A suspected traffic robber, Charles Igbadoh, notorious for dispossessing motorists of their belongings at the Ilubirin end of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command. The spokesperson for the Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, announced the arrest in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday in Lagos. Read More…
Crime
Lagos Court incarcerates 22-year-old painter for allegedly defiling neighbours’ daughter
Ifeanyi Onyega, a 22-year-old painter, has been remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre by an Ogudu Magistrate’s Court, on Thursday in Lagos for allegedly defiling his neighbours’ 16-year-old daughter. Mrs. M.O. Tanimola, the Magistrate, who did not heed Onyega’s plea, instructed that the case file should be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for Read More…
Ogun Assembly Speaker Kunle Oluomo arrested at Lagos Airport
Olakunle Oluomo, Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, was arrested by the operatives of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos on Thursday on his way out of the country. Reports have it that the operatives of the EFCC picked him up to answer questions Read More…
Police arrest child trafficking suspect after rescue from mob
Lagos State Police say they detained Ayomide Fawehinmi, a 22-year-old man for attempted child trafficking. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Monday, said the suspect had been rescued from a mob in Empire Area of Surulere. Hundeyin said police operatives attached to Surulere Read More…
Police confirm the killing of Mile 12 Park leader
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the killing of one Alhaji Sulaimon Onaolapo, popularly known as Akiru, who was the leader of Mile-12 Lagos Parks and Garages. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the killing on Monday. “One Alhaji Sule was killed following the incident at Mile 12. No arrest made yet. Normalcy Read More…
Abba Kyari wins fight against extradition
A Federal High Court for Abuja has thrown out a suit filed by the Federal Government of Nigeria to extradite the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, to the United States of America. In a ruling on Monday, Justice Inyang Ekwo struck out the suit filed by the Attorney General of the Federation and Read More…
Police arrests motorist for allegedly assaulting an officer in Lagos
Billy Tokunbo, a motorist has been arrested by Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command, for allegedly assaulting a policeman and also driving against the traffic in the Isolo/Okota area of the state. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s spokesperson, confirmed the arrest on his verified Twitter handle on Friday. He said, “Billy Tokunbo, who drove Read More…
Police inspector killed in Lagos by gunmen
Lagos State police command, on Wednesday confirmed the killing of an Inspector by gunmen in the Coker Aguda area of Lagos. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesman for Lagos State Police Command, said the Inspector was inside a commercial tricycle when he was shot. He said that the command has launched investigations to track and arrest Read More…
EFCC hands over fake army general’s forfeited property to victim in Lagos
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over a property located at 1A, Joke Ayo Street, Riverside Estate, Alagbado, Lagos, as well as a Range Rover Sport Utility Vehicle, SUV, a black BMW car, a black Toyota Land cruiser car, and a white Toyota Hilux recovered from a convicted fake Army General, Bolarinwa Read More…
CCTV exposes suspect, assists police arrests in Lagos
Wanted suspected cult member and two others have been arrested with the aid of a closed-circuit television (CCTV) installed in a restaurant in Lagos according to the police. The Lagos Police Command’s Spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the arrest in a statement on Tuesday. Hundeyin said that a suspected cultist, aged 22, was caught on CCTV Read More…