Security experts worry over 661 pump action rifles’ interception

Some security experts in Nigeria have expressed worries over the interception of 661 Pump-Action Rifles by Federal Operations Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service, yesterday, at Mile 2, Apapa, Lagos State.

Residents send SOS to Ajimobi over rickety disposal trucks

Residents of Amuloko area of Ona Ara Local Government Area in Ibadan, have appealed to the Oyo State Governor, Mr. Abiola Ajimobi, to save them from avoidable accidents, resulting from faulty refuse disposal trucks.

Serving CP Rivers State Police command passes on at age of 56 years.

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris,  with a heavy heart and deep sense of loss regrets to announce the demise of a serving Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Police Command who passed on at the age of 56 years after a brief illness at Sterling  Hospital Ahmedabad-Gujarat in India.

Rivers State Commissioner of Police dies overseas

The Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mr. Francis Bolaji Odesanya, is dead.

Turkish College: Abductors demand N1.2bn

• Police to launch safer schools initiative

•  We’ll get kidnappers soon, says Amosun

Gunmen, who kidnapped three students and five staff of the Nigeria Turkish International College at Isheri, Ogun State on Friday, have demanded a ransom of N1.2 billion.

Turkish College: IG to launch ‘Safer Schools Initiatives’

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, yesterday, disclosed that the police will soon launch a security programme tagged, ‘Safer Schools Initiatives,’ to check kidnapping in schools.

Suspected cultists: Our group defends people’s rights

Seven men, arrested for cultism, have justified their group, stressing that the group stands for justice, equality and defense of people’s rights.

‘LASTMA’s N120, 000 bribe demand, led me to robbery’

Suspect: Robbers attacked, forced me into robbery

 A suspected armed robber, Mr. Lekan Onowale, has told operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Ikeja, Lagos State, that N120, 000 bribe demanded by officials of Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA), forced him into robbery.

Accusers are my lovers- Alleged serial rapist

Suspect: I won first court case, I’ll win again

Chibuzo

Mr. Mathew Chibuzo, 23, looked at the journalists jostling to speak with him and smiled coldly.

2016: Nigeria still under strangulating hold of kidnappers

Nigerians walked into 2016 with high hopes. One of the hopes was the belief that kidnapping, which had become a cankerworm, eating into the security fabric of the nation, eliciting terror in the minds of Nigerians, would be checked and curtailed.

Policeman, who is a pastor, leads robbery gang

*Gang steals five cars in one night

When 35-year-old Corporal Christian Oboko, attached to Rivers State Police Command was arrested for armed robbery, his colleagues were stunned.

Over 30 masked men storm community, injure five

Five people were injured and several vehicles damaged on Monday, after suspected masked cult members, numbering over 30, stormed Agionibode Street, Mowe, Ogun State.

Sahara Reporters Publisher: Don’t use social media to blackmail, defame-Owoseni

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, yesterday used website owners, bloggers and other social media users to refrain from using the medium as avenue to blackmail, extort or defame others.

Chi Limited workers attacked, blinded our policeman with acid- CP

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, yesterday, revealed that policemen sent to quell protest of Chi Limited, casual workers, at the company’s headquarters, Ajao Estate, Lagos State, opened fire after some of the protesters turned violent.

My job is to defraud people looking for children, money- Fake herbalist

Akumtola

A suspected herbalist, Segun Akuntola, has told operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Ikeja, Lagos State Police Command that he specialized in defrauding people seeking for fruit of the womb and money ritual.

Businessman kidnapped while in Lagos for cross-over service

A 47-year-old Port Harcourt based businessman, identified simply as Vincent, has allegedly been kidnapped in Lagos State after he came to celebrate cross over service with a pastor friend.

Boy, 14, runs away from Jos, sleeps under Ojota Bridge

Detectives attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Ikeja, Lagos State Police Command, have rescued a 14-year-old at the Ojota area of the metropolis.

Police foiled attempt of 84 immigrants to sneak into Nigeria at night

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, on Thursday, disclosed that 84 illegal immigrants had been arrested along Seme/Badagry waterside, while attempting to sneak into Nigeria at night.

Kidnappers invade Turkish school

• Abduct 3 students, 5 staff
• No cause for alarm, Ogun Dep Gov
• We’ll rescue them alive, says AIG

Palpable tension gripped parents and management of the Nigerian Turkish International Colleges (NTIC), Isheri, Ogun State following the abduction of eight students and staff of the school.

NDLEA SEIZED 16,571.289KGS OF DRUGS AND WON 212 CONVICTIONS IN LAGOS

The Lagos State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized more drugs and won more convictions in 2016.

How robbers gunned down IG’s crack detective

*Pregnant wife, kids in shock* IG promotes policeman after death

Sergeant Felix Igbasan, attached to the Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Mr. Ibrahim Idris’s Special Intelligence Response Squad (IRT), has battled a lot of armed robbers and kidnappers in his life time.

Accountant: I tried to commit suicide over stolen 15,000 dollars

A 32-year-old Accountant of Eternal Oil, Reuben Agboola, has been arrested after he disappeared with his company’s 50,000 dollars and allegedly pretended he had been kidnapped.

Why I defrauded my company N22m- Salesman

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a salesman, who allegedly alleging diverted his company, Pharmacy Plus,  drugs valued at over N22 million.

Police accuse teacher of defrauding lecturer of N6m

Oboba

Controversy has continued to surround the case, where a secondary school teacher, Mr. Ugochukwu Erastus Oboba, was accused by the police of withdrawing N6million from the account of Mr. Nwachukwu Ekwueme Innocent, a lecturer at Abia State Polytechnic, Aba.

Buried six siblings to be exhumed as police autopsy disappears

Residents of Ekweumilli Community in Nnewi South Local Government Council Area of Anambra State have demanded that police should quickly provide autopsy results, so they would know the cause of the death of six children of same parents.

December salary: Cameroonian houseboy, stabs mistress to death

Homicide detectives, attached to the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, have arrested a Cameroonian houseboy, Joel Ludguo, for allegedly stabbing his mistress to death.

Collapse police barrack: We slept outside in the cold with our families-Policemen

Policemen, who were rendered homeless on Sunday, after the collapse of the Mobile Police Highway Barracks building, Police College, Ikeja, Lagos, have expressed anger for being forced to spend the night outside in the cold with their wives and children.

My siblings looked up to me for Xmas wears, says suspect

….who stole, televisions, dog from his benefactor

A 24-year-old driver has been arrested for stealing his former boss’s televisions, dog, DSTV decoders and Avensis car.

Nigerian drug convict re-arrested attempting to board bus

A Nigerian drug convict, who jumped off the balcony of a building in Indian, crashing through a roof as he tried to escape being deported to Nigeria, has been re-arrested.

N165m scam: Businessman offered us N5m bribe-Police

More facts have emerged about the businessman, Saheed Audallahi, who allegedly defrauded a Chinese company, JI Chu Industries Limited of N165, 480,000.

Police educate residents on recruiting domestic staff

Recruiting domestic staff should be carried out with due diligence in collaboration with the police.

Police smash 33 robbery cases within 4 weeks in Lagos

*Recover 15 weapons, 18 vehicles

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, yesterday disclosed that the command has smashed 33 robbery cases within four weeks in the state.

Why we wanted to bomb Third Mainland Bridge-Explosive expert

An explosive expert, Mr. Abiodun Amos, a suspected member of Niger Delta Militant group has disclosed that his group planned to bomb Third Mainland Bridge in order to arrest the attention of the Federal Government of Nigeria.

Police smash gang that killed inspector, attack buses

N500, 000 necklace, got me into trouble-Suspect

Detectives attached to the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, have smashed a gang that specialised in robbing commercial buses and relaxation centres.

Man kills lover, son over infidelity in Lagos

Detectives attached to the Lagos State Police Command have arrested 32 years-old Evens for allegedly killing his lover, son over infidelity at Igando Area of the state.

Kaduna killings: Apostle Suleman bombs Buhari, El-Rufai

*Anybody who targets Christians for destruction in 2017 'll die 

Radical cleric and General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministry Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has broken his silence on the ongoing killings in Southern Kaduna and concluded that Nigeria was sliding into fascism and official terrorism.

Illegal duty: Sergeant drinks poison in police detention

Lagos CP. Fatai Owoseni

A police sergeant, arrested for embarking on illegal duty, has attempted to commit suicide by drinking poison while in detention.

I’m expert in stealing motorbikes, says fake soldier

A fake soldier, Benjamin Okon, arrested for impersonation and stealing, has bragged to policemen that he was an expert in stealing motorbikes.

Drug trafficking: Nigerian jumps from balcony to avoid deportation

A suspected Nigerian drug peddler, John Okoro, has left anti-narcotic agents in Indian reeling in shock on Monday after he jumped off the balcony of his detention room in order to avoid being deported to Nigeria.

N500m embezzlement rocks NNPC Cooperative

EFCC: President is in our custody

Money, running into millions of naira, was alleged to have disappeared under the watch of the former president of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Cooperative Multipurpose Society Limited, CMS, Lagos, Mr.  Joseph Adeleke Ojeyemi.

Canadian blackmailers accused Otedola of giving daughter to Dangote as sex toy

The suspects

Two Canadian sisters, Kiranjot and Tara Matharoo, plus a Nigerian, Mr. Babatunde Oyebade, have been remanded in prison custody for blackmailing Nigeria billionaire and oil mogul, Femi Otedola and his daughter, Florence, known as Dee-jay Cuppy.

Recruited kidnapper foils kidnap of two-year-old

A suspected kidnapper has told operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Ikeja,Lagos State Police Command, that he planned a two-year-old boy because he needed money for his mother’s hospital bill.

‘I swallowed 45 wraps of cocaine because of N5m’

Daniel

One of the two suspects, arrested during the Christmas holiday for smuggling  illicit drug, has said he did because he wanted to make N5million.