The increasing spate of robbery attacks at Finniger bus stop, along Mile11/Badagry expressway and it’s environs is giving sleepless nights to residents of the area. Owners of different business concerns in the area which is located in satellite town

Few hours into the botched National Assembly elections, residents of Lagos witnessed an overwhelming presence of security men in almost all the nooks and crannies of the state.

Tomorrow is the D-day. Nigeria’s 2011 elections will kick off with the National Assembly contestants slugging it out in different states of the federation. So far, the level of violence recorded in some states has been frightening if not disturbing

ABOUT three weeks ago, a mammoth crowd besieged Ago Police Division in Lagos, to have a glimpse of a man who allegedly killed his brother-in-law and tucked his remains inside a plastic container. The incident which occurred Friday, March 5, threw the entire area into panic when the alleged assailant turned out to be a popular boutique owner on Okota road.

RECENTLY, the Inspector-General of Police IGP Hafiz Ringim through his minister, Humphrey Abbah went on air placing outright ban on the continued use of highly filmed vehicles in the country and directed commissioners of police across nation to promptly commence the implementation of the order

EXCEPT the law says otherwise, Chukwudi Ekedi an whose wife is expecting a baby his friend Ifeanyi Nwaeze both aged 30 and 25 years; who hail from Anambra and Enugu state respectively may spend the rest of their lives behind bars over alleged armed robbery

AT the corridor of the Apapa Divisional Headquarters, Lagos Kenny Torbo, a 35- year-old self-acclaimed professional boat driver lay flat on his back while narrating the story of his life and of course

THE onslaught against crime and criminality in the state by the new commissioner of Police (CP) Yakubu Alkali have begun to yield successes with the smashing recently, of a notorious armed robbery syndicate that specialized in robbing banks. Members of the gang arrested confessed to have participated in the attack of a branch of two commercial banks in the state

TWO months ago, a five-year-old girl, (names withheld) was kidnaped from her parents’ Alausa Ikeja, Lagos residence by a man who rode on a motorcycle. The incident devastated parents of the little girl, whose father is a public office holder in Lagos State.

AN air of reprieve may have started blowing in Lagos state after an almost one month of reported unprecedented upsurge in crime and criminality

SITUATED on the hills of Oke-Afa, along the Egbe/ Ikotun Road, Jakande Estate Isolo was adjudged about the most peaceful estate of the low cost housing built by one time governor of Lagos state, Chief Lateef Jakande. Until recently, the estate was mostly inhabited by retired civil servants and lived a low profile life.

THE hydra-headed monster called kidnaping may have taken a new dimension with the recent arrest of a 43 year-old man identified as Emmanuel Akpan in whose custody were two little girls aged 12 and 11 respectively.

A Lagos-based industrialist, Saburi Adebowale, narrowly escaped being sent to the great beyond recently for disobeying orders from a gang of vicious armed robbers who wanted to snatch his vehicle

With his bag strapped on his back and a black polythene nylon in which was an empty food pack, 12-year-old Uche (not real names) walked home

Growers of hard drugs in Imo State, especially Indian hemp, have employed all manner of tactics in sustaining their illicit trade. Some of them even grow the dangerous drug in flower pots. To the untutored minds, the illicit drug farmers are simply buying into the state government’s Clean and Green Initiative