April 24, 2024

April 24, 2024

RRS Re-Arrest Traffic Robber In Lagos Three Months After Release From Prison

Officials of Lagos Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested a 22-year-old ex-convict for traffic robbery three months after he was released from prison.   The suspect, Rilwan Sodiq, was arrested on Sunday, March 5, at Abiola Garden, Ojota after dispossessing a lady driving Sienna space bus of a Samsung Galaxy Note 9 phone in Ojota […]

Bandits On Rampage, Kill 63 Vigilantes In Kebbi

It was learnt that 63 local vigilante group members were reportedly trapped and killed in an ambush by bandits operating in Kebbi State, northwest Nigeria.   The group popularity called ‘Yan sa kai’ in Hausa language, meaning volunteers were said to have been drawn from communities seeking to end the activities of bandits in the […]

BRT Bus: Bamise’s Body Was Never Mutilated, Lagos CP Gives Details On Her Death

The Lagos State Police Command has denied reports that 22-year-old Miss Oluwabamise Ayanwole was mutilated.   Lagos State Commissioner of Police Abiodun Alabi made this known while briefing newsmen on Tuesday.   He said an autopsy will be conducted on the deceased to ascertain if she was raped.   Alabi said, ”No part of her […]

#JusticeForBamise: Fear Grips Lagos BRT, Suspends Operation

…As Security Operatives Patrol Ojota   Lagos State Government has suspended Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) operations following the death of Bamise Ayanwola.   The action was taken as a precaution after intelligence on “planned attacks” by persons yet to be identified.   A memo was reportedly sent to BRT operators, through the Ministry of Transportation, […]

Bamise/BRT Driver: Lagos Govt Must Come Out Clean, Adegboruwa Warns

..Urges IG To Take Over Murder Case   A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has urged the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration to come out clean and stop “criminally packaging” the BRT driver and prime suspect who killed 22-year-old Oluwabamise Ayanwole.   Recall that in a viral videos circulating in the social media, […]

Gunmen Storm Kaduna, Kidnap Catholic Priest, Kill Two Security Guards

Suspected bandits invaded Kudendan community, in Kaduna State, around 1.00 a.m. on Tuesday, and kidnapped a Catholic Church priest, Reverend Fr. Joseph Akeke.   The incident sent many residents into confusion, as they heard sounds of gunshots, thinking it was from the security operatives protecting the community.   A resident, Sunday Moses, said, “the kidnappers […]

Police Decry High Rate Of Drug Abuse In Yobe

Yobe State Police Command has expressed worry over the rising level of drug intake among youths, which it said apart from causing health challenges, promotes crime and criminality in the society.   Assistant Superintendent of Police, Dungus Abdulkarim, the Command’s Public Relations Officers disclosed this in a statement  on Monday.   The Command, however, noted […]