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Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, on Wednesday adjourned till February 2, 2024 the alleged N2.7bn fraud trial involving a couple, Ruth and Oriyomi Idowu. The couple was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday November 28, 2023, on 20-count charges bordering […]
The police command in Lagos State has begun investigation into the death of a yet-to-be identified woman, whose dead body was found in a hotel room. The Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos Lagos, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. Hundeyin said that about 6.17 p.m. on […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos, on New Year’s Day, intercepted a consignment of colorado, a very strong strain of cannabis, concealed in boxing kits imported from the United States of America. The spokesperson for the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi, revealed that a weeklong intelligence-led […]
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority have arrested two suspected armed robbers at the Abule-Egba area of the state on Thursday while the accomplice escaped arrest. This was disclosed in a statement made available to PUNCH Metro by the Public Relations Officer, LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, on Thursday. According to the statement, they were arrested in […]
The Lagos State Police Command has said it is looking into the case of a suspected kidnap of a yet-to-be-identified female adult on Monday, January 1, on the Victoria Island area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known while speaking to PUNCH Metro on Tuesday. An X (formerly Twitter) user, […]
A Mobile Police officer attached to the 43 PMF of the Lagos State Police Command has been murdered on New Year’s Day in Adamawa State. PUNCH Metro exclusively gathered that the officer, identified as Inspector Richard Felix, was attacked at Sangamu Hotel, Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa by some men at about 12:10 a.m. […]
Two children, Amirat Adeniji and Kadijat have reportedly gone missing in the Ajegunle area of Lagos State with the family suspecting kidnap. Amirat’s father, Rasheed Adeniji, who spoke with PUNCH Metro on Monday said the children went missing on New Year’s Eve at their residence at Mobil Road, Ajegunle-Apapa, Lagos. He said the children were last seen […]
Two yet-to-be identified car drivers have reportedly knocked down two policemen on stop-and-search duties around Oshodi, Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident happened at about 7:30 p.m. on Friday, while the officers were on patrol at 7/8 Bus Stop, Oshodi, Lagos. A source disclosed that the attack on the police officers was carried out […]
The Nigerian Police Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said that he personally caught some officers extorting money from unsuspecting Nigerians along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Adejobi made this known on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday night. The Force PRO, who regretted the persisting corruption being perpetrated by some police officers, said that the Divisional Police […]
No fewer than 4,258 incidents of insecurity have been witnessed across 573 local government areas of the country between May 31 and December 24, 2023. From the incidents caused by non-state actors across the LGAs, at least 5,691 persons were killed, while 2,719 were kidnapped within the period under review. However, 721 of the kidnap […]
