Recently, drug barons ambushed security operatives, including NDLEA officers in their hideout at Owo, Ondo State. Reports said eight of the operatives were sprayed with bullets and were rushed to a private hospital at the State Capital.

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri, has warned operators of Self Regulatory Organizations ( SROs) such as hotel owners, car dealers, casino operators, lawyers, real estate operators, tax consultants among others, who are part of the Designated Non- Financial Institutions, DNFIs to resist attempts by corrupt individuals to use them in laundering proceeds of financial crimes.

Suleiman Abbas Ahmed,is the new Comptroller of Immigration in -charge of Nigeria Immigration Service, Lagos State Command. A very experienced and articulate officer, Ahmed is generally regarded in Immigration circle as a thorough-bred and well exposed officer who will turn things around now that he is in Lagos office of the service. He spoke with Crime Alert on the challenges ahead and other matters arising.

Suleiman Abbas Ahmed, is the new Comptroller of Immigration in -charge of Nigeria Immigration Service, Lagos State Command.

The desire of a Lagos-based businessman, Donatus Dunu, to own a choice property at the highbrow Ikoyi area of Lagos State, has seemingly turned into a nightmare.

The notoriety of Mushin area of Lagos State seem to be degenerating of late. For sometime now, a lingering fracas has continued to rear its ugly head as no two days passes without recording one ugly incident or the other in the area.

The entire Alaba Suru along the Badagry expressway was in disarray last Monday as some armed persons later discovered to be members of the outlawed Odua Peoples Congress, OPC, took over the entire road chanting war songs.

A Civil Society, Coalition Against Illegal Arrest and Unlawful Detention (CAIA & UD), on Monday issued a-48- hour ultimatum to the Inspector -General of Police, Mr Hafeez Ringim with which to release the National President of ‘No Bribe Club of Nigeria’ Chief Nadum Nwitua from kirikiri Maximum prison or face massive protest.

On October, 2010, residents of Abaranje area of Ikotun in Lagos State, were thrown into mourning following the shocking discovery of the dead body of a middle-aged woman lying in a pool of her blood inside an hotel room. The victim’s neck was completely slashed and her left and right wrists chopped-off inside room 205 of the hotel.

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), may soon commence investigations into allegations of contract inflation leveled against some top officials of the National Planning Commission (NPC) by some concerned workers of the Commission. The concerned workers attached to the procurement section alleged that the contract inflation was to the tune of over N105 Million and in total disregard to contract award procedures.

Police authorities in Lagos State may have commenced fresh investigations into allegations of attack made against the Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), by the Editor-in-chief of a Lagos-based Tentacle magazine, Mr. Innocent Chukwu, editor-in-chief.

Some time in July 2010, the Nigeria Police Force suffered a huge lose, when four of its personnel were murdered in cold blood, by some unknown gunmen. The dare-devils ambushed their red- colored Mazda saloon car, along Ijesha- Ijebu-Ilishan Road in Ago- Iwoye area of Ogun State, killing all four occupants. Their Ak-47 rifles were carted away.

THE Lagos state police command has continued to re-affirm its zero tolerance for crime in the state with the recent recovery of three AK 47 assault riffles and 630 live ammunition loaded in 20 magazines from fleeing armed robbers. Venue was LASU/ Isheri road Igando and time was 8.30pm.

THE war against hard drugs in the country seemed to be assuming a fever-height crescendo with the destruction of a large expanse of farm land used for the cultivation of cannabis sativa, otherwise known as India hemp. The farm lands used for the cultivation of the prohibitive plants were destroyed across the country including Ekiti and Delta states respectively between January and September this year.

AT their sparsely furnished two bedroom apartment on Achapo street Ajegunle, a densely populated community in Lagos state, Mrs Otunere Bye Braye visibly portrayed the posture of one that is totally crestfallen and has resined to fate.