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Robbery at dawn …Dismissed Police officer, three others arrested

Robbery at dawn …Dismissed Police officer, three others arrested

On May 31, 2011, armed men numbering about twenty, stormed the Okeiyimi, Ado Ekiti branch of First bank. The bandits, armed with sophisticated weapons, threw caution and fear of possible counter- attack by security operatives to the wind as they stormed the area, which is the most busiest in the state at about 10am.

Man arrested for raping daughter

Man arrested for raping daughter

Detectives at the State Criminal Investigation Department of the Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a man for allegedly raping his nine year-old daughter. The suspect,James Bond( not the British actor) who was picked up from his Balogun street, in Oke-Ode area of Erio-Ekiti, was reportedly caught while having carnal knowledge of his daughter.

Armed robbers lay siege on Ikorodu road

Armed robbers lay siege on Ikorodu road

Fadeyi area of Lagos State was last Sunday thrown into confusion as a gang of dare-devil armed robbers raided three churches, a filling station and left two persons dead, while several others sustained severe injuries.

Narcotic officers unearth cocaine haven in Imo state

Narcotic officers unearth cocaine haven in Imo state

DETERMINED to win the war against illicit trafficking in hard drugs and other psychotropic substances, operatives of the nation’s anti-drug agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in Imo State, over the week, swooped on criminal hideouts where cocaine and other life -taking drugs were being freely sold.

… Shot dead two robbery suspects

… Shot dead two robbery suspects

Policemen attached to Bode Thomas division in Surulere area of Lagos, yesterday, shot dead two suspected members of a robbery gang, that specialized in attacking bank customers. Recovered from the bandits were two locally made double barrel cut to size guns with three live cartridges.

Police begin investigation into death of five persons in a restaurant

Police begin investigation into death of five persons in a restaurant

Investigation into the death of five persons , among them a three-month-old baby, whose lifeless bodies were Monday discovered inside a restaurant in Allen Avenue, Ikeja area of Lagos, showed that they died of suffocation. This is contrary to report that they were killed by smoke from a power generating set.

Police arrest 58-yr-old robbery suspect

Police arrest 58-yr-old robbery suspect

Operatives of the Federal Special Anti -Robbery Squad, Adeniji Adele, Lagos have arrested a suspected member of a notorious robbery gang that specialized in snatching cars from Lagos and selling same outside the state.

Mother, two children roasted to death

Mother, two children roasted to death

Tragedy struck, weekend in Ikotun area of Lagos after a woman and her two children were roasted to death in a fire that engulfed their apartment. The cause of the inferno which also destroyed property which monetary value is yet to be estimated, could not be immediately ascertained, but unconfirmed report said it could have been caused by a lit candle which the woman identified as, Mrs Ojo, left before retiring to bed.

Kill another in bank robbery

Kill another in bank robbery

A shoot-out between a gang of robbers and a team of Mobile policemen attached to MOPOL 20, Ikeja ensued, weekend, along Idimu/Ikotun road, leading to the death of one of the robbers.

Bandits on Okada terrorize Enugu residents

Bandits on Okada terrorize Enugu residents

Residents of the coal city, Enugu, are now living in fear following increasing attacks by armed robbers operating on fast moving motorcycles popularly called ‘Okada’.

How Police in Ondo arrested suspected female burglary kingpin

How Police in Ondo arrested suspected female burglary kingpin

BOSEDE Johnson looks innocent with her frail stature but when you engage her, you will find out that she is a wild person. And when she is on her dastardly act of burgling shops of notable business women in Akure, the Ondo State capital, she is entirely a different person.

Murder of Lagos socialite: Police arrest another suspect

Murder of Lagos socialite: Police arrest another suspect

Detectives investigating last Monday murder of Lagos Socialite and popular auto dealer, Alhaji Rafiu Jabita at his palatial home in Adeniyi-Jones, Ikeja, Lagos yesterday arrested another suspect over the incident.

Confession of a call-girl

Confession of a call-girl

For Kofoworola, Sai’aid, a 21- year-old woman currently being held in police custody for alleged murder, the world couldn’t have been more cruel. At a tender age, her father separated from her mother. But because of her age, a magistrate court granted her custody to the mother.

Terrorism: Pastor calls for divine grace

Terrorism: Pastor calls for divine grace

The General Overseer, Global Success Ministries, Dr. Chima Okereke has urged President Goodluck Jonathan not to rely solely on the use of force, but to seek divine grace of God as battle to crush the surging trend of terrorism in the Country.