Police challenge VDM to provide evidence of officers aiding kidnappers
The Nigeria Police Force has challenged social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), to provide evidence to support his allegation that police officers manning checkpoints along major highways relay information about travellers to kidnappers and bandits. The Force made the call in a statement issued on Thursday by its Force Public […]
Mimiko won’t dump LP – Akinmade
THE speculations that the Ondo State governor Dr Olusegun Mimiko is planning to dump the Labour Party, LP, for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the 2013 governorship election in the state has been dismissed.
Amosun buys 30 armoured tanks to fight crime
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State is said to have ordered for 30 Armoured Personnel Carriers, APC and a hundred Toyota hilux vans to assist the police to combat the rising crime wave in the state especially armed robberies.
EFCC docks US-based lawyer over alleged theft
A United States-based Nigerian lawyer, Mr Ephraim Ugwuonye, was, Tuesday, arraigned before a Lagos High Court sitting in Lagos, by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly stealing $94,948 belonging to his client, Sola Adeyo.
Ogun community wants gov’s assistance
Residents of Iyesi Ota community of Ogun State have appealed to Governor Ibikunle Amosun to come to their aid by providing security for them against thugs hired by a land agent who have been terrorising them.
Kirikiri farm tank operators accuse LASEPA officials of extortion
Residents of Kirikiri Town, Lagos State have urged the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, to restrain from extorting operators of the oil tank farms operating in the area, in other to allow them fulfill their social responsibilities to the area.
