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Journalist launches crime control app

A journalist, Adeola Akinremi has launched a mobile-friendly web application located at www.crimeonthego.ng as a solution to crime wave in the country.

I have political will to tackle traffic gridlock – Ambode

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday assured the people of the State of his strong political will to take tough decisions and implement effective strategies to bring about a robust traffic management system in the State.

Crime situation in Lagos, Ogun has changed drastically – AIG BALA HASSAN

Bala Hassan, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG in-charge of Lagos and Ogun States, is in charge of an environment plagued by increasing crime rate. He agrees that the challenges are enormous but, nevertheless, would be treated with the urgency it deserves, assuring that normalcy will soon return but with a caveat to his men, “it is either you ship in and help salvage the situation or quietly ship out of the force

‘Arase’s CRU moves the police closer to you!’

The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, last week, inaugurated an innovation to detect criminality and police brutality. The officer appointed to oversee the outfit, known as the IGP’s Complaints Response Unit (CRU), is Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Abayomi Shogunle. In this interview, Shogunle explains what CRU is all about.

EFCC, ICPC, others bungle crime cases – CJN

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, has revealed why anti-graft agencies in the country often fail to successfully prosecute high profile criminal cases.

Catholic Priest in trouble over illegal arms

Police authorities in Imo State are investigating a Roman Catholic priest (names withheld ) for unlawful possession of firearms. The priest, said to be in-charge of one of the prominent Parishes in Dikenafai, Ideato South Local Government area, Imo State, was arrested for allegedly being in possession of three unlicensed guns with which he threatened the lives of his parishioners.

SUV crushes leg of 9-yr-old boy in Lagos

With just 25 days to Christmas, 9-year- old, Wisdom Ogbuenyi, had dreamt of an exciting yuletide as his parents had already bought beautiful clothes and shoes for him and his siblings. Unfortunately, the primary four pupil’s dream has been dashed as he will no longer make use of his new pair of shoes.

Sexual molestation of 10-yr – old girl in Lagos

The alleged sexual molestation of a 10-year-old girl (name withheld) at Abraham Adesanya estate, Ajah-Lagos, by a tanker driver simply identified as Edward, believed to be in his late 30s, is currently raising dust as the victim’s father has cried out against the ‘unsatisfactory’ manner the case was handled by the Police at the Ogombo Police station. He alledged he was being forced to drop the charges on the grounds that it was a “minor offence”, and that there was no “penetration in the course of molestation”.

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