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28 year old Ajoke kalejaiye Edgar, who had been a victim of domestic violence was gruesomely strangled and buried beside a well by her suspected 34 year old husband, Mr Akinyemi Koja Edgar , who is still at large. The incident took place few streets away from their residence at mowo area of badagry on the 14th of December 2017.  The matter was reported to the police at Morogbo area at badagry by the Baale of mowo, Badagry,b efore the case was transferred to police headquater ikeja for further investigation meanwhile efforts to get the suspected husband proves abortive. However, the father of the deceased Mr Atewologun Kalejaiye has been mourning over the death of his daughter who left behind three children and he is crying out for help so that the run away husband can be brought to book.

The Special Fraud Unit SFU of the Nigerian Police Force, on Monday January 8th re -arraigned four men before a Federal High Court, in Lagos, by the Special Fraud Unit (SFU), of the Nigerian Police force for allegedly obtaining the sum of $1.362 million and N46. 533 million under false pretence, from a former House of Representative member, Eseme Eyiboh, PM News reports. The four men arraigned before the court are Izekor Osatohanmwen Ogiemonyi, alias, Prince Joshua Akenzua: Stephen Victor, alias James Ajayi: Bolade Babatunde, alias Honourable Lawal Adewunmi, and Alhaji Jimoh Saka, alias Tola Ajayi. In a criminal charge number FHC/L/435c/2017, filed before the court by Police Prosecuting counsel, E. A.Jackson, the accused persons and others now at large, had between June 2016 and August 2017, at Jatoz Royal Hotel, Osolo Way, Ajao Estate, Lagos, allegedly conspired among themselves, and presented themselves to the former lawmaker as accredited representatives of Inter...

Don Wanni, the notorious militant leader and kidnapper, who allegedly masterminded the brutal massacre of 23 persons in Omoku Rivers State on New Year Day, has been gunned down. Wanni and three members of his gang were killed in a combined operation by the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Army. Read statement issued by Aminu Iliyasu, Colonel Deputy Director Army Public Relations, on how they met their end on Saturday, December 6. "The authorities of 6 Division Nigerian Army Port Harcourt wish to inform the peace loving people of Omoku in ONELGA in particular, Rivers State and indeed the entire good people of Niger Delta in general that the notorious cult leader, kidnap kingpin and mass murderer Don Waney is dead." Recall that in the early hours of Monday 20th November 2017, troops of 6 Division Nigerian Army acting on credible information from some patriotic members of the public raided the evil Don Waney enclave in Omoku, ONELGA Rivers State where s...

Avantgarde Management service and LASEMA recognizes Emergency Responders Ugochukwu Nwairo and Felix Anyanwu for their immemce bravery in the rescue of a middle aged man trapped in a swamp by Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State

Selling newly minted naira notes is an offence that attracts six months imprisonment and seven suspects are now in police net for trading and hawking newly minted naira notes in Onitsha, Anambra state. According to the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Garba Umar, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has raised alarm over the illegal activity going on for a while now unchecked and calls for swift action to arrest the culprits who even brazenly display them in public as a product. Garba while addressing the press over the matter cites sections 20 and 21 of the CBN Act that makes it an offence for anyone to sell or hawk naira or coin issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria, cautions citizens to desist from abusing the naira and says those arrested will be prosecuted. At the Anambra State Police Headquarters in Amawbia, seven suspects have been paraded by the police for illegal trading and hawking of newly minted notes in Onitsha. The police upon arresting the suspects on December...

Egypt has hanged 15 militants who were convicted of carrying out attacks on security forces in the Sinai Peninsula in 2013, authorities say. The executions were carried out on Tuesday at two prisons in the north of the country, where the men were held.   They were convicted of killing soldiers, carrying out assassinations, and destroying military vehicles. It was the first mass execution in the country since six jihadists were hanged in 2015. Sinai has in recent years been beset by an insurgency, with jihadist groups including so-called Islamic State (IS) attacking targets including army, police and judges. Last week, IS blew up a grounded helicopter with an anti-tank missile at a North Sinai airport, killing an army officer and wounding two others.  And in November, suspected IS militants carried out a devastating bomb and gun attack on a mosque in North Sinai that killed more than 250 people.  In the wake of that attack, President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi ga...

                     In Lokoja Kogi State today were Deadly Kidnappers including the Overall Commander Of Kidnappers in Kogi State Halti Bello and 20 of his Gang-members Terrorizing Okene-Lokoja Road, Okene-kabba Road and Ajaokuta Axis Of Kogi State and Responsible For the recent Kidnapping and Murder of A Portuguese Expatriate and Many Innocent Nigerians in Kogi and Edo States were Arrested Jointly by IRT and Kogi State Police Command Personnel. Force Public Relation Officer FPRO CSP Jimoh Moshood Paraded the Kidnappers before the Press in Lokoja Today.

The Katsina State Police Command have arrested one Abubakar Sule, 23, over attempted murder of his girlfriend, Aisha Dikko. It was gathered that Sule had tricked Aisha, 21, into a bush at Tamawa village in the Kurfi Local Government Area of the state, allegedly slashed her throat with a knife and fled believing she was dead. Fortunately, a Good Samaritan found the victim and rushed her to the General Hospital , Kurfi, where she is currently recuperating. Confirming the incident  on Saturday , the state Commissioner of Police, Beseng Gwana, said that Sule would be charged to court soon. "The Suspect abandoned the lady in the bush thinking that she was dead but the victim was later found by a Good Samaritan and was rushed to the General Hospital, Kurfi," said Gwana. "The suspect was traced and apprehended. He confessed to have committed the crime out of jealousy, because the victim had been betrothed to another man." he added. The suspect told ne...

Today, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kano state confirmed that 11 women died in a ghastly auto crash in Kano metropolis on Saturday night.  FRSC Public Relations Officer, Mr Kabir Ibrahim-Daura told newsmen in Kano that the incident occurred  around 8.30 p.m. at the old tollgate near Sa’adatu Abubakar Rimi College of Education.    According to him, the women were conveying a bride from Unguwa Uku to Yan’lemu area when the driver lost control of the vehicle and hit the tollgate. He said eight women died on the spot while the remaining three died at the hospital. “Eight persons died on the spot because the vehicle after hitting the tollgate it divided into two instantly, Daura said. He said three other women and the male driver were still at the hospital receiving medical attention. The FRSC spokesman attributed the accident to over spending and urged other motorists to drive with utmost care by obeying all the traffic rules and regulations...

On 22 December, 2017, at about 8 pm, a gang of two armed robbers attacked one Francis Chibueze of Bakery Road, Azikoro Village, Yenegoa, Bayelsa State. Luck ran against the gang as one of the robbers mistakenly shot and killed his partner. The victim Francis Chibueze escaped unhurt. The deceased armed robber was identified as Thankgod Smith ‘m’ 25 years, and his partner who shot him is Peter Napoleon ‘m’ 23 years. Policemen swung into action, and the suspect in hiding panicked and came to the Azikoro Police Station on 23 December, 2017 on his own volition and confessed to the armed robbery and killing his gang member. . He led Police Detectives to an uncompleted building in Bakery Road, Azikoro Village, where the gun was recovered.