A 51-year-old, Samuel Tom, who runs a car hire company, is standing trial over alleged theft of a car valued at N6 million at an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

ABUJA—INSPECTOR-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, yesterday directed Assistant Inspectors General of Police, AIGs, and Commissioners of Police, CPs, to replicate his efforts at tackling crimes in the country by beefing up security on highways and major roads.

Lagos—A 15-year-old student and 11 other minors, students of a Junior Secondary School in Mushin, were, yesterday, charged before an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s court by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja, for alleged cultism.

ABUJA—GOVERNOR Ben Ayade of Cross River State, yesterday, vowed to take the case of murdered 200 Level student of the Department of Mass Communication, Cross River State University of Technology, CRUTECH, Joy Odama, to President Muhammadu Buhari.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Akomolehin Johnson Olusesan a suspected Visa racketeer.

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has seized 18 smuggled exotic cars from an Abuja-based car dealer., 13 of which are bullet-proof.

No fewer than six persons were, yesterday, confirmed dead with several others injured in a cult war in Lagos.

A man was arrested in France on Sunday over the gruesome murder of a heavily pregnant woman who was suffocated in her bed, a source close to the investigation said.

The Delta Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two persons in connection with last Friday’s attack at the popular Abraka market in Asaba in which four persons were allegedly killed.

Barely 48 hours after he was made the commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Acting Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, took up the gauntlet. Like a wounded lion, he went on the trail of criminal elements both in the force and in the society.

The confusion which greeted the recent redeployment of Fatai Owoseni out of Lagos State as Commissioner of Police, seems to have been settled, as Owoseni has handed over to his successor, Imohimi Edgar.

There was commotion today at Ojokoro , along  Lagos /Abeokuta expressway, after an underground ritualists den was uncovered.

We gave her N500. It was because we did not give her the money we promised that made her to report to the school authorities. The girl agreed to take money initially but we failed to give her money

Attempt by a syndicate which specialised in conveying illegally refined petroleum products from Niger Delta region of the country to ready buyers in Lagos state , have been foiled.

Anti-robbery section of the state police command arrested a total of 85 suspects, 250 live arms and ammunitions and 19 vehicles were recovered