Category: Crime

…as agency launches manhunt for suspect The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has launched a manhunt for a Lekki Lagos-based notorious drug dealer, Sowunmi Ayodeji Kayode, who is now on the run after driving his luxury car to crush an NDLEA officer in his bid to escape arrest when operatives were on a search of his house last weekend. Anti-narcotics officers of the Agency had on Friday 18th August stormed the residence of the wanted drug dealer located at 2/3 Adetola Ayeni Close, Lekki, Lagos for a search and possible…

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A Medical Doctor identified as Dr. Uyi Iluobe, has been shot dead in a hospital in Delta state. Iluobe was murdered at his privately-owned hospital (Olive clinic) in the town of Oghara-eki. He was said to have been killed by relatives of a patient who died from a gunshot wound in the hospital. The incident happened on December 31, 2022 while everyone was busy with end of year preparations. Reacting to the incident, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) urged the National Assembly to criminalize violence against healthcare workers in the…

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An unnamed assistant superintendent of police (ASP) has fatally shot a female lawyer Bolanle Raheem in the Ajah area of Lagos. The incident happened on Sunday, causing pandemonium just as people were going about celebrating Christmas.  The police officer, who was with a team of other policemen, fled the scene. He was, however, caught and detained by the police. Mrs. Raheem was in a vehicle with members of her family when the suspect shot at them. A bullet was said to have hit the victim who was rushed to a…

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