Police uncover fraudsters’ den in Ogun

The Ogun State Police Command has uncovered a “fraudsters’ den” at Pokuku Village in the Abeokuta North Local Government Area of the state.

Four-year-old to undergo sex change in Australia

A four-year-old child is receiving special help from education authorities in Australia to undergo transition for a change in sex, Standard UK has said.

Mob beats fashion designer caught molesting two-year-old

A 28-year-old fashion designer, identified only as Ituah, has been beaten up by a mob on Mosaku Street, in the Oshodi area of Lagos State, for allegedly raping a two-year-old girl.

Police nab online male prostitutes

Indonesian police said Thursday they have arrested three suspects in connection with an online prostitution ring that allegedly linked adult men to about 100 mostly teenage boys.

Officers caught the first suspect, a man in his 40s accused of pimping out boys on his Facebook page, on Tuesday in a hotel room in Cisarua on Java island.

55-year-old guard abducts, rapes 14-year-old for four days

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 55-year-old security guard, Yekini Ogunjobi, for alleged unlawful detention of a teenage girl in his apartment for four days.

Apprentice nabbed for selling fake phones

An 18-year-old boy, Segun Adeyefa, has been arrested by the police in Lagos for allegedly packaging bars of soap as mobile phones and selling same to unsupecting members of the public.

Adeyefa was reportedly caught in the act on Tuesday by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad at the Ikorodu Motor Park.

NSCDC, DPR arrest 36 suspects, seal three companies

No fewer than 36 suspects have been arrested, following raids on three companies by the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, the state branch of the Department of Petroleum Resources and the Kwara State Command of the Department of State Services.

I am sex starved, woman tells court

A 37-year-old housewife, Rofiat Hussein, on Friday asked an Oja Oba Sharia Court of Arbitration in Ibadan to dissolve the nine-year-old union with her husband, Nurain, based on sexual starvation and neglect.

Car chased by policemen crashes into family, kills two

Two people in South London have been crushed to death after a car being chased by police crashed into pedestrians.

The incident happened at about 2.05pm on Wednesday in Lennard Road, Penge.

Dismissed cops arrested for extortion

A dismissed policeman, Joseph Okoya, has been arrested by the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos State, for allegedly using police uniform to extort money from motorists in the Abule Ado area of the state.

Panic as contractor dumps expired malt in Ogun community

Residents of Ogbere in the Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State have raised the alarm over the dumping of expired malt extract, an ingredient used by brewers, in the community.

The residents stated that the persons that dumped the “suspected toxic substance” were led by a contractor hired by Guinness Nigeria Plc to dispose off the extract.

DSS parades 11 kidnappers, child traffickers in Benue

The Benue State Command of the Department of State Services in collaboration with the State Security Council on Wednesday paraded 11 arrested kidnappers and child traffickers.

The suspects were alleged to be specialists in stealing and selling children across the country.

Gunmen in military uniform abduct three Lagos estate landlords

There is tension in New Haven Estate, Igbelaju, in the Iba area of Lagos State, after some gunmen in military uniform abducted three landlords in the estate.

It was learnt that the gunmen attacked the estate on Saturday and on Monday.

Police arrest three suspected electricity cable thieves

Three people are now in Police net in Eket, Akwa Ibom, for allegedly vandalising substations in the area.

They were apprehended by the community vigilance group at Ikot Uso at the substations.

Two residents stab each other to death

A scuffle between two residents of AIT Road in the Alagbado area of Lagos State became a tragedy on Wednesday after they stabbed each other to death.

Police arraign 76-year-old after son arrested for fraud flees

A 76-year-old man, Ademola Adeniran, has been arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, for an alleged fraud committed by his son, Lukman Adeniran.

The septuagenarian was arraigned on Tuesday on two counts bordering on perversion of justice.

Herdsman arrested with AK 47 rifle, live ammunition in Enugu

A herdsman has been arrested with an AK-47 assault rifle and 24 rounds of live ammunition in Enugu.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Enugu State Police Command, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, who announced the arrest on Tuesday, identified the herdsman as Ibrahim Adamumale.

Guard arrested for molesting employer’s daughter

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old security guard, Ossai Sylvester, for allegedly sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in the Victoria Island area of the state.

Robbers spend six hours in victim’s house

The Anti-Robbery Squad of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, has arrested a four-man gang that had allegedly been terrorising residents of the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.

Woman escapes from Delta kidnappers

A mother of two has escaped from some suspected kidnappers, who had taken her captive in an uncompleted building in Oleh, Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State.