Obalende under bridge has been home for me, children since 17 years, weeps 70 years old

…as task force demolishes 120 buildings, arrests 74

One of those dislodge from their ‘homes’ at under the Obalende Bridge, Lagos State, by the Lagos State Task Force on Environment and Special Offence Unit at the weekend is 70-year-old Mr Sunday Eze.

Herbalist, others arrested for selling fake $400,000 for N20, 000

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), in Niger State have arrested an herbalist and two others for allegedly selling fake $400,000 for N20, 000.

We were ordered to kill, burn monarch’s corpse-Suspect

Fasinu

One of the suspects, Bolaji, arrested in connection with the assassination of the traditional ruler of Owo town, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Patrick Fasinu, yesterday revealed that he and others at large were hired to do the job.

Collect bail money, get thrown out of the Force, IG threatens senior police officers

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Alhaji Ibrahim Kpotun-Idris, has warned Commissioners of Police in various commands to conduct themselves professionally and handle criminal cases diligently.

MRA Inducts Federal Ministry of Education into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’ for Undermining the FOI Act

For consistently failing to comply with its duties and obligations under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011 over the last six years and repeatedly violating the public’s right of access to information, the Federal Ministry of Education was today inducted into the “FOI Hall of Shame”.

Badoo resurfaces, kills couple, two daughters in Ikorodu

The victims

Barely a month after the Lagos State Police Command formed a joint taskforce in Ikorodu in order to check the escalating ritual killings orchestrated by the dreaded Badoo group, the members, yesterday, resurfaced, killing a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Adejare and their two daughters.

New methods being used to traffic Nigerian women-UK

The British Deputy High Commission, Lagos State, yesterday revealed that it has been discovered that traffickers have evolved new tricks to traffic Nigerian women.

Indian hemp smoking teenagers rape JSS 3 student to death

Obiamaka

A family residing at the Abule Ado area of Badagry, Lagos State has been plunged into mourning following the rape and subsequent death of their 14-year-old daughter.

Boko Haram: Lady runs back to captor after he marries new wife

A lady, rescued by Nigerian Forces after being abducted and forced to marry her Boko Haram captor, has ran back to him after she heard he had taken a new wife.

Three policemen dismissed for extorting N200, 000 … using victims’ banking facilities at gun point

Three policemen, attached to the Lagos State Police Command have been dismissed for extorting over N200, 000 from Nigerians and forcibly using their banking facilities at gunpoint.

NSITF Pledges Support for EFCC

The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, led by Barrister Adebayo Somefun has expressed its determination to identify with the anti-corruption drive of the EFCC.

Nigerian Youths Drum Support for EFCC

The management of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, on July 20, 2017 expressed its willingness to partner with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in its bid to promote the anti-corruption initiative in Nigeria.

PPMC Seeks EFCC Support to Sanitize Oil Sector

The Nigerian Products Marketing Company (formerly Pipelines and Products Marketing Company) a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, is soliciting the assistance of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in tackling sundry financial malpractices in the downstream sector of the Nigerian oil industry.

EFCC to Appeal Acquittal of Ex-Adamawa Gov, Ngilari

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is to appeal the July 20, 2017 Court of Appeal ruling, which acquitted a former Adamawa State governor, Bala Ngilari, of the five-count charge of corruption, which the state’s High Court had on March 6, 2017 found him guilty of, and sentenced him to five years in jail.

Nigerian Arrested for $5,400 CAD Credit Card Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested Yusuf Balogun Alabi, a suspected credit card fraudster, who allegedly masterminded the theft of $5,400 Canadian Dollars from  a catering entertainment outfit in Brantford, Canada. 

Managing Director bags five years imprisonment over N30m fraud

Oyekanmi

Justice J.E. Oyefeso of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has convicted and sentenced a businessman, Segun Oyekanmi, Managing Director, Loben Investment Co-operative Multi-purpose Society Limited, to five years imprisonment for N30million fraud.

Father told me to say mother drank ‘sniper’, says son …whose father allegedly killed his wife

Homicide detectives of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), are investigating a man, Mr John Owobi, for the murder of his wife.

She used charms, knocked my car engines-Husband

A 60-year-old man, Mr Adejumo Atanda, has prayed the Ifako Ijaiye customary court, to dissolve his marriage to his 48-year-old wife, Mrs Adejumo Ololade Kemi.

‘My wife has a live-in lover, but I still want her’

Mr. Andy Uzor 40, an engineer, has told an Ifako Ijaiye Customary Court, Ogba, Lagos State, that he was ready to mend fences with his wife, Mrs Uzor Adaeze Favour, 32, even though she is living with her lover in a building adjacent to theirs.

I needed money to build house for my mother, says

alleged kidnapper who abducted mother of eight on her way to vigil

A suspected cultist and kidnapper, Gift Attah 26, aka Okwulogu, arrested for kidnapping a mother of eight on her way to vigil, has revealed why he rejected N5million ransom, preferring to take N1.5m.

Apapa crisis: Killer sergeant stabbed, battles for life in surgery

The police sergeant, who shot and killed a tanker driver on Wednesday for parking in front of Diamond bank was rushed to surgery as he battles to stay alive after being stabbed by irate mob.

Three babies, 19 others burnt in Osun auto crash

At least 21 people, among them women and babies, were yesterday burnt beyond recognition in a motor accident which occurred on Ile-Ife-Ibadan Road in Osun State.

Collapsed building: No plan to evict occupants –Lagos

Lagos State government yesterday said it had no plan to evict the seven tenants at 7, Saidu Okeleji Street, Meiran in Agbado Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) where a shop under construction caved in, killed a mother and her daughter.

Man defiles teenage daughter

Police in Ogun State have arrested a 41-year-old man, Sikiru Odejide, for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of his 13-year-old daughter (name withheld). 

Day 60: We took loans to pay ransom –Parents

•Victims will be releases this week, say police

Distraught parents of the six students of the Lagos State Model College, Igbonla, Epe, who were abducted 60 days ago, yesterday disclosed that they took loans which they contributed to raise the ransom demanded by the kidnappers.

Illegal detention: Woman sues IG, DCP for N10m

Oluwaseyifunmi

A mother of three, Mrs Mercy Adetokunbo Oluwaseyifunmi, has sued the Inspector-General of Police (IG), Ibrahim Idris, and the Officer in charge of General Investigation Section, Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos, for N10 million.

One dies as flood hits Port Harcourt

A downpour which lasted for two days has destroyed property worth millions of naira in some parts of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, forcing residents to flee with their families.

Another Ikeja High Court Judge Inducted into the ‘FOI Hall of Shame’

Another Ikeja High Court judge, Justice Iyabo Akinkugbe, was today inducted into the “FOI Hall of Shame” for her recent decision which has the effect of barring requesters who have been ignored by public institutions to which they applied for information under the Freedom of Information Act, 2011, from approaching the court for a judicial review as provided by the Act.

NAPTIP Operatives Arrive London Heathrow, Gatwick Airports

Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) selected for the joint operations with the Border Force of the United Kingdom have commenced operations at the London Heath row and Gatwick Airports.

Angry mob sets Diamond, Sterling banks on fire as policeman shoots tanker driver dead

Diamond bank

Sterling Bank

Two financial institutions, Diamond and Sterling banks, located on Creek Road, Apapa, Lagos State were set ablaze by angry tanker drivers, after a policeman, who shot dead one of their colleagues, ran into Sterling banks in order escape being lynched.

POSTING OF A NEW COMMISSIONER OF POLICE TO AKWA IBOM STATE

 

The Inspector General of Police Ibrahim K. Idris has approved the posting of a new Commissioner of Police to Akwa Ibom State Police Command.

Appeal Court Okays Bench Warrant Against Tompolo

The Court of Appeal in Lagos today dismissed the appeal brought by Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo against the EFCC over the Bench Warrant issued against him by Justice Buba of the Federal High Court in Lagos. 

Policemen arrested for tying suspect to generator

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, yesterday disclosed that three policemen, who used handcuff to tie a suspect to a generator at Bariga Police Station, have been arrested and presently facing orderly room trial.

Naval rating posing as passenger, leads car snatching gang

Owoseni

Detectives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Ikeja, Lagos State Police Command, have arrested a naval lance corporal, who allegedly heads a car snatching gang.

Shooting of FRSC officials: FRSC boss vows to sue those that attacked his men

The Corps Marshal, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, yesterday, condemned the unprovoked attacks and molestation of operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on the highways, promising to prosecute all those involved.

55 days in creek: Abducted students are in good condition, says CP

Owoseni

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, yesterday disclosed that the six students of the Lagos State Model School, Igbonla, Epe, who were abducted 55 days ago, are in good condition.

Magu Inaugurates Committee to Reposition NFIU

The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu on July 19, 2017 inaugurated a committee to reposition the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU.

MAN ABDUCTS SIX-MONTH OLD BABY, SAVED FROM CLAWS OF DEATH

But for the quick intervention of operatives of the Lagos State Task Force a young man would have been lynched to death by irate mob for alleged abduction of a six-month old baby in Lagos.

54 days in creek: Why we planned to disrupt school graduation party, say parents

Parents of the six students of the Lagos State Model College, Igbonla, Epe, who were abducted 54 days ago, yesterday revealed that plans were on top gear to disrupt the graduation party allegedly being organized for graduating students of the college. 

53 three days in creek: ‘After N31m, we don’t know what else to do’

One of the parents of the six students of the Lagos State Model College, Igbonla, Epe, who were 53 days ago, yesterday broke down and wept over the continual captivity of their children.

380 RRS operatives trained as Amobode gives 150 First Aid Boxes

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday, handed over 150 First Aid Kits to the operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Command.

Anti-Graft War: Envoy Assures of Support as German Police Trains EFCC Operatives

The Consul General of the Germany Embassy in Lagos, Mr. Ingo Herbert has assured the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of continued support in combating corruption in Nigeria through regular training for its staff.

Corruption: Ex-Jigawa Gov, Turaki Docked, Granted Bail on Tough Terms

Ten years after his first arraignment, Saminu Turaki, a former governor of Jigawa State was on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on a 32-count charge of fraud.

Four-year-old boy starves to death clinging to mum’s decomposing body

24-year-old woman and her four-year-old boy have been found dead, with the late boy holding on to his dead mother.

MRA Names Federal Ministry of Information Recipient of ‘FOI Hall of Shame’ Award

 The Federal Ministry of Information and Culture today joined the growing list of public officials and institutions accused of undermining the effectiveness of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011 as Media Rights Agenda (MRA) named the Ministry this week’s inductee into the “FOI Hall of Shame”.

Court Adjourns Ex-FSMLT’s Provost, Etukudo N359m Fraud Trial to October 26

Hearing on the N359million fraud trial of a former provost of the Federal School of Medical Laboratory Technology, FSMLT, Dr. Nkereuwem Sunday Etukudo, suffered another setback on July 17, 2017 as the absence of the trial judge, Justice Y. G. Dakwak of the Plateau State High Court, Jos, who was said to be away for another official engagement, forced an adjournment.

Man Pleads Guilty to N2.3m Land Scam

Kankani

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned one Mallam Umaru Kankani before Justice Sa'ad Muhammad of the Gombe State High Court on a two-count charge bordering on forgery and obtaining by false pretence.

'Why I sold my baby for half bag of rice'

A 20-year-old woman, Chioma Fidelis, has confessed to selling her two months old son, Favour Fidelis, for a half bag of rice, three chairs, cement and the sum of N200,000.

I’ve been raped by my stepfather since I was 10 –14-year-old girl

Fourteen-year-old Daniella wrung her hands nervously, looking down at the foot mat in the car in which she shared her story with our correspondent.

Nigerian pastor jailed 15 years for raping teenage siblings in UK

Reuben Chizor a Queens pastor  has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping two sisters aged 12 and 14 years at his church basement, New York Daily News reports.

I never meant to kill the politician, cries suspected kidnapper

Suspected kidnappers of Odimayo

Suspected kidnappers of Odimayo

When Mr Olumide Odimayo, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) and also a London based businessman returned to Nigeria to complete his building in Ondo State, he never bargained that death would be waiting for him.

After Odimayo returned from London, he got some plank sellers to assist him to buy planks and finish his building.

Badoo: Man drowns in lagoon on birthday evading police arrest

CP Lagos, Fatai Owoseni

A 20-year-old motorcyclist, Mr Segun Owolabi, drowned in a lagoon at Ibeshe village, Ikorodu on his birthday, while attempting to evade being arrested by policemen raiding suspected Badoo members.