A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court has arraigned Chidimnma Adaora Ojukwu, Adedayo Quadri and five others for alleged murder, obstruction of justice and failing to report a crime to the law enforcement agencies. This is in relation to the ongoing investigation of the murder of Super TV CEO, Mr Michael Usifo Ataga, in which Ms. Ojukwu Read More…
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Driver docked for allegedly damaging signal pole in Lagos
By Adenike Ayodele Ikeja, Aug. 9, 2021 (NAN) A 28-year-old driver, Sunday Okoliko, on Monday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly damaging a signal pole worth N107,000 in Oshodi area of Lagos State. Okoliko, who is a driver with Fave Pure Water Company, Lagos is also being tried for allegedly stealing N36,000 belonging Read More…
Outrage as Chidinma changes tale on police crime show
There has been growing public outrage as Chidinma, the self-confessed killer of Michael Usifo Ataga, Super TV CEO, has been singing a new song. Chidinma Ojukwu had come out to deny her previous statements in an interview with Dr Aisha Tosan Agberebi as anchor, for the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) sponsored program Crime Fighters: Case Read More…
Chidinma Ojukwu: A father’s nightmare compounded as he gets landlady’s quit notice
Lawyers say case already jeopardised For Ojukwu Okwara Onoh, father of prime suspect in the recent death of a television executive in Lagos, his nightmare began on Wednesday, 23rd June 2021 when at about 10 pm, police officers from the Lagos State Force Criminal Investigation department (CID), stormed his Alagomeji, Yaba apartment to effect the Read More…
Buhari expresses outrage over killing of Gulak
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed outrage and disgust over what he called “the heinous murder“ of Adamawa politician Ahmed Gulak in Owerri by yet to be identified gunmen. The president reacted on Sunday in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu. “I am repulsed by such premeditated Read More…
DPP cancels bail possibility for alleged sex offender Baba Ijesha
The Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP), Lagos State Ministry of Justice, has stalled any possibility of releasing Olanrewaju James, popularly known as, “Baba Ijesha” on bail. According to it, this is based on criminal charges he had to answer to. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made the disclosure to newsmen Read More…
Lagos recovers N50m over fraudulent real estate activities
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said it had recovered more than N50 million from parties involved in illegal real estate transaction activities. Mrs Toke Benson-Awoyinka, Special Adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Housing, made the disclosure during a news conference in Ikeja. It was to give account of activities in the housing sector for Read More…
Police arrests 48 suspects over Mile 12 crisis in Lagos
The Police Command in Lagos has announced the arrest of 48 suspects. This is in connection with the Thursday morning disturbances around the Mile 12 area of the state. Mr Olumuyiwa Adejobi, its Public Relations Officer, in a statement, added that normalcy had been restored to the area. A 24-hour surveillance has been mounted by Read More…
Nigeria university kidnappers shoot dead 3 captive students, says state official
In picture above: A military truck arrives at Greenfield University after gunmen kidnapped students in Kaduna, Nigeria April 21, 2021. REUTERS/Bosan Yakusak Gunmen have shot dead three students they abducted from a northern Nigerian university, a state security official said on Friday, though the kidnappers still hold an unknown number of captives. On Tuesday, armed Read More…
Institute to train 7,000 law enforcement officers in Lagos
The Lagos State Law Enforcement Training Institute (LETI) says it has devised new strategies to train no fewer than seven thousands law enforcement officers at its Annual Mandatory In-Service Training. Its Director-General, Mr Ifalade Oyekan, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the institute trained 6,329 officers in 2020, hoping to surpass the figures Read More…