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Witnesses claimed that Joye was at the Alata Junction, in company of his two friends on Sunday night at about 10pm, when the incident happened

One of the criterions to get the job was for the girls to come to a particular hotel around Adeniji Adele area with N5,000. They were also expected to hand over their Black Berry phones to Femi, so that he would ‘upload the password’, which would facilitate their entrance into the Oriental Hotel on Victoria Island

The police in Lagos State on Friday arraigned two newspaper vendors, who allegedly assaulted their colleague after he prevented them from escaping with a stolen bundle of Vanguard newspaper

Earlier, the prosecutor, ASP Pelumi Adejuwon, had told the court that the accused killed Omoniyi and robbed him of his unregistered Honda motorcycle valued at N120,000 on August 31 at Bolorunduro on Akure-Ondo Road at 9pm

While the police were still trying to come to terms with the shock of the discovery, another former female detainee had come to the Area F, looking for another policeman

The conviction of Ehkator, 42, who was arrested in Nigeria by the EFCC in August 2010, and extradited to the United States of America in August 2011, followed his plea of guilt

The judge said it was evident that the accused was suffering from complicated ailments, which needed proper medical attention

In another development, the command also confirmed the arrest of the seven men who allegedly raped and impregnated a 12-year-old girl in Malumfashi Local Government Area of the state

Ewuola claimed that the accused “forcefully and unlawfully” had carnal knowledge of his mother, which led to her being hospitalised

She said she borrowed the money she used in buying the drugs, which made her pregnant

“Upon receiving information about the attack by the hoodlums, who were on motorcycles, a combined team of police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and vigilantes was organised the following morning

Mbu said that 16 cases of kidnap were reported to the command, adding that nine victims out of the 16 cases were rescued, while two were killed by their abductors

The command’s Public Relations Officer, Abdu Jinjiri, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Dutse, the state capital, that investigation was ongoing to determine the level of involvement of the accused in the allegation

The deceased, otherwise known as Ogbon around Fadipe Street in Shomolu area, where he was shot dead, was alleged to be a member of a rival cult group

It was gathered that the policemen were actually no longer members of the Nigerian Police Force when they committed the offence

The fresh application, filed before a vacation judge, Justice Ganiyu Safari, is the fourth since the trial began in 2003

The Chief Magistrate, Abiodun Idowu, ordered that the accused should remain in prison custody pending the advice of the State Director of Public Prosecutions on the case

Undisclosed amount of cash and cartridges, hidden in some of the vehicles’ safes, were equally removed

The attack of last year and the present foiled robbery were said to have been orchestrated by security guards attached to the company, who were supposed to guard against enemies, but instead became the enemies

Forty-six of the attached properties, situated mostly in Lagos and Abuja, belong to Attang while Kigo, whose properties had earlier been attached, had another of his plot of land at Gudu district attached