The Benue State Police Command early in the week recorded a major breakthrough in its renewed onslaught against crime when it arrested a notorious gang of arms dealers who specialize in the supply of arms and ammunition to crisis prone areas of Jos the Plateau state capital.

TWO suspected members of a notorious robbery gang that have been terrorizing most parts of Ikorodu area of Lagos State, have been arrested by the police.

THREE members of a robbery gang that have been in police wanted list for long were last week arrested by detectives attached to Ilembe Hausa police station recovering arms and ammunition.

A NINE-year-old girl, Oyinkansola Fogobeen, was confirmed dead after a Toyota Mini-Bus ran over her at Bariga area of Lagos State. Crime Alert gathered that Oyin, as she was popularly called, met her untimely death on her way back from school.

A NOTORIOUS ex-militant who turned to armed robbery has been killed by the police in Rivers State during a robber operation. The State Police Public Relations Officer, Ben Ugwuegbulam, told Crime Alert that the deceased ex-militant met his death when he and two others, attempted snatching a car from it’s owner at Tombia Road, GRA, area of the State.

Fear,anxiety and complete sense of insecurity has enveloped Adamawa State, especially the state capital as armed bandits have completely taken over the entire state.

A GANG of dare-devil armed robbers, Wednesday, in Lagos threw caution to the wind, killed four persons and abducted a yet-to-be identified Police Corporal. The incident happened atop Oshodi Bridge (Oshodi oke) and time was about 7.15am.

Palpable fear has gripped residents of Ilorin, kwara state capital, following rising cases of ritual attack which is gradually spreading to the nooks and crannies of the Islamic town. In Sabo-Oke area of the town alone, no fewer than seven people were attacked in the last one month while three of them died before good Samaritans could take them to the hospital for the much needed medical attention.

Worried by series of accusations trailing the current security situation in the country, the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has advised Nigerians against blaming the Federal Government or security agencies for the security breaches especially the Boko Haram bombings in Northern Nigeria, saying “it is the responsibility of all citizens.”

FIve members of a notorious robbery gang that have been terrorizing residents of Ajangbadi and it’s environ for a long time, were last week, arrested by anti-robbery policemen attached to Ilemba Hausa Police Station recovering arms and ammunition.

HOMICIDE detectives at the State Criminal Investigations Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba are currently investigating the death of a middle-aged man who was stabbed to death during a fight at Oniru Beach, Victoria Island, Lagos.

FOR Pa Amos Oriyomi, the Baale of Bamgbelu Parafa community in Ikorodu, outskirts of Lagos; it was like the biblical last super He had barely finished dinning with some visitors who had earlier called when death came calling.

Efforts to beef up security network in Igbo-Etiti local government area, Enugu state, yielded positive dividend recently after the Chairman of the council, Chief Ogbonna Idike built new police barracks for officers and men of the Nigeria police force in the area and spent over N800 million on various road projects.

TONGUES are still wagging in Ilorin, capital city of Kwara State,over the mysterious death of Ayantunde Ayantoye, a renowned radio and television set repairer who was allegedly arrested by a team of police officers in his shop, around Airport road, adjacent to Aviation International College, penultimate Monday. He was reportedly shot dead along the way.

Agile security operatives attached to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, last week arrested a 300-level computer science student of the University said to be on a vengeance mission after a member of his cult was allegedly killed by a rival group.