CRIMEBEAT

KADUNA – The wife of Kaduna State Governor, Hajia Asia El-Rufai, has said she is ready to die at the hands of kidnappers if it will bring peace to Nigeria. Hajia Asia urged Nigerians to make sacrifices to end banditry and kidnapping, by refusing to pay ransoms. The Governor’s wife …

LAGOS – The Lagos State Police Command on April, 23, 2021, rearrested one Oyemachi Maduabuchi, m, 34, who escaped from the Owerri Correctional Centres, Imo State, after the jail break that occurred on April, 5, 2021 at 2am. According to a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l & …

By Seyifunmi Odunuga IBADAN – The Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Adebo Ogundoyin has called on security agencies to as a matter of urgency unravel those behind Eruwa shooting, describing the development as condemnable, unfortunate, unwarranted and sad. Hon Ogundoyin while reacting to the death of two …

IMO STATE – The police have announced the arrest of the gunmen who killed Ahmed Gulak, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain. Gulak was shot dead in Imo State in the morning of Sunday, May 30, 2021. According to driver of the vehicle that took Gulak to the airport who …

CALABAR – Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday May 18, 2021, arrested one Emmanuel Eneji, a 23-year-old movie producer and nineteen others for alleged internet fraud in Calabar, Cross River State. According to a  release from EFCC and made available …

ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has received the very disturbing news of the arrest of one of his political appointees, Mr Abidemi Rufai, in New York over alleged unemployment benefits fraud in the United States. According to a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l …

WHY POLICE ARREST, INVESTIGATE POPULAR NOLLYHOOD ACTOR, BABA OJLAGOS – The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Olarenwaju James ‘m’ 48, aka Baba Ijesha, popular Nollyhood actor for defiling a minor According to a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l & online – www.startrendinternational.com by SP Olumuyiwa …

LAGOS – The Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have again arrested two suspects for the alleged killing of one Osita Anwuanwu, m, 64, at Arida area of Ikotun Lagos State on 8th April, 2021, at 8.45pm. According to a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l & …

ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Akingbolahan Adeniran has said respite will soon come to the victims of human trafficking, as they will get free legal services through the creation of Ogun State Public Interest Law Partnership (OPILP).        Adeniran who made this …

OSOGBO – The Commissioner of Police, Osun State Command, CP Olawale Olokode, psc in his unrelenting efforts and collaboration from other security outfits to rid the state of criminal activities has since the incident of the kidnap was reported on Friday, March 26, 2021, mounted aggressive pressures on the kidnappers …