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I started robbing from Primary school,  confesses  robbery suspect

I started robbing from Primary school, confesses robbery suspect

TWO suspected members of a robbery gang met their waterloo recently, after they were arrested by policemen from Ogun State Police command. The suspects who gave their names as Ajose Ebenezer and Olaosegbe Idowu, were arrested in their victim’s apartment at Oke-Ola area of Abeokuta, during an operation.

Couple excretes 160 wraps of heroine

Couple excretes 160 wraps of heroine

Operatives of National Drug Law Enforce Agency, NDLEA, yesterday, arrested a husband, aged 60 and wife, aged 57 (names withheld), printer and trader, respectively, with 2.280 kiligrammes of heroin at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos.

I swallowed 65 wraps of heroin at gunpoint, laments drug suspect

I swallowed 65 wraps of heroin at gunpoint, laments drug suspect

IF the confession of Macaulay Oguke, a drug suspect arrested recently at the departure hall of the Murtala Mohammed international Ikeja, Lagos is anything to go by, then there is definitely a new introduction into the illicit drug deals in the country.

Death of Guards:  Relations allege assassination

Death of Guards: Relations allege assassination

Residents of Ebute- Metta area in Yaba, Lagos State were woken up December 11,2010, by cries of anguish. The cause of the outcry was the strange discovery of dead bodies of two members of the vigilante group guarding the entire vicinity.

How Man was beaten to death by son’s attackers

How Man was beaten to death by son’s attackers

The recent El Clasico, between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, penultimate Monday, did not just bring pain on Real Madrid and its fans world wild as they lost five goals to none, but it also brought sorrow to members of Oturu family in Lagos, Nigeria.

Vanguard wins Human Rights Award

Vanguard wins Human Rights Award

Crime Victims Foundation of Nigeria(CRIVIFON), and Nigeria Police, Lagos State Command, over the week presented award of excellence to Vanguard Crime Editor, Emma Nnadozie, for his support and commitment to the development of Human Rights Project in Nigeria and the Lagos State Police Command in particular.

Man (32) jailed 3yrs for pipeline vandalization

Man (32) jailed 3yrs for pipeline vandalization

A 32-year-old man, Ado Yusuf, a farmer in Arawa village, in Kirfi Local Government area of Bauchi State, would have to spend the rest 36 months of his life behind bars, as he was sentenced to three years imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Bauchi state, for vandalizing and scooping fuel from an oil pipeline.

Crime victims foundation of Nigeria (CRIVIFON): Mission Statement

Crime victims foundation of Nigeria (CRIVIFON): Mission Statement

Crime Victims Foundation was established as non_governmental, non_political, organisation with charitable status registered in Nigeria as a private company limited by guarantee and founded by Mrs. Gloria Egbuji, a lawyer and social scientist who at that time was doing her Phd in Victimology at the University of Lagos.

How Police D.P.O. shot man to death in Lagos

How Police D.P.O. shot man to death in Lagos

Apparently, 31-year-old Oluwafemi Best Olayiwola, who was gruesomely murdered by a Divisional Police Officer, Mohammed Babamala, in front of Onipanu Police Station, last Sunday, had ran into the station for safety, when he sensed danger lurking. But his life was eventually cut shot as even the policemen on guard could not save him from death.