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DSP Bala Elkana, the Lagos State Police Command’s spokesperson has warned Nigerians to desist from buying stolen phones or related items. Elkana disclosed that, “Under our laws, it is quite a serious offence for one to buy stolen phones. The law even regards the buyer to be more culpable than …

By Raymond Osho ABEOKUTA: The Ogun State Police Command on June 12, 2019 said it has arrested four suspected members of the dreaded Eiye confraternity in Iwesi, Ijebu-Ode while planning to carry out a violent attack in the area. The suspects include 22-year-old Tunde Olabinjo ,28-year-old Raheem Ibrahim , Tawaq …

By Raymond Osho   IDIROKO: The Ogun Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said that it has generated N1.131billion revenue for the month of May. Michael Agbara, the Command’s Comptroller, made the disclosure on Tuesday June 11, 2019 while speaking to journalists at the Command’s Operational Headquarters in …

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu has charged Nigerian artistes and comedians to join the anti-graft agency in the fight against corruption: “particularly internet fraud, and to lend their voices to the Commission’s anti-corruption fight. “You have a very wide reach, so …

Suspected hoodlums on the night of Wednesday May 15, 2019, reportedly broke into the Ogun State Secretariat of All Progressives Congress, located at Iyana-Mortuary, Abeokuta, and carted away vital documents. The state Chairman of APC loyal to Governor Ibikunle Amosun, Chief Derin Adebiyi stated this on Thursday May 16, 2019, …

The EFCC has initiated an 11-count charge in a law suit, FHC/L/178C/19 filed before federal high court, Lagos against budding artiste, Azeez Fashola also known as Naira Marley for alleged credit card fraud. If found guilty of any of the offence, the upcoming singer risks up to 7 years jail …

When police arrived at the mansion in a posh Los Angeles neighborhood, they were shocked by what was inside: more guns than some officers had ever seen in their lives. The presence of a thousand firearms, it turns out, was not the most interesting part of the raid. The Los …

A Benin High Court has sentenced to death a house wife and her pastor for the murder of a senior staff of Nigerian National Petroleum Company NNPC, Benin city, Engineer Victor Gabriel Isonguyo. The woman, Eniobong Isonguyo was the wife of the deceased before his death while the second convict, …

The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Imo State Police Command has arrested a 27-year-old single mother, Nneka Donatus, who allegedly sold her baby girl a day after putting to bed. Also arrested was a level 12 civil servant at the state Ministry of Women Affairs, Ujunwa Udechukwu, 40; and Nneoma …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Enugu zonal office on May 8, 2019, secured the conviction of former staff of a Bank,  Kenechukwu Abarth have been convicted by Justice A.A. Nwaobodo  of the state’s High Court, sitting in Enugu on a one-count charge bordering on internet fraud to the …