Crime

 A Coalition of Arewa Youths from the North East and North West has launched a passionate appeal to President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to grantpresidential amnesty to the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police Mr. Abba kyari.In an open letter…
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By Ebinum Samuel Raids Lagos hotel, recovers party drugs; intercepts Italy, Pakistan-bound consignments in Golden Morn cereal packs, condiments; destroys 101,150kg skunk in Osun forest Operatives of a special operations unit of the National…
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  Destroys 28,000kg skunk in Edo forest; recovers 722,875 pills of opioids in Borno, Gombe, Taraba raids  By Ebinum Samuel Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted parcels of Loud, a strong strain of…
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 Arrests drug kingpin ‘Warri kinsman’ over drug shipment; couple, 2 daughters, family friend detained for running drug ring; recovers $17.7million travelers’ cheques in children books going to Malaysia By Ebinum Samuel Operatives of the…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Police in Oyo State said in its unwavering commitment to maintaining peace and security, the Command wishes to alert the public to potential security risks associated with the upcoming July 7 Founders' Day Celebration…
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 In a decisive anti-fraud operation, the Nigeria Police Force, Zone 7 Headquarters, has cracked a suspected criminal case involving a luxury vehicle scam, recovering $7,000 USD from a fraudulent dealer in Abuja.According to a press release…
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 A 43-year-old man, Pere Faruk, has reportedly died by suicide shortly after allegedly pouring acid on his girlfriend during a domestic altercation in Lagos.According to security analyst, Zagazola Makama, the incident occurred at about 5:40…
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 A Nigerian, Aremu Adegboyega, convicted by a Circuit Court in Accra, Ghana, for smuggling counterfeit CFA francs worth over $100,000 into the country through an unauthorised border route will be deported to Nigeria, PUNCH Metro learnt on…
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 Year-round grandma, Beninese, others nabbed in NDLEA raids in Delta, Kwara, Lagos By Ebinum SamuelOperatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested an ex-international football player Segun George Hunkarin along…
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 The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a traditional ruler (Baale) in Laaagba community, Ondo East Local Government area of Ondo State, for allegedly r3ping a 12-year-old girl.According to a police source at the Ondo Area Command, the…
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 An Iranian army sniper and a suspected terrorist with ties to Hezbollah are among illegal migrants living in the US who have been arrested by ICE. Ribvar Karimi, who served as an Iranian Army sniper from 2018 to 2021, was arrested in rural…
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A s3x worker who gave birth to twins a month ago, was m8rdered by a man believed to be her client in the Verulam CBD, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon, June 22, 2025. Members…
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By Ebinum SamuelAs NDLEA intercepts Bahrain, Australia-bound Loud, Cocaine consignments in cloth hangers, female dress; over 1million pills of opioids in Bauchi; raids provision stores in Edo A 43-year-old female make-up artist, Adekoya…
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 By Ebinum Samuel As part of efforts to prevent any breakdown of law and order following INEC ward delineation exercise in Warri, Delta state, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police Zone 5 Headquarters, Benin City, AIG Salman-Dogo Garba,…
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 By Halima Abdulazeez The recent horrors in Benue State are a case of blood in the baskets, when relatives could not recognise their blood as they were burnt beyond recognition. Nigeria is not isolated from the global carnage engulfing our…
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  The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Olorundare Jimoh, has declared that the state police command now responds to robbery and other public order offences within five minutes of being alerted.Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise…
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The United Nations has reacted to the recent killing of hundreds of residents of Yelewata town in Benue State. Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations on Tuesday said the international organisation is currently…
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 By Ebinum Samuel As NDLEA recovers tramadol consignments in winter jackets of "Ambrose Ali" Barely two weeks after operatives of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) Kano,…
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  The Katsina State Police Command said it has uncovered a kidnapping syndicate involving a 14-year-old girl who conspired with three others to abduct her four-year-old sister and fake her own abduction to demand ransom. Spokesperson for…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Delta State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a suspected cultist/ armed robber in Asaba as part of the ongoing efforts to strengthen public safety and security in the metropolis and across the…
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An India citizen, Tukur Shamsudden was among 13 individuals arraigned by the operatives of the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Ikoyi, Lagos, for alleged conspiracy and diverting Automated Gasoline Oil, popularly called…
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By Ebinum Samuel As NDLEA arrests 2 young ladies with over 108kg Skunk, Loud, Colorado, Meth in Edo No fewer than sixty-six (66) parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, packaged as green tea have been intercepted by…
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By Ebinum Samuel Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered and dismantled a syndicate that sponsors hajj pilgrims who also serve as couriers to move cocaine to Saudi Arabia during pilgrimage.…
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 Intelligence at the disposal of the AIG has it that there is a syndicate of suspected armed robbers/AIYE cult members who specialize in robbing motorcycle riders and hijacking cement trucks along Onigbedu in Ewekoro L.G.A of Ogun…
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Destroys 77,000kg skunk in Cross River, Edo forests; recovers 4,000kg in NasarawaBy Ebinum Samuel No fewer than six million pills of opioids namely: tamol 225mg, tapentadol 225mg and carisoprodol 225mg as well as 332,000 bottles of…
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US Drug Agency lists training, special joint operations as areas of further support to NDLEABy Ebinum Samuel The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States (DEA) have stressed…
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In a disturbing revelation, the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, has disclosed the discovery of a bank account operated by a foreign national to…
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 A tragic incident in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, has claimed the life of Ahenjir Emmanuella, a 400-level student of Kwararafa University, Wukari in Taraba State, who was reportedly struck by a stray bullet fired by a police officer. …
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Forty-three years old woman simply identified as Gift has been arrested by operatives of Nkpolu Police Division in Diobu, Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, Rivers State, for chopping off the cap of her lover’s private part…
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Panic spread through the Agulu and Nanka communities in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State on Thursday after unknown gunmen gunned down a lawyer and his client shortly after a court session.Eyewitnesses said the victims had just…
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Nabs 22-year-old British ex-convict with large drug shipment at MMIA; intercepts fuel tanker, 3 vehicles with 3, 047kg skunk in Niger, 775 litres of codeine in Kano By Ebinum Samuel Desperate attempt by a woman, Ihensekhien Miracle…
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. Intercepts 942 explosives going to Zamfara; Italy, Iraq-bound consignments in body creams; arrests wanted drug kingpin after 10 months in hiding By Ebinum Samuel Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA,…
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One of the passengers abducted during the 2022 attack on a Kaduna-bound train, Comrade M. B. Muhammad ,has shared the astonishing moment he came face-to-face with one of his abductors at a mosque in Kaduna State.Muhammad said the meeting…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Edo State Police Command, in conjunction with its military, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Edo Security Corps, Forest Security, as well as hunters mobilised and invaded the "Evil forest" at Ohosu,…
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By Ebinum Samuel NDLEA raids Lagos hotel, recovers N1.042billion illicit drug consignments. Intercepts over 2million pills of tramadol in Kano, Jigawa; another Saudi-bound cocaine in body cream; arrests 3 Ghanaian ladies for cross…
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A man who borrowed money from a Reverend sister and refused to pay, has left the community in shock with his next line of action.Identified as Kelvin Okoro , he allegedly borrowed money from the reverend sister Maureen Wecheonwu, and began…
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‎The Nigeria Police Force says it has successfully completed the extradition of Benjamin Nnayereugo, male, widely known as “Killaboi,” from Doha, Qatar to Nigeria.A statement signed by Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi,…
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The Enugu State Police Command has refuted reports that Fulani herdsmen recently launched a series of attacks on some villages in the state, killing no fewer than 25 persons. According to the command, through its spokesperson, Daniel…
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Panic gripped residents of Otobi community in the Akpa district of Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State on Tuesday evening as suspected armed herders launched a fresh attack, leaving several people feared dead and hundreds…
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By Ebinum Samuel The proactive and unwavering resolve by the new commissioner of police in charge of Edo state, Monday Agbonika, to rid the state of crimes has yielded result as credible intelligence at the disposal of the Command…
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By Ebinum Samuel A Lagos based fraudster is reported to have gone underground following yesterday's arrest of his younger brother in the state by security operatives.The security agents, according to people close to the wire…
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By Ebinum Samuel The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has destroyed heaps of illicit drugs weighing about 1.6 million kilograms of assorted illicit substances seized across Lagos, Ogun and Oyo state, in what is till date…
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Fans, friends mourn four gospel artistes killed in Ogun accident... Fans and friends of four gospel artistes who died in an accident along the Sagamu-Ikorodu Expressway on Saturday have taken to social media to express their condolences…
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By Ebinum Samuel The police operatives in Lagos has began search for a young man said to be a wire transfer fraud expert over attack on two of his cahoots.The suspect whose name was simply given as Olamide, is being wanted by the…
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By Ebinum Samuel   Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a Lekki-based businessman and proprietor of Damillionz Takeout, Arokodare Damil Ebenezer in connection with the shipment of 60 parcels of…
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The trial of five murder suspects in Lagos state by police officers recently met a brickwall after attempts to carry out thorough investigations were allegedly thwarted by a top government official in neighbouring Ogun state.The murder…
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  Pandemonium erupted in Ibadan as 59 students from Government Technical College, Orita-Aperin, were arrested for unleashing mayhem on Christ Apostolic Grammar School (CAC), leaving destruction in their wake.The Oyo State Commissioner of…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned two Chinese nationals, Huang Haoyu and An Hongxu, alongside a Nigerian, Audu Friday, before Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos. The…
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EFCC arrests 133 in Abuja over ponzi scheme academy raid Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 133 individuals following a raid on a Ponzi scheme academy in Gwagwalada, Abuja, on Monday. The…
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By Ebinum Samuel The FCT Police Command, in collaboration with the military, has successfully rescued a kidnapped naval officer, along with two civilians, who were abducted by armed criminals in Mpape, Abuja, on March 21,…
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By Ebinum Samuel   Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a 42-year-old Indian lady, Ms. Neetu Neetu at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, MAKIA, Kano, with 72 parcels of heroin factory…
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The Kano State Police Command said it has arrested 10 notorious suspects for alleged criminal cases of kidnapping and armed robbery, attributing the remarkable success to the command’s intensified measures to address identified emerging…
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The Ogun State government has shut down Perfect Light Nursery and Primary School in Eyinogbe, near Igode, Sagamu Local Government Area, over the alleged defilement of a pupil by the headmaster, Ashafa Afelaja. The school was also…
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Seven notorious Boko Haram terrorists have surrendered to troops of the Multinational Joint Taskforce in Borno State. A statement on Wednesday by the Chief Military Information Officer of the MNJTF, Lieutenant Colonel Olaniyi Osoba said…
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By Ebinum Samuel   Desperate bids by some drug trafficking organisations (DTO) to move illicit consignments such as Cocaine, Tramadol, Loud, Molly and others concealed in prayer beads, packs of board games, female cloths to the United…
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By Ebinum Samuel Barely three weeks after launching a manhunt for him, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested an automobile spare parts dealer Levi Chidiebele Ubodoeze over a recent attempt to export…
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By Ebinum Samuel The police in Lagos, weekend, arrested three suspects alleged to specialize in forging international bank cheques by impersonating foreign celebrities. The suspects: Innocent Odumosor, 27, Ajie Samuel Chukwudi, 31, and…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested nine individuals suspected of engaging in internet fraud in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. According to a statement released on Tuesday by the EFCC’s Head of Media and…
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The Bauchi State Police Command has apprehended a 50-year-old businessman on suspicion of culpable homicide after a domestic altercation led to the death of his 24-year-old second wife. In a statement released on Sunday, the command’s…
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A heartbreaking tragedy unfolded in Zamfara State as Zarah Abubakar Shehu, a 21-year-old student of Federal University Gusau, died in a bandits’ camp four months after being kidnapped, despite her family paying a ransom for her…
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Due to series of complaints emanating from Ogwashi-uku circulating on WhatsApp and other social media platforms of incessant kidnapping and armed robbery in the area, the Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda has…
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A joint operation between the Nigeria Police Force and the National Police Agency of Japan has led to the arrest of 11 suspects involved in identity theft, romance scams, and computer-related fraud targeting Japanese victims. The…
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By Ebinum Samuel The police in zone 5 with headquarters in Benin City, Edo state, under the able leadership of AIG Arungwa Nwazue, has declared two men, Christopher Nduka Odiakose and Leonnard Happy a.k.a.Tilome wanted in…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd mni has called for a review of the current defined pension contribution plan for Commissioners of Police and other ranks. DIG Argungu called for…
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By Ebinum Samuel The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has declared four associates of Lagos drug kingpin, Alhaji Suleiman Aremu Ganiu (a.k.a Barryshine, Ejeoto) wanted for their involvement in multiple drug trafficking…
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The Nigeria Police Force has agreed to comply with the ruling of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Abuja, regarding 92 officers who were forcefully retired before reaching the statutory retirement age. The affected officers,…
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By Ebinum Samuel Attempts by two drug kingpins to smuggle into Nigeria consignments of heroin through the Port Harcourt International Airport and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, have been foiled by operatives of the…
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin, and Adam Yusuf, a Deputy Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps…
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The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN, has revealed that the commission recovered over ₦20 billion siphoned through fraudulent ghost workers’ pension…
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By Ebinum Samuel Lagos State Taskforce today arrested twelve suspected land grabbers for allegedly terrorizing occupants of NERDC Road, Alausa, Ikeja. The suspects were arrested following a report that they were obstructing lawful…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment of Commissioners of Police for Taraba and Anambra State Commands.The Commission approved the appointment of Chukwudi Chris Ariekpere from Abia State as the new…
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The Vice Principal of Dugja Bayan Tasha Junior Secondary School in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State, Mallam Aliyu Mohammed, his wife, and three children have lost their lives in a fire outbreak in their house. According to…
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By Ebinum Samuel Detectives at the Zone 2, Onikan Command, Lagos, have arrested the investigating police officer at Isheri Osun division, where the case of anal sexual assault of a teenage student was reported. The 16-year-old boy,…
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By Ebinum Samuel In a near death experience, a 59-year-old businessman Chijioke Nnanna Igbokwe has undergone a surgery, exploratory laparotomy, to let out 57 out of 81 pellets of cocaine stuck in his stomach after seven days of…
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By Ebinum Samuel The leadership of the Police Service Commission has paid a courtesy visit on the Senate President, Chief Godswil Akpabio, GCON, who used the occasion of the visit to call for more recruitment exercises in the face of the…
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No fewer than 1,088 suspects linked to various financial crimes have been arrested in separate operations in 2024. The operations also led to the recovery of $11,450,000 and N142,261,254,228.80, according to a statement on Tuesday by the…
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Eleven members of the same family from the Abofia-Agbaja community in the Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State were among the victims of a tanker fire that occurred at Ugwu Onyeama along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, on…
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By Ebinum Samuel The police in Delta state, yesterday, clarified a suspect mother's alleged extortion of N2.1million by its operatives According to SP Edafe Bright, the Command spokesman, on the 22nd of October 2024, a complaint…
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By Ebinum Samuel The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), in a decisive enforcement operation over the weekend, dislodged all illegally parked tankers around the Dangote Refinery and across the Lekki Free Trade Zone. …
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By Ebinum Samuel In a resolute crackdown on criminal operations targeting commuters, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) apprehended a notorious One-Chance syndicate that employed a painted commercial bus (KSF 56…
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Intercepts illicit consignments heading to Borno, Kano, Abuja; nabs 33 suspects in Lagos, FCT, Kano, Kwara, Kogi, Taraba raids By Ebinum Samuel Attempt by 26-year-old Esther Onyinyechi Uzodinma, a 200-level student of nursing at…
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