Foreign

Major Player in Australia’s Organised Crime Shot Dead

Web News 27 June 2023 192 0

A “major player” in Australia’s organised crime network was shot in a busy Sydney shopping area, police say. The 48-year-old, who was targeted in a car park at 08.30 local time on Tuesday, died at the scene. “The shooting bears the hallmarks of an organised crime murder. Continue Reading

Security

Police Top Brass, Osun Govt Rub Mind on Curbing Crime

Web News 28 April 2023 313 0

By Funmi Adekoya The Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has called for the strengthening of inter-state policing to stem cross-border criminal activities. Governor Adeleke made the call at a security meeting with top police officers at the Governor’s Office, Abere, Osun State.  The Governor at a meeting attended by the Assistant Inspector General of […]Continue Reading

Security

Corps of Nigeria Commissionaire Wants Crime Curbed in Schools

Web News 30 August 2022 490 0

Security of schools in Nigeria, the upsurge in crime among students in school is a threat to life and academic activities.  The Deputy Commander, Corps of Nigeria Commissionaire, CNC, Oyo State Command, Mr Olaniyi Are stated this during a courtesy visit to the management of Radio Nigeria Ibadan.  Mr Are explained that the visit was to create Continue Reading

Crime

Ogun Police Arrest Man for Allegedly Beating Cigarette Seller to Death

Web News 6 December 2021 623 0

Ogun state Police command has arrested a 32-year-old man, Biodun Adebiyi for allegedly beating a 30-year-old cigarette seller, Mukaila Adamu to death over fifty naira balance.  The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the arrest of the Suspect in a statement in Abeokuta. Mr. Oyeyemi said the Suspect who resides at number 35, […]Continue Reading

Education

Ogún Commissioner For Education Warns Pupils Against Crime

Web News 28 November 2021 818 0

Pupils in Ogun State culpable in criminal acts will be sent to juvenile homes to undergo character reformation. The state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu made this known in Abeokuta when he visited the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole. Professor Arigbabu tendered an apology on behalf of the Ogun State […]Continue Reading

Judiciary

66-Year-Old Woman Remanded for Stealing Baby

Web News 13 September 2021 498 0

A 66-year-old grandmother, Mrs. Adebisi Balogun and 60-year-old man, Mr. Adegboye Awoniyi have been remanded in Ilesha Correctional Facility for allegedly stealing a 4-month-old baby in Osun State.  The police dragged the defendants before an Osogbo Magistrate Court on three counts of conspiracy, stealing and breach of peace.  Police prosecutor, Inspector Adeoye Continue Reading

Security

Police Parade Suspected Human Part Dealer, Robbers in Osogbo

Web News 13 July 2021 856 0

The Osun State Police Command has arrested a 38 years old man, Semiu Oyewo for being in possession of human skull. The police also arrested 13 others for allegedly committing various offenses ranging from armed robbery to assault and rape. Parading the suspects at the police Headquarters in Osogbo, the Osun State Commissioner of Police, […]Continue Reading

Crime

Wife Stabs Husband To Death In Ogun

Web News 20 May 2021 514 0

A 47 year old woman, Olanshile Nasirudeen, has been apprehended by men of Ogun state police command, for allegedly stabbing her 51 year old husband to death in Ijebu ode area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the arrest of the suspect in Abeokuta. Mr Oyeyemi explained that the […]Continue Reading

Crime

Ogun Police Apprehend Car Wash Operator Over Theft

Web News 7 April 2021 530 0

Ogun State Police Command has arrested a car wash operator, Kazeem Olanrewaju for allegedly running away with a car given to him to wash.The Police Public Relations officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the arrest of the suspect in a statement in Abeokuta.Mr Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested by the Idiroko division of the command […]Continue Reading

Crime

Woman Docked For Selling Baby For 150k

Web News 11 January 2021 535 0

The Osun State Police Command has dragged a 38-year-old herb seller, Ganiyat Oladapo before a Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo for allegedly selling a baby of a nursing mother identified as Mariam Oladapo for N150,000. Oladapo was arraigned on two-count of conspiracy and unlawful procurement of a child. The prosecutor, Police Inspector Jacob Akintunde informed […]Continue Reading

Crime

Ogun Police Arrests 2 For Motorcycle Theft

Web News 25 December 2020 609 0

Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspects for eloping with a motorcycle belonging to their employer’s company.The suspects, Francis Obeya, twenty-six-year-old and twenty-one-year-old Emmanuel Abah, were arrested after the operatives received a call from a Lagos-based company that a dispatch rider with the company had eloped with clients goods Continue Reading

Crime

Edo Joint Security Taskforce Nabs suspected kidnappers

Web News 22 November 2020 800 0

Edo State Joint Security Taskforce at the weekend raided the Upper Sakponba area of Benin City and combed riverine communities, leading to the arrest of suspected kidnappers terrorising the state. The suspected kidnappers, comprising seven males, were arrested around Ogbemudia oil palm plantation on Saturday, barely 24 hours after the taskforce kicked into action. Prior Continue Reading

Crime

Ondo State Govt. Disturbed by Spike in Crime

Web News 14 November 2020 664 0

The Ondo state government has expressed dismay over the recent spike in crime across the state.  This was contained in a statement released to newsmen by the states Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr Donald Ojógo in Akure.  According to the statement, the last one week in the state has witnessed an unimaginable upsurge in […]Continue Reading

Security

Gunmen Kidnap Three in Ondo, Residents Allege Police Abandoned Duties

Web News 31 October 2020 802 0

Report says three travellers have been kidnapped at gunpoint in Ikakumo in Ondo State which is a border town with Edo state. An okada rider who stumbled upon the kidnap scene was beaten to to the point of coma and left for dead before he was later resuscitated and thereafter related the incident to the […]Continue Reading

Security

“I Will Continue to Support Security Agencies To Get Rid of Crime in Nigeria”- Aare Musulumi

Web News 9 October 2020 603 0

Aare Musulumi of Yoruba land, Edo and Delta states, Alhaji Dawuud Akinola has promised to always support security agencies in their efforts at ensuring crime free society. The Aare Musulumi made the promise when he played host to the Commissioner of Police in Oyo state, Mr Nwachukwu Enwonwu at a reception in his residence, Ibadan. […]Continue Reading

Crime

BREAKING: Another UNIBEN Student Allegedly Murdered in Hotel Room

Web News 8 September 2020 1894 0

Another Student of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, Edo State, has been reportedly killed in a hotel room in Abagana, Anambra state. The student by name Chinenye Promise Nwoye was said to be an undergraduate of the University of Benin and hailed from Iruokpala, Ire Village in Abba, Njikoka Local Government area of Anambra State. […]Continue Reading

Crime

Man Hacks Woman To Death in Ogun

Web News 1 March 2020 1451 0

Ogun state police command has arrested a 27 year old Ejike Okata for allegedly matcheting a 50 year old woman, Adeyiba Oladipupo to death. The police Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi told journalists in Abeokuta that the suspect was arrested today, March 1st, 2020 while trying to board an Ebonyi state […]Continue Reading