The police in Lagos have arrested a chief in the Ijegun area, identified only as Ajiroba, for allegedly assaulting a bread seller, Bukola Olasunkanmi, in the Isheri-Oshun area of the state.
Friday, 8 April 2016
Robber on watchlist dies during shootout
A suspected robber, who had been on the watchlist of the Lagos State Police Command for two months, has been killed during a shootout in the Trinity, Apapa area of the state.
Driver, conductor rape Lagos job seeker
The police in Lagos have arrested a commercial bus driver, identified only as Akeem, and his conductor, Sodiq, for allegedly robbing and raping a 22-year-old lady in the Costain, Iponri area of the state.
Man batters tenant for not vacating father’s house
A 22-year-old man, Tunde Sanusi, has been arrested by the police in Lagos for allegedly beating up his father’s tenant, a 37-year-old pregnant woman.
Arepo three killed in error – Residents
The three residents, who were allegedly killed by military officers guarding the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation pipelines in the Arepo area of Ogun State, are suspected pipeline vandals.
Thursday, 7 April 2016
Gunmen kill man in mother’s presence
Some gunmen on Tuesday shot dead a man, identified simply as Akor, in Rumuche community, in the Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Kidnapped Kaduna pastor found dead, abductors release others
The decomposing body of one of the three Christian clerics abducted at gunpoint by yet-to-be identified gunmen in Kaduna State has been found.
Another lion escapes in Kenya, mauls man
A man was injured by a lion that was subsequently shot dead by wildlife rangers as it was roaming outside the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Wednesday.
NSCDC arrests suspected bomber of three oil workers
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Bayelsa State Command, says it has arrested one of the suspected criminals that planted the dynamites that killed three oil workers in the state on Easter Sunday.
Police arrest five kidnap, robbery suspects in Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command on Thursday said it had apprehended five armed robbery and kidnap suspects in Ubima Community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state.
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Police kill suspect in failed bank robbery
The police in Bayelsa State have killed one suspected robber in a failed attempt by a five-man gang to rob a branch of the Stanbic IBTC Bank in Yenagoa, the state capital.
Kwara cultist beaten by mob dies
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| Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Samuel Okaula |
An alleged cultist, popularly called Kunle Poly, has been confirmed dead by doctors at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital after he was beaten to a pulp by a mob in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
Suspect jumps from building to evade arrest, dies
Tragedy struck in the Abesan Housing Estate, in the Ipaja area of Lagos State on Monday, after a man, Njamasi Richard, jumped from a building.
14 killed, 70 injured as flyover collapses
At least 14 people were killed and dozens more injured when a flyover collapsed in a busy Indian city on Thursday last week, an official said, as emergency workers battled to rescue people trapped under the rubble.
Two Ekiti varsity students jailed for cultism
An Ekiti State High Court on Wednesday sentenced two students of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Akintunde Olumide and Oladapo Olaoluwa, to a three-year jail term for their involvement in secret cult- related activities.
Tuesday, 5 April 2016
Four die in auto crash
Four persons lost their lives in a car crash in Enugu on Saturday. It was gathered that the accident, which occurred in the early hours of the morning, took place along the 9th Mile/Udi/Oji River road, in the Udi area of Enugu.
Woman found in well, four days after disappearance
It was a bad Easter celebration for residents of Isheri Road, in the Ijegun area of Lagos State after the corpse of a 41-year-old woman identified as Lola Adeyemi, was found in a well.
Family tackles police, LAWMA over graduate’s death
Family members of a 25-year-old university graduate, Pamela Onyeukwu, say they have lost confidence in the police’s ability to prosecute the driver of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority, who allegedly killed their member.
Woman breaks eight-year-old son’s head for fleeing house
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a woman, identified only as Mary, for allegedly fracturing the head of her eight-year-old son.
Police arrest man for stealing seven-month-old baby
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a suspected child kidnapper, Happiness Umah, for allegedly stealing a seven-month-old child, Favour, in the Ijora area of the state.
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