Curfew: Police harassment of journalists, barbaric, says LJL

IGP, Mohammed Adamu

The Lagos Journalists' League (LJL),  a group of conscientious journalists operating in Lagos State has frowned at the barbaric harassment of journalists by policemen on Tuesday night.

I didn’t kill my brother’s twins for money ritual, says teenager

Juliana Francis

An 18-year-old boy, Kelvin Uzor, has been arrested for allegedly killing his relative’s identical twins for money making ritual in Delta State.

IRT smashes syndicate trafficking drugs to Abuja via commercial buses

Juliana Francis

Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have smashed a drug trafficking syndicate and recovered over 300 sachets of Rohypnol among other illicit drugs.

How billionaire corporal was deceived by gang member, killed by Police

Juliana Francis

IGP, Mohammed Adamu

Fresh facts have emerged on how the late dismissed police corporal, alleged billionaire kidnapper, Collins Ezenwa, otherwise known as E-Money was tricked by his gang member into Police trap and killed by policemen from the Imo State Police Command.

‘I drowned my baby because I wanted to become a lawyer’

Juliana Francis

Odumosu

A 22-year-old lady, Funmilola Adisa, has confessed to drowning her one-year and six months old baby because it allegedly stood in her way of becoming a lawyer.

Panic as CSP disappears after testing positive to COVID-19

Juliana Francis

Officials of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) were alarmed on Friday after a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), identified as Mr Murtala Ibrahim, attached to 21 Mobile Police Force, Nyanya, Abuja, vanished into thin air after testing positive to COVID-19.

We shall resume kidnapping, killings after COVID-19, says …Abuja-Kaduna expressway suspected bandit

Juliana Francis

IGP, Mohammed Adamu

A suspect, Mustapha Mohammed, 26, has revealed that the incessant kidnappings and killings along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway and other routes have stopped because he and his other partners in crime were afraid of contracting COVID-19.

COVID-19: A lock-down night in the life of a newsman

By Adekunle Adekoya

Fear is the key that unlocks peoples' pockets, so said Poke Toholo, a character in James Hadley Chase's “Want to Stay Alive?”

Free me, I don’t want to contract coronavirus in prison, says suspect

…arrested for stealing over 1000 bags of rice

·      Suspect: I used money from crime to build house, send my children to best private school in Ilorin

Juliana Francis

The suspects

A suspect, Yulusa Saheed, 32, who confessed to have burgled several shops in Offa and Ilorin, both in Kwara State, stealing over 1000 bags of rice, has asked the Police to free him because he didn’t want to contract coronavirus in prison.

Thieves pose as top management staff to sell stolen truck

Juliana Francis

Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have burst a gang which posed as top management staff of a company located in Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State, in order to sell the company’s truck valued over N20million.

Woman hired thugs to beat technician to death over N6000 phone

Taiwo Jimoh

A 50-year-old man, Mr. Ezekiel Oni, has been beaten to death over a N6000 phone at the Alapere area of Lagos State.

Lockdown: Woman delivers of baby girl after RRS operatives rush her to hospital

Juliana Francis

A woman, who went into labour on Friday during lockdown at about 3am, has been delivered of a baby girl after being rushed to hospital by some concerned operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Ikeja, Lagos State Police Command.

My life in danger, says man whose wife had sex with Police Chief

Juliana Francis

Mr Clement Etim, a businessman, on Wednesday said that his life and those of two others were in danger.

‘I’m expert in moving stolen cars from Nigeria to Niger Republic’

Juliana Francis

A 52-year-old Mr Sani Garuba, who was arrested for robbery, has boasted to operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT), that he kept returning to crime because his expertise in moving stolen vehicles across borders was renowned.

Imo State Governor appoints retired Dan Okoro as Special Adviser on Security

 Juliana Francis

Okoro

Retired Commissioner of Police, Mr Dan Nkem Okoro, has been appointed as the Special Adviser on Security to the Executive Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma.

Why I abducted my elder brother, killed his seven-year-old son

Juliana Francis

IG, Mohammed Adamu

A suspected kidnapper, Salahatu Haruna, 30, has given reasons for abducting his elder brother, Yakubu Haruna and killing his seven-year-old nephew at Bingiyaro area of Kaduna State.

Policemen: Our agony in enforcing COVID-19 lockdown

Juliana Francis

As COVID-19 continues to ravage the American Police departments, the Nigerian Police Force appears to be handling the issue of the safety of its personnel with levity.

Nobody stole couple’s new born baby, just human error, says Reverend father

Juliana Francis

Reverend Father, Joe Ben, in charge of St. Raphael Divine Mercy Specialist Hospital, Ikorodu, Lagos State, where a new born baby was alleged to have been stolen, has described the situation as one caused by human error.

Day robbers’ lockdown Ogun communities

Taiwo Jimoh

Residents of Adesan Community in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, on April 13, trooped out en-mass, armed with cudgels to confront robbers who had invaded some streets in the community.

Doctors stole my twin baby in labour room, says mother

Juliana Francis

Faith

A 31-year-old nurse, Mrs. Faith Obinna, has accused medical personnel of St. Raphael Divine Mercy Specialist Hospital, Ikorodu, Lagos State, of stealing her baby moments after delivery.

I drank toilet water to stay alive, says girl trafficked to Oman

…begs Nigerians to help her return to Nigeria

Juliana Francis

Oluwatosin

A trafficked Nigerian lady, Adetula Oluwatosin, 26, has begged Nigerians to help in returning her to Nigeria before she dies in Oman.

COVID-19: A lock-down night in the life of a newsman

By Adekunle Adekoya

Fear is the key that unlocks peoples' pockets, so said Poke Toholo, a character in James Hadley Chase's “Want to Stay Alive?”

Lockdown: Lagos CP saves mother, children from sleeping at park

Juliana Francis

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu surprised policemen who were on patrol duty with him when he took a mother and her three children to safety, rather than arrest them for flouting the curfew in the state.

Madam’s thugs beat housemaid to death over N2000, secretly bury her

Patience Ogbo

The suspect

Policemen attached to the Bariga Police State, Lagos State, have arrested Shade Moke for allegedly hiring three men to beat her 16-year-old house maid to death for allegedly stealing her N2000.

Man arrested for causing peace maker’s death in Lagos

Juliana Francis

Detectives attached to the Mushin Police Station, Lagos State, have arrested Mr. Owolabi Fasasi for allegedly pushing Taiwo Adekoya to the ground, and thereby causing her death.

How billionaire corporal was deceived by gang member, killed by Police

Juliana Francis

Asiegbuelam

Fresh facts have emerged on how the late dismissed police corporal, alleged billionaire kidnapper, Collins Ezenwa, otherwise known as E-Money was tricked by his gang member into Police trap and killed by policemen from the Imo State Police Command.

Pay N50m yearly or we kidnap you, terrorist group tells expatriates

*Group collects N120m from two expatriates

*Members: We were recruited in mosques after prayers

*Professional doctors trained us in forest, says group’s doctor

*… ‘We were trained in Libya on how to fight government, kidnap’

Recovered packs of syringes

Juliana Francis

On May 1, 2019, four gunmen stormed the residence of Alhaji Musa Umar Uba, who holds the title of Magajin Garin Daura in Katsina State and abducted him.

Three months after his abduction, he was rescued by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT) in conjunction with the Kano State Police Command.

Court Orders Final Forfeiture of Army General's N426.7m

Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, May 8, 2020, ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of  N426.7m belonging to Brig.-Gen. John Onimisi Ozigi(retd.) to the Federal Government.