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Chidinma, father, others, docked for murder, obstruction of justice, failing to report crime

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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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…