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The Chairman of Ikorodu Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Bayo Akinlade, on Monday, called for a reactivation of the justice system to tackle recent insecurity in Lagos State.Akinlade made the call in an open letter to…

Armed men suspected to be kidnappers on Friday night, abducted a 70 -year -old woman, Mrs Fehintola Wewe, in Sabomi, Ese Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State.The gunmen reportedly invaded the residence of the septuagenarian located…

The new Kogi State Commissioner of Police CP Ede Ayuba has promised to tackled kidnapping and other criminalities and also to mop up illegal arms in the state.He made this known on Tuesday in Lokoja while addressing newsmen shortly…

Justice Jose of the Lagos State High Court, Igbosere has sentenced two first-generation bank officials and an Indian businessman to five years imprisonment over N855m fraud.The bank officials were Abati Nwosu and Olajide Oshodi and the…

Police in Anambra State, has arrested a suspected murderer, Mr.Chizoba Nwoye, age 29, who allegedly killed a tricycle operator, popularly known as Keke Napepp, late Mr Dumebi Oforkansi, age 25, while in service.SP Haruna Mohammed, the…

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has decried the growing level of crime in the country, saying that it has convicted over 90 persons in the Southeast geopolitical zone between January and November this year for alleged…

The Ekiti state government has reiterated its commitment to the welfare and security of the people with a pledge to developing workable strategies with security agencies to reduce crime to the barest minimum in the state.The deputy…

A 37-year-old man, Kelechukwu Chukwuanugo, accused of killing his girlfriend, on Tuesday told a Lagos High Court, sitting in Igbosere that he fled the crime scene to save his life.Chukwuanugo, who is facing a murder charge, said this…

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Saad Abubakar, on Monday cautioned Nigerian against labelling an ethnic group to a crime or tracing a crime to a specific ethnic group in the country.Abubakar who stated this while delivering a…

An armed robbery suspect and police impersonator, Mr  Hassan Abubakar has said that he is not an armed robber but police impersonator and that frustration with five children was behind his zeal in joining an impersonation syndicate to…