Monday, July 30, 2018

Robber storms former employer's house with condom, demands to see boss's wife

Detectives attached to the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a driver identified as Mr Solomon James, for allegedly attempting to rob his boss and rape his madam.

I have met Jesus, says suspects arrested for using sleek car to rob

Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have arrested two suspected armed robbers, who specialized in attacking unsuspecting Nigerians along the Oshodi-International Airport Road.

Controversy as family of alleged cultist killed in his mother’s presence insists,

…our son is not a cult member *Femi is our rival -Suspect

The family of 36 -year-old Femi Bankole, who was killed in the presence of his mother last week, by suspected cult members, has vehemently denied that he was a cultist.

My wife is promiscuous, husband tells court

A businessman, Mr Olalekan Babalola has told an Agege Customary Court, Lagos that his 13 year old marriage with his wife, Olushola Babalola, has been built of deceit and adultery.

‘Why I continued in crime even after mob amputated my arm for robbery’

Juliana Francis
The suspects
Five suspected armed robbers, who specialized snatching and smuggling cars across Nigerian borders have been arrested.

Teenager electrocuted while playing football

A 16-year-old old boy, Izuchi Victor Uduma, has been electrocuted while playing football with his friends at the Aba area of Abia State.

Woman arrested for throwing granddaughter into well

The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 55-year-old grandmother, Aisha Ibrahim, for allegedly killing her two-year-old granddaughter at Karaya Fulani Camp in Rafi Local Government Area of the state. 

Asthmatic patient dies on road after police abandonment

An asthmatic patient, Mr Theophilus Olurotimi Shofu, has died after some policemen abandoned him on the road.
The deceased was alleged to have died after some policemen, along ACME road, Ogba, Lagos State stopped him on July 11.

Kidnappers demand N50m ransom after abduction of catholic priest

Gunmen, who abducted the parish priest of St. Michael Catholic Church , Obajana, Kogi, Rev. Fr. Leo Michael, has demanded for N50million ransom.

General overseer arrested for defrauding church members

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Ondo State Command, have arrested Pastor James Abiodun Adeniyi, for allegedly defrauding his church members. 

Four policemen arrested for reckless shooting, injuring man

Four policemen, who were alleged to have shot and injured a  security expert identified as Mr Tunde Adeparusi at the weekend at Airport Tollgate, have been arrested.

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Children abductions: Police boss urges religious leader to secure worship centres

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Edgal Imohimi, has urged religious leaders in the state to beef up security around worship centers.

Islamic cleric: Why I raped my girlfriend’s friend during spiritual cleansing

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested an Islamic Cleric, Mustapha Ahmed, for allegedly raping a student of Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka, Yaba, under the guise of spiritual cleansing.

Khadijat's killer remanded in prison custody

Mr Seidu Sakiru Adeyemi, the alleged killer of Khadijat, daughter of the immediate past Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Alhaji Lasisi Oluboyo, has been remanded in prison custody by an Akure Chief Magistrate Court.

‘I faked my kidnap to get university admission money from my rich uncle’

Nineteen-year-old Miss Adelewa has told detectives attached to the Lagos State Police Command that she planned her own kidnap in order to squeeze money out of her stingy uncle.

Woman accuses her lawyer of defrauding N110m

A woman, Esther Olufunmilayo, has lost a whooping sum of N110million to suspected fraudsters.

Passengers behead cyclist, disappear with head

Three men have been arrested for allegedly beheading a cyclist, stealing his phone and motorcycle in Akure, Ondo State.

Why I stabbed my girlfriend to death, says suspect

Mr Saliu Ladapo, 24, who killed his 19-year-old girlfriend, Miss Confidence Nwama, has disclosed to homicide detectives, attached to the Ondo State Police Command, that he stabbed her to death because she laid a curse on him.

I have killed four persons, laughs secondary school girl

Imohimi
Detectives and journalists were stunned speechless when 20-year-old Maryam Abiola, a self-confessed cultist, without blinking an eye, said that she has killed four people on the instruction of her confraternity leader.

Pastor beheads lover, buries body in church

 A pastor of the Holy Gathering Evangelical Church of God, Papalanto, Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oluwatobiloba Ipense, has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing his secret lover, Railat Sanni, for ritual purposes.

SARS chases final year undergraduate into well

A missing final year Business Administration student of the Ambrose Alli University, Saliu Haruna, has been found floating inside a well in the school.

My job is to take young girls use for suicide bombings to target locations


Juliana Francis

On April 14, 2014, about 276 female students were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State.

Police boss orders manhunt for killers of policemen


The Assistant Inspector - General of Police (AIG), Zone 5 Benin, Edo State capital, Mr Rasheed Akintunde, has ordered the Commissioners of Police for Edo and Delta states to fish-out those behind the murder of four policemen.

Harvest of robbers: Kebbi Command arrests 129 robbery suspects, kidnappers


The Kebbi State Commissioner of Police Kabir Ibrahim has said that its command has arrested a total number of 291 alleged suspects.

Lance Corporal arrested for stealing from Tompolo

Personnel of the Nigeria Police Force from the "A" Division, Warri, Delta State, has arrested a naval personnel, Lance Corporal Usman Shaibu and two others for allegedly stealing a transformer from Ex-MEND Leader, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka, Tompolo's jetty near the Chevron Clinic in Edjeba Community in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State.

Oyo CJ releases 30 Agodi Prison inmates

The Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Muntar Abimbola, has released 30 inmates from the Agodi Prisons, Ibadan.

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Car dealer with bullet lodged in skull storms police station

Yakubu Ayuba
Mr Abulkareem Sheu said: “I just wanted to kill him so that nobody will ask me about the N1million balance for the Passat car again.”

Plateau State killings: Six Baptist members buried amidst tears

Six members of the Baptist Church were  given a mass burial amidst tears on Monday.

Children abductions: Police boss urges religious leader to secure worship centres

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Edgal Imohimi, has urged religious leaders in the state to beef up security around worship centers.

Islamic cleric: Why I raped my girlfriend’s friend during spiritual cleansing

Ahmed
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested an Islamic Cleric, Mustapha Ahmed, for allegedly raping a student of Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka, Yaba, under the guise of spiritual cleansing.

Sunday, July 15, 2018

My church member introduced me to car snatching, says gospel singer

CP.Lagos. Edgal Imohimi
A gospel singer, Mr Augustine Stanley, revealed to detectives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Ikeja, Lagos State Police Command, that his church members introduced him into car snatching.

The pains were unbearable, says 11-year-old defiled in her parents sitting room

 An 11-year-old girl (name withheld) on Friday, narrated how a worker at the Ministry of Works and Social Development Alausa Secretariat, Adetomiwa Ogunwa, allegedly sneaked into her parents’ apartment and sexually defiled her. 

'Police patrol team killed our brother, labbelled him armed robber'

The later Njoku

The family of late Comrade Christian Njoku, a human rights activist has alleged that the deceased was killed by a police patrol team because of his activism in Warri, Delta State.

Mother collapses after her children were stolen in school

The missing children

A mother, whose two children disappeared from their school premises has been hospitalised.
The woman, Rosemary Ezekwere, was said to have collapsed and rushed to hospital after she couldn’t find the children in school.

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

EKITI GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION: PSC deploys monitors to watch conduct of policemen

The Police Service Commission will be deploying a team of Monitors to monitor the conduct of Police men on electoral duties during the Saturday, July 14th Ekiti State Governorship election.

Tension as police declare war on ‘Aro-cult Boys’ in Aba

The Aba Area Commander, Abia State, Mr Peter Opara, as Assistant Commissioner of Police has declared war on cultists and cultism. 

Confessions of teenager: I sleep with seven men, give madam N30,000 every day

Vera John
An 18-year-old human trafficking victim, Deborah, allegedly lured into prostitution has revealed that she used to sleep with more than seven men every day at Wagbas Hotel, located in the Ajah area of the metropolis.

Police storm hotels, arrest 120 suspected cultists in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command Anti-Cultism Unit, said it has arrested 120 suspected cult members in the state.

How Customs intercepted truck with 200,000 live ammunition



The Nigeria Custom Service (NCS), Niger State, has intercepted a truck carrying over 200,000 live ammunition being smuggled into Nigeria from Benin Republic.

Police chief visits SARS's cells, releases 40 suspects

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, has released 40 suspects after paying unsuspecting visits to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) at the Command’s Headquarters, Ikeja.

Monday, July 9, 2018

'Council boss hired us to kidnap, kill Taraba lawmaker'

The confession by a suspected kidnapper, arrested by the Taraba State Police Command on Friday, has put to rest mystery surrounding the abduction and murder of  Taraba lawmaker, Honourable Hosea Ibi, representing Takum II in Taraba State House of Assembly on January 14th, 2018.

Again, ritual killers' den uncovered in Lagos

Imohimi
Officials of the Lagos State Central Business Districts Enforcement Unit has uncovered and dislodged another suspected ritual killers’ allegedly operating under Onikan Stadium Bridge.

Sunday, July 8, 2018

How ‘Capone’ killed over 40 people, including his little cousin


Babatunde

More shocking details have emerged about Muritala Babatunde, who killed Adebisi Oriade 21, and Julian Eke Imaga, 18, both students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State.

Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Devil possessed me to defile my daughter, says 60-year-old father

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 60-year-old man over alleged continuous sexual violation of his 12-year-old biological daughter.

Court orders NAPTIP to release detained father, daughter, cousin


An Abuja High Court has ordered the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and its Director General, Julie Okah-Donli to release on bail, with immediate effect, from its detention facility Akannni Adeyeye, his daughter, Tola Joy Adeyeye and his niece, Kajogbola Adeyeye.

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Fraud: Wanted by FBI

EBONG ALOYSIUS TILONG Health Care Fraud; Conspiracy to Pay Illegal Health Care Kickbacks; Paying Illegal Health Care Kickbacks; Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering; Making and Subscribing False Tax Returns; Failure to Appear.

Man jailed for buying stolen girl

One of the convicts, Esther David
Mr 49-year-old Mr Emeka Christopher and two other people, have been sentenced to prison for child trafficking.

Residents panicked as NNPC pipeline exploded in Ilara community


There was panic on Sunday night at the Ebute-Ayo, Ilara area of Ogijo in Ogun State, after a pipeline explosion rocked the sleepy community.

Tanker Explosion: Truck loaded twice its capacity, says government

…gives operators 30-Day Ultimatum to Obtain Road Worthiness

The Lagos State Government, yesterday, disclosed that the truck that caused the tragic tanker explosion on Otedola Bridge along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday was loaded twice its pulling capacity.