Crime

Ogun: Gunmen abduct ex-Provost, driver

By Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Unknown gunmen have abducted the immediate past Provost of the Federal College of Education (FCE), Osile, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Dr. Ayodele Adetayo Ajayi. Our correspondent gathered that, Ajayi was abducted alongside his wife and driver, around…

Fuel attendant, 39, docked for allegedly stealing N3.4m

By Bayonle Adegbola A 39-year-old petrol attendant, Waliu Olamilekan was reportedly docked by the Badagry Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing of N3,464,000 at BFO filling station in Badagry. The defendant of an unknown address is standing trial on…

NDLEA seizes N3.7bn tramadol at Lagos airport

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have thwarted plans to smuggle over five million pills of Tramadol said to be worth N3.7bn into the country. The agency’s Director, Media, and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement…

Troops raid IPOB camps, apprehend 9 in Anambra

Troops of the Nigerian Army in conjunction with Vigilante Group have destroyed camps of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network, and apprehended nine suspects in Anambra. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made…

Police in Nasarawa arrest two suspected car thieves

Nasarawa State Police Command has apprehended Sani Musa Labaran and Ibeto Nwobodo for allegedly stealing a Toyota Corolla. The suspects, aged 49 and 38 years, respectively, were given the Toyota Corolla for repairs in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital. A…