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Sex-for-mark : OAU professor lands in prison

Sex-for-mark : OAU professor lands in prison

A Federal High Court in Osun has remanded an Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Lecturer, Prof. Richard Akindele, in Ilesa prison custody, for allegedly demanding sex for mark from his student.

2 policemen detained over missing car

2 policemen detained over missing car

Akure—TWO policemen are currently being detained at the Criminal Investigative Department of the Ondo State Police Command over a missing exhibit vehicle that was in the custody of the Command.

Economic challenges fuelling rape cases — LASG

Economic challenges fuelling rape cases — LASG

THE Lagos  State Government has disclosed that perpetrators of rape and other domestic and sexual violence cases now blame economic challenges in the country for their action.

Leah Sharibu’s key abductor killed

Leah Sharibu’s key abductor killed

One of the leaders of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), Boko Haram faction that abducted Leah Sharibu and some 100 students in February, has been killed.

How technology helps to tackle  crime in Africa – Lagos CP Edgal

How technology helps to tackle crime in Africa – Lagos CP Edgal

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, has called on governments and security bosses in African countries  to desist from the traditional ways of tackling crime, stating rather, that the solution to tackling crimes and criminalities relied largely on the use of mo dern technology.

Boy, 19, kills five-yr-old in Ebonyi, takes body parts to Anambra for money ritual

Boy, 19, kills five-yr-old in Ebonyi, takes body parts to Anambra for money ritual

Ekwashi Sunday Onwe, 19, from Ohaukwu local government area of Ebonyi State, startled workers at the Center for Psychic and Healing, a private herbal center located in Awka, when he opened a bag and brought out the genitals and fingers of a little boy he killed in Ebonyi State and brought to the center to perform rituals that would make him rich.

SARS reform public hearing ends in Lagos

SARS reform public hearing ends in Lagos

The Presidential Panel on SARS Reform, which began its public hearing in Lagos on Tuesday, Nov. 13, ended its sitting on Saturday after listening to 36 cases.

Gunmen attack PDP chieftains in Rivers, kill one

Gunmen attack PDP chieftains in Rivers, kill one

PORT HARCOURT—An alleged attack on People’s Democratic Party, PDP, chieftains on a ward-to-ward Permanent Voters’ Card, PVC, sensitisation in Ipo Community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers state has reportedly left one dead with many others with bullet wounds.

Man defiles 5-yr-old girl in Taraba

Man defiles 5-yr-old girl in Taraba

Jalingo—A suspected paedophile, Victor Joshua, has been apprehended by officers of the Nigeria Police Force in Jalingo for defiling a five-year-old girl.

EFCC confiscates gold worth N21m at Lagos Airport

EFCC confiscates gold worth N21m at Lagos Airport

…gets forfeiture order for N397 million pension cash in 2 banks By Soni Daniel Abuja – Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday confiscated gold worth N211 million at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. This came on a day an Abuja Federal High Court presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu ordered […]

BAYELSA: Game of ‘musical chairs’ with Police commissioners

BAYELSA: Game of ‘musical chairs’ with Police commissioners

The tragic comedy playing out in the posting of Commissioners  of Police to oil-rich Bayelsa State  should serve as a veritable pointer to events that will herald the 2019 elections in the country. In the recent past,  the opposition and notable Nigerians have voiced out their resentment and suspicion over the neutrality or otherwise of security agencies in conducting  peaceful elections in the country. They particularly pointed accusing fingers at the Police and DSS as institutions that may be used to truncate the process.