Crime Metro Robbery Top Story

Third Mainland Bridge traffic robber nabbed by police

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

Crime Fraud Impersonation Metro

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…

Crime Cultism Metro

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…