Reading Time: < 1 minutes The family and friends of Fatai Olukayode Lawal, Brewery Business Controller of Nigerian Breweries, Ibadan, have asked the police in the state capital of Ibadan to investigate his murder. Sources claim that Lawal, who has been with the company for around 20 years, once held a position that gave him authority over the company’s internal Read More…
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Lagos police rescues victim from “one-chance” syndicate
Reading Time: < 1 minutes The Lagos State Police Command say they have caught two members of a gang whose speciality was robbing unknowing passengers with their cars. The command’s official spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, reported the arrest on his verified Twitter account on Thursday. Hundeyin named the culprits as Folashade Sholagbe, a woman of 36, and Seun Oke, a Read More…
Three slain by unknown gunmen
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Three people were slain by unidentified shooters at Gowon Estate, in the Ipaja area, according to the police headquarters in Lagos State. The incident was reported on Thursday by SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s spokesperson. The event took place at about 11.35 p.m. on Wednesday, according to Hundeyin. He said that the Gowon Estate Police Read More…
Court rejects police officer’s “no-case” submission in Lagos lawyer’s murder
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Lagos High Court has denied a “no-case” petition submitted by ASP Drambi Vandi, who reportedly shot and killed a Lagos lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, on December 25, 2022. Vandi submitted his “no-case” motion on Feb. 28, asking the court to dismiss the charge against him. Mr Gbenro Gbadamosi, his attorney, had previously contended that Read More…
Portable charged with assaulting a police officer in Ogun
Reading Time: < 1 minutes 28-year-old musician Badmus Okikiola, aka Portable, was charged by the police in Ogun on Monday with assaulting a police inspector while performing his duties. Okikiola, whose residence was omitted, was accused of assault and resisting arrest by the Police.The defendant and other suspects, who are still at large, are accused of committing the crime on Read More…
Fake Twitter account alarms Presidential Transition Council
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, alerted Nigerians of the existence of a Twitter account fraudulently purporting to represent the Presidential Transition Council (PTC) on Sunday in Abuja. The PTC’s chairman is Mustapha. “The attention of the PTC has been drawn to a fake Twitter handle, @TransitionNgr (https://twitter.com/TransitionNgr) created by unscrupulous persons Read More…
Police Probe MC Oluomo’s Threat Against Igbo in Lagos
Reading Time: 2 minutes Lagos police have launched an investigation into the alleged threat issued against Igbo by the Chairman of the Lagos State Parks Management Committee, Musiliu Akinsanya, also known as MC Oluomo. MC Oluomo had been alleged to have threatened Igbos who would not vote for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to stay at home during Read More…
35 arrested, heroin, skunk intercepted in 12 states by NDLEA
Reading Time: 3 minutes The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has detained 35 people on suspicion of trafficking in a variety of illegal narcotics and substances. Mr. Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, announced this, in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. According to Babafemi, agents intercepted a shipment of 11.90 kg of heroin and 500 Read More…
CP gives protection guarantee to Ladipo auto spare parts market traders
Reading Time: 2 minutes In the aftermath of the fire that engulfed Akere market, Olodi-Apapa, traders at the Ladipo Auto Spare-Parts Market, Mushin, and other markets in the state have been assured of sufficient protection by CP Idowu Owohunwa, Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command. Owohunwa made the pledge when he visited Ladipo Auto Market on Friday to meet Read More…
Cop standing trial for murder of Lagos lawyer Omobolanle awaits no-case ruling April 3
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Lagos High Court hearing at Tafawa Balewa Square yesterday postponed its decision on a no-case application made by police officer Drambi Vandi, who is accused of killing a lawyer located in Lagos, until April 3, 2023. Vandi is facing a single-count charge of murdering Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem, a Lagos attorney, on December 25, 2022, Read More…