Segun Atanda/

Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mustafa Adebayo Balogun died at the Reddington Hospital, Lekki, Lagos at about 8:30 pm today during a brief illness, family sources have confirmed to NewsmakersNG.

Balogun who was Nigeria’s 11th indigenous IGP died at 74.

Born on August 25, 1947, Balogun became IGP on March 6, 2002, and was retired on January 17, 2005.

Details:
https://www.newsmakerslive.org/breaking-tafa-balogun-dies-at-lagos-hospital/

After months of negotiations and proper preparation of documentation, Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc a Nigerian agro-allied group led by Greek investor, John Coumantaros, has announced that it has acquired a 71.69-percent stake in Honeywell Flour Mills, as well as a 5.06-percent stake in the firm for N4.2 ($0.01011) per share.

Following the completion of the transaction, industrialist Obafoluke Otudeko, who is the founder of Honeywell flour mills pocketed a total of N22.24 billion ($53.55 million) from his stake in the deal.

Otudeko owns 66.8 percent of Honeywell Flour Mills, a leading flour and pasta product manufacturer operating under the auspices of Honeywell Group, which has a diverse product portfolio including Honeywell Semolina, Honeywell Noodles, and Honeywell Pasta.
Read More: https://www.newsmakerslive.org/oba-otudeko-sells-honeywell-for-n22bn-to-repay-age-long-loan-to-first-bank/

Segun Atanda/

A police parade in Abuja yesterday featured tales of the unexpected.

Among the paraded suspected criminals was a suitor who claimed to have kidnapped the lady he wanted to marry hoping to sponsor the wedding with the ransom.

“My lover put much pressure on me to marry her and I kidnapped her to raise money,” Bello Ahmed, who lives in Dubai United Arab Emirates (UAE) and a friend to the parents of the victim told reporters at the police parade.

Officers from the Force Intelligence Bureau’s Intelligence Response Team (IRT) arrested
Ahmed with three other suspects.
He said, “I regret my involvement as I couldn’t get the money I expected to be paid as ransom.”

According to the Police, the suspects were arrested for “criminal conspiracy and kidnapping over the well-coordinated kidnap of one Miss Hannah Queen at Apo Estate in Abuja”.

The suspects all between the age group of 20-30 years were identified as 25-year-old Bello Ahmed who hails from Gombe town in Gombe State; Ibrahim Mohammed, 30, from Katsina LGA of Katsina State; Bilyamiyu Mohammed, 30, from Sokoto South LGA Sokoto State, and Uche Daniel, 30, a native of Obowo town, Obowo LGA, Imo State.

Read More:https://www.newsmakerslive.org/suitor-kidnaps-diplomats-daughter-to-raise-money-for-their-wedding/

https://www.newsmakerslive.org/nnpcs-imported-adulterated-fuel-can-cause-cancer-sotlan-warns-offers-solution/

Dipo Kehinde/

Unless the Federal Government strengthens local laboratories and builds capacity, the problems of adulterated fuel that increases the risk of cancer in Nigerians will persist says the Society of Testing Laboratory Analysts of Nigeria (SoTLAN) today.

Addressing a press conference at Ostra Halls, Alausa, in Lagos, the President of SoTLAN, Professor Olugbenga Ben Ogunmoyela urged the government to stop putting the fate of the nation in the hands of foreign labs that are not in any way superior to many of Nigeria’s lSO 17025 accredited local laboratories.



Prof. Ogunmoyela frowned at the economic disruptions and damages caused by the delivery of contaminated fuel across Nigeria. He described it as a national embarrassment and urged the government to look inwards for a lasting solution to the importation of methanol-contaminated petroleum motor spirit into the country by the NNPC or other authorized companies.

He said, “It is a known fact that due to the current subsidy regime, NNPC is the sole supplier of all PMS in Nigeria, charged with the purchase, importation, distribution, or marketing of petroleum products supplied to some major marketers. The product delivered was reported to “appear hazy and dark and was consequently isolated, probably following complaints received after having been released. it is further stated that ‘upon analysis, it was confirmed that the PMS product was contaminated with 20% methanol, which is an illegal substance in Nigeria’. While it is reassuring that NNPC has taken necessary steps to reject further imports of this type of product from any trader supplying fuels that contain ethanol/methanol into Nigeria, the question is, why should we still be talking about substandard and contaminated products in a petroleum industry which has been prominent in our economy for over sixty years?”
Read More: https://www.newsmakerslive.org/nnpcs-imported-adulterated-fuel-can-cause-cancer-sotlan-warns-offers-solution/

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Dipo Kehinde/

Six months from now, the arrowhead of the battle against hoodlums in Lagos State, CSP Kazeem Sumonu Abonde, would have retired to his Ona-Ara hometown in Oyo State where he was hoping to join a political party and contest an election.

Already, he had registered a law firm, K.S. Abonde & Co, and was also looking forward to being the legal adviser to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in his hometown.

Built like a buffalo with a strong body constitution, Abonde was a restless fighter in the war against hoodlums in Lagos. As the leader of the Strike Force at Lagos State Command Headquarters, Ikeja, he had been sent several times to stamp out the fire whenever hoodlums were on the rampage in the state.

On July 22, 2021, NewsmakersNG met him on the field of battle, when he led a reinforcement team from the Lagos State police command to stop hoodlums who attempted to lynch the Chairman, Yaba Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Omiyale Kayode, as he was returning from a campaign rally at Abule Oja area with some APC party stalwarts.

Life for Abonde was one day one trouble, he once told NewsmakersNG. Fellow officers described him as a restless and very reliable crime fighter.
As if he had a premonition, Abonde recently requested that he wanted to spend his remaining days in the Nigeria Police Force peacefully as a Divisional Police Officer, but the request was rejected by the authorities that felt there was no better beat for such a rugged officer than the daily battles with hoodlums.

Like Harold Robbins would say ‘Dreams Die First.’

On September 23, he was bludgeoned to death, by hoodlums wielding dangerous weapons, while enforcing the ban on the use of motorcycles, otherwise known as Okada.

He led the tactical team of the Lagos State Police Command with men drawn from RRS, Taskforce, Ajao Estate Division, and other divisions. They were carrying out a raid of identified flashpoints and enforcing the ban on motorcycles in restricted areas in the estate and similar places in the state.
Read Full Story on https://www.newsmakerslive.org/big-dreams-of-lagos-super-cop-lynched-by-angry-mob/

Matilda Omonaiye/
NewsmakersNG

Agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in Lagos, have secured the interim forfeiture of N241, 000, 000 suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities of one Abdulsalam Bawa of the Account Department of the Sustainable Development Goals Office.

NewsmakersNG learned that the agency also made an interim seizure of a property belonging to Bawa at Plot 1121, Ekukinam Street, Utako District, Cadastral Zone, FCT, Abuja.

According to a statement from EFCC’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court, Lagos Judicial Division, in Ikoyi, gave the order following an ex-parte application filed by the EFCC.
Read more: https://www.newsmakerslive.org/efcc-seizes-n241million-abuja-property-from-bawa/

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Matilda Omonaiye/

Seven suspected IPOB militias, including a prominent commander were killed today in a joint operation involving the police, army and DSS at Awomama Village, Oru East LGA of Imo State.

NewsmakersNG learnt that the military operation which commenced in the early hours of today claimed the life of the overall commander of the insurgents in the Southeast popularly known as Ikonso Commander and those of six other armed fighters of the Indigenous People of Biafra suspected to have been involved in the attack on the Imo State Police Headquarters and the headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service on April 5, 2021.
Read More: https://www.newsmakerslive.org/ipob-commander-6-militias-killed-as-nigerian-forces-launch-joint-operation-in-imo-arms-bulletproof-charms-recovered/

Matilda Omonaiye/

Three directors and eight officers at the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) who were linked to a N4.5 billion fraud have been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Peter Hena, Former Coordinating Director of Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS and eight other officers of the agency were on Thursday arraigned before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
The others are Mohammed Bello Auta (Director of Finance), Amina Sidi (Finance and Account department), Umar Aliyu Aduka (Internal Audit), Mbura Mustapha (Deputy Manager), Obi Okeke Malachy (Services Group), Obaje Napoleon Adofu (Head of Budget), Udo-Inyang Effiong Alfred (Officer II) and Benjamin Jiya (Assistant Director).

They were docked on a 42- count charge bordering on corruption, fraud and criminal misappropriation of funds to the tune of N4,558,160,676.9.

Count one of the charges reads...

Read More: https://www.newsmakerslive.org/efcc-arraigns-firs-directors-officers-for-n4-5bn-fraud/

https://www.newsmakerslive.org/covid-19-brazil-still-burying-1500-daily/

Adeyinka Olaiya/

Daily record of deaths linked to Covid-19 now stands at 1500 in Brazil.

The pandemic forced the nation to declare a total lockdown until April, and now it is on the verge of attaining a national health collapse.

NewsmakersNG gathered that the burial grounds are no longer having where to bury victims, and the vaccines are practically not having effects.

Read more: https://www.newsmakerslive.org/covid-19-brazil-still-burying-1500-daily/

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https://www.newsmakerslive.org/lagos-cp-identifies-officers-killed-injured-during-endsars-protest-at-surulere-pleads-for-calm/

Matilda Omonaiye/

The police in Lagos have identified an officer killed by stray bullet and others injured during the #EndSARS protest in Lagos.

In a statement issued by the state police spokesman, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Commissioner of Police in Lagos, CP Hakeem Odumosu, called for calm and professionalism from the protesters and police personnel respectively.

Odumosu warned that the EndSARS protests have been hijacked by some unscrupulous elements, who are fully armed, in Lagos State.

The statement reads further: “Today, being 12th October, 2020, at about 1pm, some armed protesters laid siege on the Anti-Kidnapping Unit Office of the command, broke into the cell and liberated two of the kidnap cases suspects, before they were tactically and professionally repelled.

“In the process, Inspr Ekei Joshua with AP No 175493, Inspr Peter Agabi with AP No 251138 and Insp Erinfolami Ayodeji with AP No 229241(now late) attached to the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of Lagos State Command, located at Iyun Road, Surulere were shot and critically injured; they have been rushed to the Intensive Care Unit of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital.
“In addition, the protesters fired and killed ...
Read More: https://www.newsmakerslive.org/lagos-cp-identifies-officers-killed-injured-during-endsars-protest-at-surulere-pleads-for-calm/

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Dipo Kehinde/

In her 60 years of nationhood, Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation has produced some celebrated detectives who cracked the toughest criminal cases on the continent, but one of them today stands head and shoulders above the rest.

With hundreds of deadly criminals caged after diligent investigations and relentless pursuit, the Commander of Inspector-General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari has inscribed his name on the tablet of eternity as a quintessential detective that even Sherlock Holmes and Hollywood counter-terrorist crime buster, Jack Bauer, will envy.

Like the legendary master detective, Sherlock Holmes, created by British author – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Kyari has a knack for solving difficult crimes through Intelligence-led policing.

His conquests of the most deadly underworld kingpins in Nigeria has earned him fame as well as honours from the people, the government, and organizations in and out of the country.
Kyari was decorated with the Presidential Medal for Courage by President Muhammadu Buhari on April 1, 2016.

That was the icing on the cake for the multiple-award winning crime fighter who had three times won the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Commendation Medal for Courage in 2012, 2013, and 2014; a triple recipient of the Lagos State Governor’s award for Gallantry, Leadership and Service Excellence in 2011, 2012, and 2013; voted as the Best Police Officer of the Decade, and bagged the 2018 Hero of the Year Award from Silverbird Group.

Kyari was recently honored with an award of recognition and a standing ovation at the House of Representatives for his efforts at keeping Nigeria safe.

He had also won the...READ MORE: https://www.newsmakerslive.org/nigeria-at-60-how-africas-most-decorated-detective-made-the-nation-proud/

Many Distinctions of UNILAG’s First Female VC …What She Inherited from Her ex-Pro-Chancellor Father, Prof Mabogunje
NewsmakersNG/

Until her emergence as the first female to serve as Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) today, Professor Folasade Ogunsola, who has a noble pedigree as the daughter of the first African president of the International Geographical Union and first African to be elected as a Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences, Professor Akinlawon Ladipo ‘Akin’ Mabogunje, was the Provost of the College of Medicine at UNILAG.

She had obtained a Masters in Medical Microbiology from the College of Medicine, University of Lagos followed by a PhD in Medical Microbiology from the College of Medicine, University of Wales, Cardiff.
She is the first female Provost at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos in its 50 years of existence.

Read full story: https://www.newsmakerslive.org/many-distinctions-of-unilags-first-female-vc-what-she-inherited-from-her-ex-pro-chancellor-father-prof-mabogunje/

https://www.newsmakerslive.org/unilag-senate-votes-ogunsola-as-new-acting-vc-babalakins-camp-challenges-buhari/

Matilda Omonaiye/

Professor Folashade Ogunsola of the College of Medicine and Deputy Vice Chancellor, Development Services at the University of Lagos has been elected by the Senate as the acting Vice Chancellor (VC) of the university.

At an emergency meeting convened at the university today, Ogunsola polled 135 votes while Professor Ben Oghojafor secured 31 votes. One vote was voided.

The Senate of the University of Lagos had gone ahead to convene the emergency meeting despite the contrary notice given by the Secretary to the suspended Council, Mr Azeez Oladejo, that the council had not convened any Senate meeting.

Oladejo belongs to the camp of the suspended Dr Wale Babalakin-led governing council.

President Muhammadu Buhari as the Visitor to the University, had asked the Senate of the Institution to appoint an Acting VC, amid a bitter war that followed the purported sack of the VC, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe by the Chairman of the governing council, Dr Babalakin.

The President asked Babalakin and Ogundipe to recuse themselves from their duties, and he ordered the acting VC appointed by the Babalakin-led council to leave the seat.

Read More: https://www.newsmakerslive.org/unilag-senate-votes-ogunsola-as-new-acting-vc-babalakins-camp-challenges-buhari/

https://www.newsmakerslive.org/how-nigerias-stinking-rich-attorney-general-made-his-money/
Malami's interesting response.

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https://www.newsmakerslive.org/man-dies-as-mimikos-psychiatrist-brother-drives-workers-mad-at-ondo-quarry-community-leaders-vow-to-end-firms-operations/
Ololade Adeyanju/

A storm is raging at a mining and quarry site in Ondo, which has been uncovered as a secret goldmine of a former governor of the state, Dr Olusegun Rahman Mimiko and his associates.

At the center of the storm is a firm known as Francisca Muinat Limited which Mimiko invested in while he was Ondo State governor and brought in his brother, Dr Olubansile Abbas Mimiko, who was practicing as a Psychiatrist in the United States, to look after his interest in the company with Chinese, Spanish, and Nigerian shareholders.

Salaries are not being paid at Francisca Muinat Ltd and workers are dying at the site in ltale Aaye Community in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State, says aggrieved employees. Landowners and residents have also decried what they described as the degradation of their community and vowed to stop further mining activities at the site.

The workers are blaming the management of the company for the death of a sick staff, Femi Adekola aka Baba Latin who was denied a N20, 000 support for hospital treatment even though his employers owe him six months’ salary.

Another staff, Mr Akinwale Akinjuwon Samson, had to engage the company in a legal battle before his one-year salary was settled after a pronouncement by Justice A.A. Adewemimo of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Akure Judicial Division.

The Judge says in his ruling: “…’a laborer is entitled to his wages’, to deny him the remuneration for services rendered by him is not only wrongful but inhuman. This Court is a court of Law and Equity. See section 14 of the National Industrial Court Act, 2006.”

NewsmakersNG learnt from lawyers representing the community leaders in Ifedore – the Olu Itale Aaye, Chief Fabiyi Adedayo and Prince Peter Adeleye that they have written the Director-General, Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel in Abuja to revoke the license of Francisca Muinat Ltd over environmental degradation.

The lawyers have also...Read More: https://www.newsmakerslive.org/man-dies-as-mimikos-psychiatrist-brother-drives-workers-mad-at-ondo-quarry-community-leaders-vow-to-end-firms-operations/

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https://www.newsmakerslive.org/indian-film-hero-amitabh-bachchan-catches-covid-19/

Matilda Omonaiye/

Renowned Indian Film actor and producer, Amitabh Bachchan has announced that he has tested positive to COVID-19.

The 77-year-old actor who gained popularity in the 70s with films as Sholay, Zanjeer, Deewaar and was dubbed India’s angry young man for his on-screen roles in Bollywood says in a Facebook post: “This evening I have tested CoviD positive .. shifted to Hospital .. hospital informing authorities .. family and staff undergone tests, results awaited ..All that have been in close proximity to me in the last 10 days are requested to please get themselves tested!”

Read More: https://www.newsmakerslive.org/indian-film-hero-amitabh-bachchan-catches-covid-19/

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https://www.newsmakerslive.org/cornerstone-anointed-church-of-christ-pastor-in-messy-property-acquisition-deal-in-lagos/
By Matilda Omonaiye/


Pastor Peter Unoaramhi of Cornerstone Anointed Church of Christ (CACC) at 56/57 Nuru Oniwo Street, Aguda- Surulere, Lagos, and his wife – Becky are at the centre of a conflict over the property of the late Chief Felix Olanrewaju Amasha, who stated in his Will that no one should sell his house.
According to Chief Amasha’s eldest child, Mrs Betty Enahoro, three of the children and one beneficiary of the Will decided to act against their father’s testamentary instructions and offered the house for sale, which made Mrs Enahoro institute legal action against them.
She insisted that the house must not be sold against the testamentary guardianships of their late father, who stated in his Will that the children should be celebrating Christmas there every year.
Mrs Enahoro added that while the suit was still on, the pastor paid N65million for the house to her siblings identified as Abayomi, Foluke, Bosun and another beneficiary, Dupe.
She said, “The Church members were later sighted in the house sprinkling anointing oil around the property, which made some of the tenants to park out of the building.
“Currently, three of the six flats in the building are vacant and have been locked by members of Cornerstone Anointed Church of Christ, claiming they have paid for the building, that renovating and documentation is ongoing. Is the CACC above the law so much that they would not wait for the litigation process to come to a logical conclusion?”
Pastor Unoaramhi has been running the CACC for 28 years with his wife Becky aka First Lady, who used to have an acting career at the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), and played the role of Tinu in the now rested Soap Opera, ‘Mirror in the Sun’.
Read More: https://www.newsmakerslive.org/cornerstone-anointed-church-of-christ-pastor-in-messy-property-acquisition-deal-in-lagos/

https://theaonenews.com/2020/06/25/britain-tests-covid-19-vaccine-in-africa/
AP/

Africa’s first participation in a COVID-19 vaccine trial started Wednesday as nervous volunteers received injections, while officials said the continent of 1.3 billion people could not be left behind.

The large-scale trial of the vaccine developed at the University of Oxford in Britain is being conducted in South Africa, Britain and Brazil. South Africa has nearly one-third of Africa’s confirmed cases with more than 106,000, including more than 2,100 deaths. The country late Tuesday reported its biggest one-day death toll of 111.

“I feel a little bit scared but I want to know what is going on with this vaccine so that I can tell my friends and others...
Read More:https://theaonenews.com/2020/06/25/britain-tests-covid-19-vaccine-in-africa/

https://thechiefdetective.com/2020/06/23/infidelity-murder-suicide-man-kills-lover-self-on-fathers-day-two-children-orphaned/
The Chief Detective

Ayinde Kareem/

When they came out jogging in their estate on Saturday, June 20, Chris Ndukwe and his lover, Olamide Alli presented the picture of a blissful relationship to the world around them.

They have been lovers for seven years and blessed with two children – 7 and 3-year-old boys.

But, no one who saw the loving couple jogging at Victory Point Estate, Ilasan, in Lagos, would ever think their love story would end in a murder-suicide soon after.

The next day, when the world was celebrating Father’s Day, 39-year-old Ndukwe reportedly asked Olamide’s 22-year-old sister who came visiting with her from their home in Ogba a day before to take the children outside. He then locked his woman in, turned on the music, and pumped up the volume.

The noise from the heavy speakers attracted neighbours who called on those managing the estate to step in and appeal to the lovers to take things easy.

Those who came to the house found Olamide’s sister playing outside with the children.

They made their complaint and moved in to see the couple.

When several knocks on the door brought no response, they suspected that there was something wrong. They had to force the door open.

The sight that greeted them was gory.

They found the 25-year-old woman dead in a pool of her own blood, with hands tied and body displaying multiple stab wounds.

Her head had been shaved with a clipper, and then stabbed with a knife.

She was also stabbed in the eyes and all over her body. Two bloody kitchen knives were found on the floor, alongside three empty cans of red bull energy drink, and a plier.

Ndukwe was also found dead.

Investigations later showed that he had...
Read More: https://thechiefdetective.com/2020/06/23/infidelity-murder-suicide-man-kills-lover-self-on-fathers-day-two-children-orphaned/

…Rescue Abducted Philipino Victim
https://www.newsmakerslive.org/police-nab-nigerian-cyberspace-criminal-baiting-women-with-love-rescue-abducted-philipino-victim/

A Philippine woman who was lured to Nigeria and abducted by a fake Facebook lover has been rescued by the police in Enugu State.

According to police spokesman, DCP Frank Mba, the 40-year-old victim identified as Irene Torento Panas was rescued by detectives attached to the Enugu State Police Command at Neke-Uno Village, Enugu East LGA.



Mba says in a statement today: “The Philipino was rescued six months after she arrived in Nigeria from the Philippines in an apparent but unsuccessful search for love.

“Irene Torento Panas, an Accountant by profession and a native of Manila in the Philippines arrived Nigeria on November 22, 2019, on a visit to one Chukwudi Odo ‘m’ 54yrs of Enugu Ezike in Igbo-Eze North LGA of Enugu State whom she met on Facebook on 8th March 2017. The visit which was originally intended to be for 10-days, however, turned out to be a full case of abduction following Chukwudi Odo’s refusal to allow her return to her country against her will. She was held incommunicado by the suspect, Chukwudi Odo.

“The victim who was critically ill at the time of the rescue was successfully rescued by police operatives attached to the Unity Police Division, Ibegwa Nike, Enugu State led by the DPO, SP Siga Malgwi, following a tip-off from some members of the public in the area. She was immediately taken to the hospital for medical attention where she was admitted from 5th June to 16th June. Preliminary investigations reveal that...
Read More:https://www.newsmakerslive.org/police-nab-nigerian-cyberspace-criminal-baiting-women-with-love-rescue-abducted-philipino-victim/

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Matilda Omonaiye/

The Pen, as the saying goes, is mightier than the Sword.

But, how would anyone explain why the mighty have been falling in the midst of COVID-19 battle?

In the last seven days, seven Nigerian journalists have died from COVID-19 and other illnesses.

On the list are...https://www.newsmakerslive.org/strange-deaths-claim-7-nigerian-journalists-in-7-days/

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https://www.newsmakerslive.org/exclusive-hezbollah-leader-captured-in-ikoyi-operation/

Matilda Omonaiye/

A major operation by Hezbollah in Ikoyi and Lekki areas of Lagos was foiled yesterday with the arrest of the leader by Nigerian security agents acting on international intelligence alert.

NewsmakersNG exclusively gathered that security agents arrested the Hezbollah leader, Ali Mohamed El-Hassan somewhere in Ikoyi at the zero- hour of a major operation.

Read more: https://www.newsmakerslive.org/exclusive-hezbollah-leader-captured-in-ikoyi-operation/

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Concerned Citizens/

Sometimes things that need to be done are not done by those who ought to take action.

This is the case of Akaeze town, its people and the inadequate policing of the town.

Akaeze is a border town in Ivo LGA of Ebonyi State with external borders with Enugu State via Okpanku and Abia State via Ugwueke, Item, Mkporo.

This places Akaeze in a strategic position of economic and social importance within Ebonyi State and other states.

Almost every conceivable activity thrives in Akaeze, yet the town has no Federal and state government presence especially those that will guarantee the safety of lives, businesses and properties and for these reasons cannot attract other allied developmental projects that make for a robust economy and life.

Akaeze has no Federal tertiary institution, parastatals, Government Ministries, Electricity, good interstate connecting roads, industries etc.
Of utmost importance and that which this article seeks to address is the non-existence of Police patrol visibility and presence and adequate policing of the town as its strategic location suggests and should attract.

Dating from pre-Biafra war and post-Biafra war till date, Akaeze has only a Police post manned by less than five policemen till date. For this and other reasons, no meaningful progress and development has been going on in the town.

1. Banks have rejected all efforts made to bring even one to operate in Akaeze citing...
Read more:https://www.newsmakerslive.org/akaeze-nigerias-crime-infested-town-where-banks-policemen-fear-to-go/

Darkness Falls When an Angel Met a Devil on Facebook …Crime Scene Sold to Cover Murder

The Chief Detective/
https://thechiefdetective.com/2020/06/05/darkness-falls-when-an-angel-met-a-devil-on-facebook-crime-scene-sold-to-cover-murder/

Rasaq AbdulKareem/

Oil and water don’t mix, but relationship on Facebook don’t follow that rule always.

In fact, such rule didn’t come into play when a 55-year-old devoted Christian widow, Janet Nnenna Ogbonnaya struck a friendship with a 38-year-old devil incarnate, Johnson Emmanuel, on Facebook.


The Devil and the Angel: The late Janet Ogbonnaya, left, and Johnson Emmanuel
Janet, a mother of five and member of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria in Abuja, had 691 friends on Facebook.

According to the police, she got up-close and personal with Johnson and trusted him enough to pay him a visit.

It was a journey of no return.

Johnson had other plans besides friendship, and he clinically executed his evil plot.

Janet, a native of Ozuitem in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State who was fond of posting Christian messages on Social Media, made her last Facebook post on May 9. She was found missing five days after, along with her Toyota Highlander SUV.

While the family was making all efforts to find her, they received calls from Janet’s mobile phone.

But she was not the person at the other end.

Those who called with her line identified themselves as kidnappers.

They wanted N5million to set their captive free.

When the police received the report, they opened a case file on kidnapping.

Efforts to solve the mystery of Janet’s disappearance paid off when the Police Intelligence Response Unit led by DCP Abba Kyari deployed technology to track her mobile phone.

The trail led detectives to a community 733 kilometres away from Abuja where Janet had gone missing. It is a community in the Eastern Heartland, Imo State, known as Isiekenesi, at Ideato Local Government Area. That kept hope alive that Janet would be brought back home soon.

Read More:https://thechiefdetective.com/2020/06/05/darkness-falls-when-an-angel-met-a-devil-on-facebook-crime-scene-sold-to-cover-murder/

NewsmakersNG/
Members of the public have been called upon to help find a missing woman identified as Bukola Ogunlana.

According to a missing person poster now in circulation, 42-year-old Bukola Ogunlana was last seen on May 8, at River Valley Estate, Ojodu-Berger, Ogun State. She has black eyes, black short hair, 5’1 in height and she speaks English and Yoruba fluently.
Read more:https://www.newsmakerslive.org/bukola-is-missing-lets-find-her/

The Chief Detective/

Kikelomo Kolawole/

A Lebanese man who advertised his Nigerian made for sale on Facebook has been arrested by security agents in Lebanon.

Wael Jerro caused an uproar on social media when he posted the passport and qualities of the maid and placed a $1000 price on her head.

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) confirmed Jerro’s arrest in a tweet on Thursday, a day after Lebanese authorities condemned the incident after receiving complaints from the Nigerian Mission in Lebanon.
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