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage of how Arik Air staff, Ikechukwu Chibuzor Oliver who works as a catering loader smuggled three bags of cocaine among food supplies for flight W3101.

NIGERIA POLICE GETS FIRST FEMALE FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER

· As IGP Appoints New Principal Staff Officer

Force Spokesperson, Kolawole

Principal Staff Officer, Idowu

In his determination to advance change over stasis, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase, has appointed Acting ACP Olabisi Alofe Kolawole as the new Force Public Relations Officer. Ag. ACP Kolawole becomes the first female police officer to be appointed as National Police spokesperson.

IGP REDEPLOYS 19 AIGs AND 49 CPs

· CP Emmanuel Ojukwu, FPRO moves to Kogi State as Command CP

Following the vacancies created from the recent retirement and promotions of senior police officers, the Inspector-General of Police. IGP Solomon E. Arase, fdc, NPM has approved the postings of the following senior police officers as indicated below:

PSC ELEVATES 260 SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS

The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of 260 Senior Police Officers to different ranks.

Force spokesman, Ojukwu, 36 other policemen redeployed

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has redeployed 37 senior policemen, including the Force Spokesman, Emmanuel Ojukwu, to different parts of the country.

One of the three men arrested for drug trafficking by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA), has revealed that N15 million debt and an eye blinded by armed robbers, led him to cocaine trafficking.

Detectives attached to the Inspector General of Police Special Task Force on Pipeline Vandalism have arrested 11 suspects, plus three managing directors of three petrol stations in connection with vandalism at the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.

Arms deals panel begins sitting in Abuja

The 13-man investigative committee set up to probe the procurement of hardware and ammunition in the Armed Forces has started its sitting, albeit in camera, The PUNCH has learnt.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Wednesday stormed and occupied the Lagos house of Chika Egwu Udensi, a crew member of the Arik Air flight W3101, who was arrested with 20 kilogrammes of cocaine at the London Heathrow Airport.

Inspector shoots self dead in Lagos

The atmosphere at the Mobile Police Force 20, in the Ikeja area of Lagos, had been tense since Tuesday after a police inspector, identified simply as Medugwu, mistakenly shot himself dead, while adjusting a faulty rifle.

A 24-year-old lady, who was arrested for stabbing her fiancé to death with a kitchen knife, has revealed that quarrel and subsequent fight was over sex.

COCAINE TRAFFICKING: NDLEA INVITES ARIK AIR CREW

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has invited the entire crew on Arik Air flight W3101 that left the country for London Heathrow Airport on Monday for questioning.

Navy officer kills one, injures two

A birthday party went awry after the celebrant, a naval officer, opened fire, killing one person and injuring two others at Majidun area of Ikorodu, Lagos State.

An Oyo State Mass Transit bus yesterday rammed into traders at the Magboro Market on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and killed five persons.

Several residents and traders of popular Olosha Market at Mushin in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State yesterday escaped death as a fuelladen tanker crashed and spilled its content on the road and drains.

Wife stabs husband in Enugu over monetary disagreement

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested one Joy Umeh for stabbing her husband over a monetary disagreement.

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, said on Tuesday that the upper chamber would go ahead with the planned probe of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, scheduled for today (Wednesday).

Two of the robbery suspects, who were arrested while they were operating on Iju Road, in the Agege area of Lagos, have escaped from the police cell.

A landlord in the Idumota, Lagos Island area of Lagos State, Sola Solomon, has allegedly poured petrol and set fire to one of his tenants, identified simply as Abeeb, aka Ogbon.

Soldiers batter Edo WAI officials, sack magistrates, free offenders

There was confusion at the Edo State Magistrates’ courts in Benin, the state capital, on Wednesday, when some soldiers reportedly beat up some officials of the Edo State Committee on War Against Indiscipline.

Police arraign blogger for defaming Fidelity bank CEO

The Police Special Fraud Unit on Tuesday arraigned a blogger, Seun Oloketuyi, for allegedly defaming the Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank, Nnamdi Okonkwo, by publishing that Okonkwo impregnated one Justina, a married woman working in the marketing department of the bank.

Policemen disappear after killing driver, conductor over N500 *Driver strips naked

Some policemen attached to the Taraba State Command have disappeared after killing a trailer driver and his assistant over an alleged N500 in the state on Sunday night.

How my son was murdered, by newspaper distributor

It was weeping and wailing at the home of Mr Samuel Ogunlusi, a newspaper distributor at Oshodi, Lagos, over the loss of his 25-year-old son, Olusegun Ogunlusi.

‘I’ve master keys for different car brands’

The kingpin of a suspected notorious gang of robbers, specialising in snatching exotic cars, Ahmed Ola, said he was pushed into robbery because of the nation’s poor economic situation. Ola spoke with journalists yesterday during a parade a the Ogun State Police Command headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta.

Women cry out over incessant rape in farms

The paramount ruler of Agwada Chiefdom in Nasarawa State, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, has cried out over the incessant raping of women in farms in his community.

Toddler dies after eating poisoned rice

There was confusion in the Ijora Badia area of Lagos State when a two-year-old boy, Ibrahim, died after eating a plate of rice suspected to have been poisoned.

Some thugs have allegedly beaten up a woman, who was identified simply as Beatrice, and smashed her two-year-old baby against the floor, killing the toddler.

Pregnant woman, five others killed in Damaturu twin explosions

Six people, including two suspected suicide bombers, have died in two bomb explosions that occurred on Tuesday in Damaturu, Yobe State capital.

The National Judicial Council has issued a query over allegation of amorous scandal against a judge in the Osun State judiciary, Justice Olamide Oloyede, who initiated a petition calling for the removal of the state Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola.

FOUR DIGS POSTED

In his bid to further reposition the Force for greater efficiency, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase, has approved the posting of the following Senior Police Officers as indicated against their names;

The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to a report captioned, Alleged N1tn diversion: Senate to probe Lamorde’s alleged diversion of N1tn, which appeared in The Punch Newspaper of Monday August 24, 2015 containing salacious claims of corruption against the person of the chairman of the Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde.

POLICE ENJOIN CITIZENS INCLUDING MEDICAL PERSONNEL

TO ASSIST ACCIDENT VICTIMS AND PERSONS WITH GUN SHOT INJURIES

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase, has enjoined members of the public including medical personnel to attend to accident victims and persons with gunshot injuries and thereafter, inform the Police for necessary action.

RECRUITMENT OF 10,000 POLICE YET TO BEGIN

Following the approval for recruitment of 10,000 Police officers by the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigeria Police wishes to inform the general public that recruitment into the Force is yet to commence.

As parts of the efforts to find a lasting solution to reported cases of militancy and sea pirates’ attacks in the South-South region of Nigeria, the Nigeria police under the IGP Solomon Arase Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 6 Command, Tunde Ogunsakin has scored a big point in the region.

Man rapes two daughters, stepdaughter in Lagos

The police in Lagos have arrested a man, Ajiboye Oluwaseyi, for allegedly raping his two daughters ─ a six-year-old and a four-year-old ─ and his stepdaughter, 15, in the Lekki area of the state.

Man rapes widow to death

A 40-year-old man, Alex Nwabu, has allegedly raped to death a 34-yearold widow, Mrs Egede Ogodo, at Egwudunagu village, Amachi community in Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

Prophet breaks wife’s leg, chains son, 32 others

A self-acclaimed pastor, identified as Prophet Emmanuel (saw name withheld), has allegedly beaten his wife to coma and broken her leg. The prophet also reportedly chained his son within the premises church at Berger area of the Lagos metropolis.

The immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, spent N139m on the drilling of two boreholes at the Lagos House, Ikeja.

The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions will on Wednesday begin a probe of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, over an allegation that he fraudulently diverted over N1tn proceeds of corruption recovered by the anti-graft agency.

The Nigerian Army has recalled over 2,500 soldiers who were asked to withdraw from service for alleged offences committed under the counter- insurgency operations code named Operation Zaman Lafiya.

N200: Police strip, flog businessman to unconsciousness

When the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni came onboard as the number one policeman in the state, he has spread out his aces on the table. One of the aces is to ensure a good relationship between the police and citizens of the state.

This, he was sure, would endear the police to residents of Lagos. According to him, “Image is important.”

The traders insisted that one Odus, should be removed for extortion, illegal levies and illegal seizure of traders’ wares and nonreturning of the seized goods.

Residents of Ajumose, Ogbein area of Ede in Osun State were woken up by the screams of three children, their mother and her lover, who were engulfed by fire on Sunday, August 16.

At an age when his mates were toiling in higher institutions, 20-year-old Yusuf Arowolo had already started embarking on risky voyages on the high seas, to steal crude oil.

Wife of Ekiti State governor, Mrs Feyisetan Fayose, yesterday paid the medical bills of an 11-year-old accident victim, Tope Ogundana, at Ikole General Hospital.

There was confusion in Calabar, Cross River State yesterday as the body of Captain Peter Kayode Bello (Jr.) did not arrive the Margaret Ekpo International Airport for burial.

Two persons were reportedly killed yesterday while several others were wounded, when two factions of street urchins clashed at the notorious Oshodi in Lagos.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has approved the acceptance of 110 Togolese seeking asylum at the Lagos office of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrant and Internally Displaced Persons (MCFRMI).

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has apprehended a suspected serial fraudster, Dr Kunle Adeshola, for issuing a forged bank draft of N3.29 billion in a phony land deal.

FG writes India over Nigerian ISIS suspects

The Nigerian embassy in Delhi, India, has written to the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to see the two Nigerians that were arrested in Punjab recently while on their way to Pakistan, allegedly to join the Islamic State terrorist group.

Man commits suicide over indebtedness

Unable to repay a loan he took from a micro-finance bank, a middleaged man, Adekola Bushari, yesterday committed suicide in Osogbo, the Osun State capital.

Giade

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has again apprehended a Bureau De Change operator with N48,450,000 and 86,500,000 CFA Franc (about N28,761,250) cash.

Members of the National Union of Printing, Publication and Paper Products Workers (NUPPPROW) yesterday barred the entrance to Independent Newspaper Limited, publishers of Daily Independent, Saturday Independent and Sunday Independent titles.

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) yesterday donated a forensic work station to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Three suspected oil pipeline vandals have been arrested at Arepo area of Ogun State with 300 jerrycans of 50 litres each loaded with stolen fuel.

Within a week, accidents involving trains claim almost 10 lives at Agege in Lagos with the majority of the victims being passengers hanging on train rooftop, writes ABIODUN BELLO

Riding on the train, especially between Iddo, Apapa in Lagos and Agbado-Ijoko axis in Ogun State is like embarking on a suicide mission. The exception is the ‘executive’ train, which is comfortable. It is modern in design and sitting arrangement.

The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde, has said that a careful study of the Nigerian Constitution is crucial in designing strategies and policies for combating corruption.

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Some thugs have allegedly beaten up a woman, who was identified simply as Beatrice, and smashed her two-year-old baby against the floor, killing the toddler.

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