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Lagos Police arrests three suspects for murder, robbery
Detectives attached to the Meiran Police Division, Lagos State, have arrested three male suspects who conspired together and gruesomely murdered an UBER driver, Morenikeji Stephen Oluwaniyi, aged 27, and made away with his Toyota Corolla saloon car.
‘One chance’ snatched Igboho’s aides’ case file, DSS tells court
Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS) has told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja that some criminal elements – “one chance’’ had stolen its case-file on detained aides of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Igboho.
How I escaped from gunmen who killed Sowore, Lady narrates how she escaped from gunmen in Edo
Emmanuella Anyawu, one of the five victims kidnapped last Saturday has narrated her ordeal in the hands of their abductors and how she miraculously escaped from the kidnappers’ den.
INSECURITY: Lagos Police Command embarks on massive show of force
As part of proactive efforts to keep criminals away from the state and reassure the public of their safety and protection, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has directed all Area Commanders, Commanders of Taskforce, Tactical Teams, Police Mobile Force, Counter Terrorism Unit, RRS, and other Operational Units in the Command to immediately embark on massive, aggressive, purposeful and well-coordinated 'show of force' across the nook and cranny of the State.
NDA attack: Our soldiers not sleeping, still searching for abducted Major – Defence Headquarters
The Defence Headquarters has debunked an online report which said its personnel manning the CCTV monitoring room at the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA, during Tuesday’s bandits attack were sleeping. The Defence Headquarters disclosed this in a statement signed by Major General Benjamin Sawyer who is the Director of Defence Information.
Police begin investigation into death of ex-LASU activist
The Lagos State police commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered that the death of the former Lagos State University students’ union presidential aspirant, Yusuf Alowonle, popularly called Omomeewa, be investigated, an official has said.
Lagos taskforce arrest 16 miscreants over ‘violence’
Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) has arrested 16 miscreants believed to have masterminded violence and robbing of commuters in Iyana Cele and Iyana Isolo.
NDA: DHQ launches rescue operation for abducted Major
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has hinted that troops are on the trail of the bandits that invaded the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna State.
Five things we know so far about NDA attack
Bandits in the early hours of Tuesday invaded the permanent site of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna.
Suspected land grabbers kill police officer, two others in Lagos
The Police have arrested four suspected land grabbers and cultists in connection with the mayhem in Gberigbe town in Ikorodu area of Lagos.