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Police arrest 90 suspects in Lagos midnight raid

10 months ago1155 min

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command’s Rapid Response Squad have arrested 90 male suspects during a raid on suspected criminals in the late hours of Tuesday. The operation, which was done in collaboration with Area A Command, targeted notorious hotspots in Obalende, Adeniji, and Lagos Island areas of the state. The RRS disclosed this in a statement on Facebook on Wednesday. The statement read, “Last night, operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, in collaboration...

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Police arrest four with guns in Edo

10 months ago6904 min

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested four suspects for their alleged involvement in cultism and having guns in Benin, the state capital. The suspects, Isioma Unwogo, 21; Godstime Imareigbe, 32; Apeleokha Raymond, 28; and Mutar Igie, 30, were arrested at Ahor community along the Benin-Lagos Bypass and Benin-Auchi Road respectively. The command’s spokesperson, Chidi Nwabuzor, who stated this on Tuesday, said the suspects were arrested by the police during a stop-and-search duty...

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Police launch manhunt for randy robbers who raped Ogun female students

10 months ago1186 min

The Ogun State Police Command has announced that a manhunt has begun for the robbers who allegedly raped two 100-level female students of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ìjèbú-Ode, after invading their rooms in a residential area on Monday. The command spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, announced the manhunt during a telephone conversation with our correspondent on Tuesday. The incident, which occurred around 12:30 am on Monday, followed the recent death of Fabiyi Ayinla, a final-year student...

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Police uncover fake sachet water company in Lagos

10 months ago5356 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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Police arrest suspected robbers, recover two AK-47 magazines in Delta

10 months ago1113 min

The Delta State Police Command says it has arrested suspected armed robbers and cultists in Oghara, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State and recovered AK-47 magazine. The command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, stated this in a statement on Monday in Asaba, the state capital. He said, “Sequel to a series of cult-related activities, kidnappings and armed robberies in Sapele, Oghara and environs, the Commissioner of Police, Delta State, Olufemi Abaniwonda, directed the team...

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Police rescue abducted corps members, others abandoned in Ondo

10 months ago1374 min

The Ondo State Police Command, on Monday, said the travellers, which included five members of the National Youth Service Corps who were kidnapped along the Benin-Owo Expressway had been rescued after being abandoned in the forest by the abductors. The kidnappers, numbering about 15, armed with AK-47 rifles, were reported to have accosted the Sienna bus conveying the travellers, at about 11 pm on Thursday at the Omi Alafa Village in Ifon, Ose Local Government...

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Police launch manhunt for fleeing Lagos kidnap suspects

10 months ago1367 min

The police in Lagos State have continued to be on the trail of fleeing members of a notorious kidnapping gang who had plotted to abduct some wealthy persons in the state. Nine members of the gang were killed during an operation that took place on Thursday, July 9, in the Ladipo area of the state. A source had told City Round that some shootings took place at Oloje Street, Papa Ajao, area of Mushin, on Thursday...

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Ogun police arrest man for stabbing girlfriend’s brother

10 months ago1274 min

The Ogun State Police Command said a 35-year-old man identified simply as Dada Taiwo had been arrested for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend’s brother, Damilola Momoh, in the Agbado area of the state. Our correspondents learnt that the victim was stabbed in the neck with a bottle during an argument over a phone he borrowed. In a statement on Sunday, the command’s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, said the incident was reported to the Agbado Division by the...

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Armed men kill police inspector, three civilians in Aba

10 months ago1503 min

The Abia State Police Command said armed men on Sunday killed an Inspector of Police, Shehu Oyibo, and three civilians in the Aba area of the state. The police officer, who was attached to the state’s Rapid Response Squad, was gunned down by the armed men along Ngwa Road by Mosque junction, Aba. In a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Maureen Chinaka, the state Commissioner of Police, Kenechukwu Onwuemelie said, “Today, July 21,...

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Police nab man, 30, for allegedly defiling minor

10 months ago5395 min

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old, Gbadegeshin Olakunle, for allegedly defiling and sexually grooming a minor at Kings Avenue, Ojodu Abiodun, in the Ifo Local Government Area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered from a police source, who was privy to the incident but was not allowed to speak officially, on Sunday, that Olakunle was arrested after the minor confessed that she was defiled by him. It was said that the minor’s...

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