Category: CRIME
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1.2m pills of tramadol seized as NDLEA intercepts heroin consignment at Lagos airport, Arrests 2 members of Afro-Europe cartel, 9 others over drug trafficking
No fewer than One Million Two Hundred and Five Thousand Two Hundred and Sixty (1, 205, 260) pills of opioids were seized in two interdiction operations in Kogi and Gombe state by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, just as anti-narcotic officers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos disrupted the…
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BAIL APPLICATION: COURT DISMISSES ABBA KYARI ASSOCIATE’S APPEAL
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed an appeal by an associate of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Sunday J. Ubua in which he sought to be admitted to bail. In a judgment on Friday, a three-member panel of the appellate court held that the…
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Police confirm political clash in Oyo, launch investigation
The Oyo State Police Command on Friday confirmed the clash between supporters of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress on Thursday in Ibadan, which reportedly left three people dead. The clash took place at the Ile-tuntun area in the Ibadan South-East Local Government Area. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale…
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We did not torture hotel lodger to death – Ondo Police
Confusion has continued to trail the death of hotel guest at Ore in Ondo State, even as Policemen attached to the Ore Division of the Ondo State Police Command have been accused of torturing a yet-to-be-identified hotel lodger to death at a cell in the police facility. It learnt that the victim was lodging at…
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Tragedy: Generator smoke kills mother, child
A woman simply identified as Tawa and her five-month-old baby have died after inhaling too much of fume from a generator in Owo community of Ondo state. Neighbours said the generator was bought last Monday. The woman is said to be a staff of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owo. The incident, which happened on…
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India-bound businessman arrested with heroin at Lagos airport
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a businessman, Kingsley Celestino at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos over 9.40 kilograms of heroin concealed in false bottoms of his two travelling bags.According to Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy of the NDLEA, Kingsley, a business class passenger on Qatar Airline…
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NDLEA arrests Chadian, intercepts Europe-bound 58kg cocaine, meth at Lagos, Abuja airports
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted consignments of illicit drugs including cocaine, methamphetamine and its precursor chemical, ephedrine going to the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand and Cyprus at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos; Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and some courier companies. Spokesperson of the NDLEA,…
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NDLEA nabs Church General Overseer for drug trafficking
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a General Overseer for drug trafficking. According to the spokesperson of the NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi, the Daddy GO and others were nabbed by @ndlea_nigeria in Lagos over a busted attempt to export meth and skunk to Dubai. Details later
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Ogun killings: Body of EX-CBN worker’s son found in River
Three days after a former employee of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kehinde Fatinoye, and his wife, Bukola, who was an employee of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, were allegedly assassinated in Ogun State, the corpse of the couple’s son, Oreoluwa Fatinoye, has been recovered from Ogun river. Oreoluwa’s parents were killed by yet-to-be-identified…
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YULETIDE:Amotekun,other Security Agencies step up surveillance
Ondo State Security Network,Amotekun Corps and other security agencies have commenced interborder patrol to prevent violent crimes during the Christmas and New Year celebrations in the South- West geo-political zone. Amotekun Commander in the state, Adetunji Adeleye, said the joint inter-border patrol tagged: “Operation Gba’le Gba’ko,” has yielded positive results as it has dislodged criminals…