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End of the road for suspected burglars

End of the road for suspected burglars

Residents of Odutola street, Odo Oko –Oba in Agege area of Lagos state will never forget in a hurry the harrowing experience they had on July 24, 2019 when men of the underworld visited them, uninvited.

Housemaid steals N1.6m just six hours on the job

Housemaid steals N1.6m just six hours on the job

A 26-year-old housemaid, Franker Amaha, has been arrested by operatives of Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, for stealing the sum of N1.6million in foreign currencies from her employer, six hours after she was employed.

Death traps on Nigeria’s water channels

Death traps on Nigeria’s water channels

It is no longer news that Nigeria, being a mono-economy nation, depends solely on revenue generated from oil for her economic survival. With territorial water of 12 nautical miles from the shoreline and an Exclusive Economic Zone, EZZ of 200 nautical miles from her territorial water, the country, is also strategically located along one of the most important and resource endowed coastal regions – the Gulf of Guinea.

Lagos Court remands ‘Yahoo Boys’ in Ekiti prison

Lagos Court remands ‘Yahoo Boys’ in Ekiti prison

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has ordered the remand of nine suspected internet fraudsters in Ado-Ekiti prison pending the hearing of charges filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Woman wrestles armed robber in Delta

Woman wrestles armed robber in Delta

THE Delta State Police Command have arrested a member of an armed robbery gang at new Eku Road, Amukpe, Sapele Local Government Area, after he was wrestled by a female victim.

‘I was gang-raped by cultists for turning down love advances’

‘I was gang-raped by cultists for turning down love advances’

A year one student of the Environmental Health Technician Department of the Ondo state government-owned School of Health Technology, Akure, the state capital, Monday narrated how a cult member who she turned down his love advances hired two others to gang-rape her.

Isheri Day tragedy: Soldiers kill two youths, injure others

Isheri Day tragedy: Soldiers kill two youths, injure others

THE annual ‘Isheri Day’ celebration was marred by tragedy on Monday, after two youths were allegedly killed by drunk soldiers suspected to be from Ikeja Cantonment, during an altercation that resulted in a fight, at Isheri Olofin area of Ogun State.