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Wednesday, 4 January 2017

FCT Police Recovers 4 Stolen Cars; 3 locally Made Pistols; Bags of Indian hemp

Cross session of Special Anti-robbery Squad Commanders after an interactive session with Inspector General of Police,Ibrahim Idris in Abuja Thursday. Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan.

In pursuit of a crime free society in the Federal Capital Territory, the Police have recovered four stolen vehicles from car snatchers; three locally made pistols with live cartridges and other ammunition from suspected hoodlums and intercepted 21 bags of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemps from traffickers.

Four employees of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc have been quizzed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for their alleged involvement in a botched exportation of 144 kilogrammes of ephedrine to Maputo, Mozambique.

A businesswoman, Afusat Taiye, on Wednesday prayed an Ilorin Area Court to order her estranged husband, Alhaji Baba Olarewaju, to pay the N600,000 debt he owed her.

A man in his 30s, John Paul, has hanged himself in a hotel in the FESTAC Town area of Lagos State, where he paid to lodge for a day.

Policeman fights truck driver, loses gun over N500

A yet-to-be identified policeman in the Odogunyan area of Ikorodu, Lagos State, is in the eye of the storm after he was caught on camera fighting with a truck driver and his friends in the community.

Alcohol consumption caused more than 700,000 new cancer cases and around 366,000 cancer deaths in 2012, mainly in rich countries, according to data reported Wednesday to the World Cancer Congress in Paris.

One Lucky Okeke, a suspect held for breach of the peace and assault, has allegedly beaten up two policemen who arrested him.

A security officer with Skye Bank Plc, Solomon Udoh, was arraigned on Wednesday before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State for stealing.

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The Association of Water Producers, Lagos State chapter, has called on the state government to stop illegal water producers in the state and address unwholesome water circulation to residents.

Truck crushes boy, 7, to death in Bayelsa

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A sand-laden truck has crushed a seven-year-old boy, identified as Prosper Eta, to death in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

The Area Comptroller of Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone C Owerri, Mohammed Garba, has said that the Unit, on October 31, intercepted a DAF Truck loaded with 11,315 cartons of imported frozen poultry products with Duty Paid Value of N108,624,000.00.

The Nasarawa State Police Command on Thursday said the mother of a day-old baby, abandoned along the road in Lafia, had submitted herself to the police.

A Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Thursday slammed a one million naira bail on a 33-year-old man, Roland Olise, for alleged defilement of a six-year-old girl in a church in Lagos.

The anti-corruption protest had barely begun when it was brought to an abrupt end, baton-wielding policemen firing volleys of tear gas and charging at a group of hundreds gathered in Nairobi’s centre.

Woman beats 10-year-old girl to death in Lagos

The police in Lagos State have arrested a middle-aged woman, Linda Alapa, for allegedly beating her 10-year-old housemaid, Joy Mbafan, to death.

Mbafan lived with the suspect on Bolanle Oduniyi Street, Okegbegun, in the Ikorodu area of the state.

The Association of Commercial Motorcycle Operators says 20 of its members were killed by thieves in the last six months in Kebbi State.

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Two trains collided in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Thursday, killing at least 16 people, police said, in the country’s second major rail collision in less than two months.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Tuesday arraigned a 23-year-old deaf and dumb man, Abass Hamed, for allegedly dealing in cannabis sativa, popularly called marijuana.

A driver, Jacob Elegbede, who attempted to hang himself behind a primary school in Zanda, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has blamed spiritual forces, saying he did not know what came over him.

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Woman dies during sex romp with lover in Ibadan

An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Ibadan on Tuesday remanded a 50- year old man, Fatai Busari, in Agodi prison for allegedly causing the death of his concubine.

A 22-year-old Ghanaian, John Kojo, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly supplying a locally-made pistol to a suspected robber in the Morogbo, Badagry area of the state.

The Oyo State Police Command on Tuesday said it has arrested 30 pupils for their alleged involvement in the destruction of classrooms of public schools during a protest against the state government’s decision to stop automatic promotion in secondary schools.

The residents of Igbaye community in the Ilesa North East Local Council Development Area of Osun State have lamented constant attacks from hoodlums, who have taken over the premises of the Apostolic Primary School in the community.

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Mother, three children, two neighbours die after eating ‘amala’

Six people, including a mother, three of her children and two of their neighbours, on Tuesday lost their lives in Ogaminana area of Okene in Kogi after eating a meal made from cassava flour.

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a hotelier, Victor Obano, for allegedly turning a 23-year-old female job seeker into a commercial sex worker in the Ijegun area of the state.

The police said Obano, who owned Tisa Hotel, allegedly lured the victim, Elizabeth, from Akwa Ibom, promising her employment in Lagos State.

A 42-year-old farmer, Segun Elegbede, has died in the custody of policemen from the Magbon Police Division, Ogun State.

A couple and five other persons were among those who were burnt to death in an accident along the Gbongan-Ibadan Road in Osun State.

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Man on trial for defiling friend’s 10-year-old daughter

For allegedly defiling his friend’s 10-year-old daughter, Godwin Itta, was on Monday docked at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.

Pandemonium erupted on Saturday at Berger bus stop, Lagos State, after a policeman, who was a passenger on a 14-seater bus end route from Ibadan, Oyo State, reportedly stabbed a motor park tout, popularly called agbero, to death.

A 26-year-old man, Tunde Agbaje, has reportedly trekked from the Ketu area of Lagos State to Zaria in Kaduna State.

A 35-year-old trader, who dealt in textile at the popular Kantin Kwari Textile Market, identified simply as Alhaji Usman, was shot dead on Friday by three masked men.

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EFCC arrests Akpabio’s cousin for N10m scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested Ibanga Akpabio, a cousin to former Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State for his alleged involvement in a N10m oil scam.

Niger has arrested 38 suspects over the deaths of 18 people who were killed in clashes between cattle herders and farmers, a police source said on Wednesday.

Operatives of the Nigerian Army, 33 Artillery Brigade Headquarters, Bauchi, have killed two suspected kidnappers during an exchange of fire in Rafin Gigi village in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State.

A Metropolitan Police officer who had sex with a 15-year-old rape victim he met online has been dismissed from the force and jailed.

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Police detain imam over call to kill Muslims

Swiss police arrested an imam at a controversial mosque near Zurich on Wednesday after he allegedly urged followers to kill fellow Muslims who refused to join communal prayers.

An Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced a 26-year-old tailor, Seun Badmus, to three years imprisonment for raping a minor, 16-year-old girl.

Saudi Arabia has flogged a prince convicted in a criminal case, a newspaper reported Wednesday, two weeks after another was executed for murder in rare punishment of the country’s royalty.

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday granted an 18-year-old auto mechanic, Benjamin John, a bail of N100,000, even as he is standing trial over attempted theft of a tricycle valued at N400,000.

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Five ways to use a smartphone while travelling

Whether you are bored on the plane, or you have to research a restaurant, hotel or resort after climbing out of the cab in a strange land, a smartphone can really come in handy.

POLICE operatives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Obehie in Abia State have arrested a police officer identified as Sergeant Matthew Elah for allegedly snatching a motorcycle from its owner at gunpoint.

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 17 policemen for acts of misconduct, including taking bribes.

A 40-year-old man, Victor Emafolomi, has been detained by the police for allegedly raping his wife’s daughter, Keji.

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