According to the police spokesperson, Ngozi Braide, the suspected armed robbers, who gained entrance into the Plot 9 Block ‘A’ Rainbow Bus Stop along Apapa-Oshodi Expressway office of the company, attacked the security guards on duty, who tried to stop them from entering
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It was further gathered that on sighting the policemen who swung into action, the suspected armed robbers abandoned two long gas cylinders, one heavy iron rod, one big spanner, one cylinder hose and some expanded ammunition at the scene
Items recovered from the robbers were two locally made revolver pistols, one locally made cut to size double barrel pistol, one Toyota Sienna space wagon marked GH 58 KJA and N90,500
When asked why he raped the girl, Baba Yellow defended himself, saying she is a flirt who threw herself at him
It will be recalled that the killing of the 22-year-old cleric in Ijaiye area of Abeokuta on Sunday sparked a reprisal attack by irate Muslim youths who set ablaze a house reportedly belonging to one of the masquerade faithful.
The suspects pleaded not guilty to the two count charge when it was read to them.
EFCC’s lead counsel, Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, disclosed this on Wednesday before Justice Lateefat Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja.
She was sheltering from the rain under a canopy with about 10 or 12 other teenagers on Tuesday when the gunman leapt over a fence, opened fire and then jumped into a getaway car at 2:30pm.
The young men, who were arrested by policemen attached to Bar Beach Police Division, in the wee hours of the night around Saka Tinubu Street, Victoria Island, were said to have stormed a warehouse belonging to Nigeria Telecommunication Limited, carting away telephone cables and accessories running into millions of naira
Freedom, James and Denise sold the jewelry for N1.3 million to one Hassan Bawa
A South African court, according to report monitored, said Okah was convicted on a 13-count charge bordering on terrorism.
Sambo said his office will carry out a quarterly assessment of the implementation of the Code of Conduct to ensure that the officers adhere strictly to its tenets
Dogara will be docked alongside five others on a six count charge that borders on contract over invoicing and criminal diversion of funds.
A search conducted by EFCC operatives at Olusegun’s apartment led to the recovery of several items such as laptops, iPad, phones, travelling documents, cheque books, flash drives, internet modem and three exotic cars – a Mercedes Benz Jeep, one 4Matic Mercedes Benz Car and a Range Rover Sport SUV
The Eagle Online gathered that the robbers, numbering about seven, attacked the Temple Rebuilders Ministry and Renewed Christian Word Mission on Aimasiko and Afariogun Streets at about 3am on New Year Eve
Bello, who pleaded guilty to all the charges, is to spend five years in jail on each count.
The sentences are to run concurrently
According to sources, Yemi decided to kill herself when she discovered she had lost out in her bid to keep her university lover after she called off another relationship with a man he had dated for four years because of Samuel
The sentence, handed down by a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on Thursday, also affected one of the accused simply said to be an accomplice
The mother of Balogun, who represents Ijebu North, Ijebu East and Ogun Waterside Federal Constituency, was abducted by six gunmen on Monday Ita-Otu in Ijebu Waterside Local Government Area, Ogun State around 9:30pm
Tijjani was intercepted by operatives of the EFCC with over $7 million on his way to Dubai, United Arab Emirates