There was a mild drama today in Abuja, between men of the Nigerian Police and an elderly man who happened to be a senior Airforce Officer. The Police officers thinking the man was a bloody civilian, harassed and slapped him for flouting an order. The Airforce officer there and then, called some of his boys on phone, who came and taught the Police officers a lesson they’ll not forget in their entire life. Watch the video https://zenithnaija.com/drama-between-police-officers-and-an-airforce-officer-they-harassed-in-abuja/ Re: Police Officers Flogged, Stoned For Harassing An Airforce Officer In Abuja…
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WOMAN ACCUSES POLICE OF RELEASEING SUSPECT WHO ROBBED HER WITHOUT PRESSING CHARGES
Oluwatobi Akindele A woman, Olasunbo Ogundele, who was robbed in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State, has accused the police of releasing the prime suspect without charges. PUNCH Metro learnt that the Lagos State indigene was robbed by two armed men on Monday, April 8, 2019, after which she reported the incident at the Oko Oba Police Station. One of the suspects, Segun Ajiboye, was caught two days later while allegedly attempting to rob another victim. Ogundele alleged that while the suspect was in police custody, he was not interrogated,…
Read MoreCOURT ADMITS VIDEO OF ISLAMIC CLERIC CONFESSING TO MURDER OF A WORSHIPPER IN LAGOS
Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe A Lagos State High Court in Igbosere on Tuesday admitted a compact disc (CD) in evidence in the ongoing trial of an Islamic cleric, Taofeek Adamu, who was accused of killing a worshipper seeking spiritual help. Adamu was arraigned on two counts of conspiracy and murder and pleaded not guilty to the charges. PUNCH Metro learnt that 63-year-old Adamu had on March 19, 2017, around 4pm at Waterside, Ikoga-Zebbe, in the Badagry area of Lagos, allegedly severed the head of the victim, Oluwakemi Afolabi, who worshipped in a mosque…
Read MoreSEE THE FULL LIST OF 23 NIGERIANS ON DEATH ROW IN SAUDI ARABIA
Abike Dabiri SAUDI Arabia is defending its legal system following the controversy that trailed the beheading of a Nigerian woman, Kudirat Adeshola Afolabi, for drug trafficking. No fewer than 23 Nigerians are on the death row in the kingdom. The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Amb. Adnan Mahmod Bostaji, yesterday said sentences are only carried out after the evidence has been established. He described the legal system as transparent, adding that it works on fairness and justice. He also said about 1.5million Nigerians live in Saudi Arabia unmolested.…
Read MoreCOME TO OUR RESCUE, NIGERIANS IN TOGOLESE PRISONS CRY OUT
Nigerian prisoners languishing in Togo Prisons, Mr. Franklin Ezeona, President Global Society for Anti-Corruption (GSAC) has written to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama on the unbearable condition of Nigerians in Togo Prisons. In the letter, Ezeona called for the extradition of the Nigerian prisoners in accordance with Section 1 subsection 1 of the Extradition Act, which emanated from the extradition treaty signed by Ghana, Benin, Togo, and Nigeria in October 1984. According to him, the representative of the Nigerian prisoners in Togo, Mr. Ben Okolie, in an…
Read MoreAIRPORT STAFF ARRESTED FOR DEALING IN GOLD, SEE PICS
EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on April 9, 2019, arraigned eight suspected members of a syndicate of illegal gold dealers before Justice A.O. Faji of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. . . They were arraigned on a three-count charge bordering on dealing in gold mine without lawful authorization, conspiracy and being in possession of raw gold without lawful authorization. . . The suspects are: Babagana Zannah, who claimed to be the owner of the raw gold bars; Ahmed Hamza Mannir; Manasseh Auta; Dahiru Habib Bali; Isa Umaru Ammani;…
Read MoreHOODLUMS ASSASSINATE RIVERS PROMINENT LAWYER
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt A Port Harcourt, Rivers State-based lawyer identified as Promise Frank Igwe was on Friday morning killed in what appeared to be an act of assassination. The incident happened at about 10:00am in a bar in Ozuoba community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the lawyer’s assailants had stormed the bar after alighting from a car, went straight to their target and shot him four times before leaving the scene. The victim was said to have been waiting for a client…
Read More33 CULT MEMBERS HELD FOR MURDER IN LAGOS
Police have arrested 33 suspected cult members for murder cases in parts of Lagos State. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana, said yesterday that on Wednesday at Onipanu Police Station received a distress call that members of rival cult groups from Alakara, Mushin, Onipanu, and Shomolu, armed with dangerous weapons, engaged one another in a fierce supremacy fight. He said that the incident occurred at Fadeyi, Onipanu on Ikorodu Road. According to him, during the scuffle a man, Samuel Geoffrey of DTD Services, Apapa, who was…
Read MoreICPC ARRAIGNS CIVL SERVANT WHO MISAPPROPRIATED 14.5MIL COOPERATIVE MONEY
A staff of Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Isaac Alaji Agbanwu, has been arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for allegedly misappropriating the sum of N14, 500, 000 belonging to the Cooperative Society of the ministry. Agbanwu who was the Chairman of the ministry’s Thrift and Credit Cooperative Society Limited Nigeria was facing a four-count charge before Honourable Justice Gaba Venchak Simon Of High Court 34 of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kwali. The commission said his actions, bordering on criminal…
Read More4 ARRESTED OVER ONDO DEADLY ROBBERY
Indication emerged on Tuesday that at least four of the armed men who participated in the bloody bank robbery in Idoani, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo state have been arrested. Though the police in the state did not confirm the arrest a security source told Tribune Onlinethat four of the hoodlums were nabbed when trying to escape to a neighbouring state. The source said the arrested suspects have confessed to the crime while they confirmed that other members of the gang are still at large within the state. However, the…
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