By Daud Olatunji ABEOKUTA—A 28-year-old woman, Anuoluwapo Joshua, stole a three-year-old girl at the Redemption Camp, to satisfy her husband who had been asking to see his daughter, since she claimed to have given birth to a baby for him. The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement, said Anuoluwapo […]

Lagos—A 24-year-old woman, Mary Johnson, who allegedly sliced her neighbour’s head with razor blade was, yesterday, arraigned before an Apapa Magistrate’s Court in Lagos.

A 57-year-old man, Abiodun Afolabi, who allegedly threatened to kill his step-sister, Maria Afolabi, over their father’s property was, yesterday, arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court in Lagos.

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a lawyer, over alleged incessant abuse on her housemaid.

Police operatives from Abuja comprising the Abba Kyari led Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and the Technical Intelligence Unit (TIU) have smashed a new kidnapping syndicate responsible for several abductions, who demand for and collect ransoms in US dollar equivalent.

Following recent warnings by both the United States and the United Kingdom governments of possible imminent attacks by Boko Haram insurgents in some parts of the country, the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has directed all Commissioners of Police and their supervising Assistant Inspectors General of Police in charge of zonal and state commands to be on red.

FOLLOWING public outcry over the activities of Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS,  across the country, the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris, has directed the immediate and total reorganisation of all SARS outfits in the country.

There were indications, yesterday, that five suspected members of a cult group allegedly responsible for the killings in Ikorodu area of Lagos State have been granted bail from prison, under what was described as questionable circumstance.

An Abuja High Court sitting at Jabi, on Friday, ordered the Nigerian Police Force, NPF, to transfer Maryam Sanda, wife of murdered son of erstwhile Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bilyamin Bello, to Suleja Prison.

ABEOKUTA—A-35-year-old suspected ritualist, Yewunu Tanlaju, who reportedly killed a 17-year-old girl, Taye Gusinu, said, yesterday, that he collected N8,500 in exchange for the severed head, intestines and two hands of the victim.

ABEOKUTA—A middle-aged woman, Rose Michael, who was arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for allegedly inflicting life-threatening injuries on her eight-year-old step-daughter, Blessing Michael, in a revenge attack, has blamed her action on the devil.

Angolan authorities in Huíla Province in the southwest have arrested three Nigerian nationals allegedly for kidnapping a Chinese, local media confirmed.

A final year student of a polytechnic in Enugu, Mr. Emmanuel Ezeugwu, reportedly stabbed a commercial sex worker to death in his house over disagreement on payment.

OLEH—A robbery suspect was, yesterday, shot dead in a gun battle with some policemen at Ozoro, headquarters of Isoko North Local Government Area, Delta State.

The Lagos State Government on Friday arraigned a suspected notorious land grabber, Chief Kamorudeen Lamina before a Special Offences Court sitting in Oshodi over alleged forceful dispossession of residents from their legitimate rights to land ownership.