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Workers nabbed as fire guts multibillion naira LG warehouse

10 months ago1329 min

Some staff members of the global electronics maker, LG Electronics, at Abule Osun, Trade Fair, Lagos State were apprehended for allegedly stealing some foreign currencies belonging to their employers after a fire engulfed the store in the early hours of Sunday. Goods worth billions of naira were destroyed in the incident that started some minutes past midnight. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency in a statement through its Head of Public Affairs Unit, Nosa Okunbor,...

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Ex-convict, two others nabbed over Ekiti killings

10 months ago1125 min

The Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Mr Adeniran Akinwale, said an ex-convict, Omowaye Ayodele; and two other suspects – Ojo Temidayo and Busarí Lookman – have confessed their roles in the killings, kidnapping and attacks on Point of Sales operators in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. Akinwale, in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti State Command, Sunday Abutu, on Sunday, stated that the three suspects, upon investigation, narrated their roles in the...

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Four nabbed as hoodlums burn police compartment at FCT checkpoint

10 months ago6824 min

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command, on Thursday, said hoodlums burnt a police container compartment at the Nyanya checkpoint. The command also said there was an attempt to vandalise the Tipper garage Police Post at the Nyanya area of the FCT. This was contrary to viral reports claiming that the Nyanya Divisional Police Headquarters had been razed by hoodlums. The command in a statement by its spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said four suspects who attempted to...

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Four nabbed as hoodlums torch police container at Abuja checkpoint

10 months ago6834 min

Federal Capital Territory Police Command on Thursday said hoodlums burnt a police container compartment at the Nyanya checkpoint. The command also said there was an attempt to vandalise the Tipper garage Police post at the Nyanya area of FCT. This was contrary to viral reports claiming that the Nyanya Divisional Police Headquarters had been razed by hoodlums. The command in a statement by its spokesperson, Josephine Adeh said four suspects who attempted to vandalise the...

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Kano banker, three others nabbed for currency fraud

10 months ago1174 min

A banker, Kamaluddeen Lawal, and three businessmen have been arrested in Kano, over their fraudulent engagement in recycling and manipulating the specific amount of cash deposited in the bank for savings. The three alleged accomplices include Ismail Ibrahim Ilu, Lamido Bala and Abba Mohammed, who had been arrested by operatives of the Kano Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, over their shady bank transactions. The EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, who confirmed the arrest...

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Mastermind of General’s murder nabbed in Kano

10 months ago1196 min

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have arrested one Hashiru Baku, the mastermind behind the murder of the late Brigadier General Harold Udokwere. Udokwere, who was the national chairman of the Retired Members of the Nigerian Armed Forces, was murdered by armed robbers who invaded his residence on June 22, 2024, and took away his gun. The police had arrested and paraded Ibrahim Rabiu, Nafiu Jamil, Aliyu Abdullahi and Mohammed Nuhu in connection...

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Hoodlum threatening residents with kidnapping, murder nabbed

10 months ago5456 min

A man known only as Gabriel, who had been threatening residents of the Ogbere area in Ogun State with abduction and assassination to extort money from them, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command. Our correspondent learnt on Sunday that the suspect was arrested on July 17, 2024, while attempting to withdraw money sent to him by one of the victims at a Point-of-Sale operator’s shop in the community. Our correspondent learnt from...