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A mob in Haiti’s capital beat and burned 13 suspected gang members to death on Monday, police and witnesses said. The alleged gang members were reportedly beaten with gasoline-soaked tires and set alight after police seized them and were searching their vehicle. The brutality underscores the extremely turbulent nature of Port-au-Prince, where criminal gangs control more than half of the…
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A lady identified as Annie Ofili has been arrested by the Lagos state police command for allegedly stabbing her friend, Glory Okon, to death at her residence at Greenville Estate, Badore, in Ajah area of the state, IGBERETV reports. According to an eyewitness, an argument ensued between the friends which degenerated into a scuffle after Okon visited…
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A Director at the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Olalekan Onikoyi, has been accused of ordering his house help to unleash dogs on his wife, Mrs. Emily Onikoyi at their home in Fadeyi Street, Igbogbo, Ikorodu, Lagos. MEZIESBLOG learnt that the couple has been having unending marital issues for years and that the man recently…
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• Says He Couldn’t Resist Victims’ unclothedness The scene was that of shock at the headquarters of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, otherwise known as Amotekun Corps in Akure, Ondo State capital when a 16-year-old boy was paraded over alleged rape. To the bewilderment of many at the operational base of the corps, the teenager, who…
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The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has ordered the reorganization of the Force Cybercrime Units for effectiveness and efficiency. Baba said the decision would ensure a formidable front against cyber-related offences contained in the Cybercrime Prevention Act, 2015. Departments hitherto investigating cybercrimes will henceforth operate under the Force National Cybercrime Centre. The centre is domiciled…
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The Lagos State Police Command has detained two of the eight domestic workers of Nigerian singer David Adeleke aka Davido, invited for questioning over the death of his three-year-old son, Ifeanyi Adeleke. MEZIESBLOG learnt that the two domestic staff detained are Ifeanyi’s nanny and cook as police begin the autopsy plan. Lagos State police spokesperson,…
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Two police officers were stabbed as they patrolled in Leicester Square in central London early on Friday morning. The Metropolitan Police said the incident, which took place around 6 a.m., was not believed to be linked to terrorism. The two officers were attacked by a man, who was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm and assaulting…
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A judge in Las Vegas denied bail to Clark County’s public administrator on Thursday after his arrest for the murder of an investigative reporter who had written news articles exposing complaints of wrongdoing by the official. Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles faces one count of murder with the use of a deadly weapon, according…
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No fewer than 243 soldiers in the North-East and other theatres of operation have applied to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen General Faruk Yahaya, for voluntary retirement. The action comes amid worsening security challenges the military is currently combating in most parts of the country. The soldiers, drawn from various formations of the…
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The Nigeria Police, Sokoto State Command has said that its men and officers are still looking for the suspected killers of the female Christian student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel, who was brutally murdered by Muslim extremists. Deborah was stoned to death and her body was burnt in May this year…
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The school board of Uvalde, Texas, voted Wednesday unanimously to fire district Police Chief Pete Arredondo, CNN reported. The decision came one month after a report detailed “egregiously poor” decisions by authorities during the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, where 19 children and two teachers were killed by 18-year-old Salvador Ramos. Arredondo did not…
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The Ogun State Police Command has raised an alarm that a yet-to-be-identified serial killer is currently on the prowl in the Remo axis of the State. Remo is located in the Ogun East Senatorial District, consisting of Sagamu, Ikenne and Remo North Local Government Areas of Ogun. Recently, a female student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic…
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A 34-year-old alleged serial thief, Ifeanyi Odieze Ezenagu, who is currently being investigated by policemen attached to Surulere Division, Lagos State Police Command has revealed that he lures, drugs, and robs women who go on a blind date with him. Ifeanyi who has no fixed address disclosed that since he ventured into this crime he…
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A kitchen supply shop in a Cambridgeshire village has been forced to close after a police car crashed into its storefront during a ‘high speed pursuit’. Ramsey Kitchens on High Street, Ramsey, say they will be closed “for a while” in the wake of the collision shortly after 12am on Tuesday, August 2. Ashley Underwood,…
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A retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Operations), Philemon Leha, in this interview, shares his experience as the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State during the tenure of former Governor Peter Obi. How is life in retirement and how are you coping? In principle, one is supposed to be resting, but I have a few things…
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A top Texas law enforcement official said that there were enough armed police officers wearing body armor to stop the late May shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas three minutes after it began. But instead, it took about an hour and 14 minutes from when officers arrived at the school towhen they breached…
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