Eko Hot Blog reports that retired Justice Muhammad Dattijo‘s official quarters at the Supreme Court, located in the Maitama district of Abuja, were burgled during the Christmas holidays in December 2023. According to SaharaReporters, sources revealed that the residence was thoroughly robbed, with the burglars reportedly “taking everything from the house.” One of the source … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports the Benue State police command has given an update on the bank robbery and attacks on a police station in Otukpo, Benue State on Friday. According to the command, police operatives intercepted and killed two of the armed robbers. EDITOR’S PICKS List Of Judges To Hear Atiku, Obi’s Appeals Against Tinubu‘s … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Lagos State residents have been alerted as some desperate robbers have now adopted a new method to steal people’s cars. This online media platform gathered that one of the suspects involved in the evil act has been arrested, and is currently being interrogated by the state police command. EDITOR’S PICKS … Read more
EkoHotBlog reports that some armed robbers invaded the palace of the Emir of Minna, Alhaji Umar Farouk Bahago, on Tuesday evening, shooting two guards. According to reports, one of the staff of the palace who was sent to the bank to get some cash was trailed by the gunmen who drove in a private car. … Read more
Robbers Attack Church, Injure 2, Rob Others In Kogi EKO HOT BLOG reports that armed robbers on Saturday attacked New Life Gospel Church, Sarikinoma, a suburb of Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. The robbers in their tens were said to have come in at the early hours of the day and met some elders … Read more
Robbers have attacked comic act Hafiz Oyetoro’s home EKO HOT BLOG reports that the home of comic actor Hafiz Oyetoro was attacked on Monday by armed robbers. EDITOR’S PICK Sanwo-Olu Allays Residents’ Fear, Directs Security Agencies On Vigilance Level Lagos Gets Special Operations Team To Boost Enforcement Activities Lagos To Partner UNHCR On … Read more
It was gathered that the robbers, numbering about eight, attacked off campus students in areas such as School 2 and Deuteronomy The robbers were said to have raped female students and left with valuables EDITOR’S PICK APC Ticket: Tinubu, Amaechi At War Over 3, 000 Statutory Delegates 2023: Ngige To Make Position On Tuesday After … Read more
The Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of gunshot Act 2017, provides that every Hospital, public or private shall receive for treatment, with or without police clearance, with or without monetary deposit, persons with gunshot wounds, and criminalizes contravention Victims of gunshot injuries were being refused treatment by hospitals, as a result of a misinterpretation … Read more
Panic has gripped UI students as robbers killed one. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Students of the University of Ibadan (UI) living at hostels off the campus as well as residents of areas adjoining the university are in fear as armed robbers shot dead a commercial motorcyclist in the area. Scores of armed robbers earlier … Read more
Armed robbers have attacked travellers in Osun. EKO HOT BLOG reports that armed robbers have attacked travellers in Osu/Ondo Express way in Osun state. It was gathered that the J15 vehicle which was coming from Lagos State with 2 passengers inside with full load of valuables was attacked at Osu Express way. Read Also: Concerns In … Read more
Also, the suspect stated further that he and his gang attacked another victim one Idowu Ademiluyi at Itori area and snatched his Toyota Corolla car, having matcheted him to the point of death. Detectives of the Ogun state police command have arrested four members of a gang who specialized in robbing and killing POS and … Read more
Ms. Ibrahim was murdered at her Point-Of-Sale shop located in the Oke Ogba area of Akure South. The Ondo State Police Commmand has paraded members of an armed robbery gang that robbed and killed six persons including two PoS operators and two Filling Station attendants in Akure, the state capital. The leader of the gang, Banjo … Read more
Another source privy to security information around the area disclosed that the robbers took Ada/Igbajo road and tried to connect Imesi-Ile to escape to Ekiti State when a hunter blocked them in a forest in Igbajo and forced them to abandon their vehicles. Eyewitnesses have said that robbers who attacked two commercial banks in Iree … Read more
“I have always seen them walking in this vicinity aimlessly suspecting that they might be thieves,” he said. Robbers who specialise in robbing offices around Government House Awka were caught as they tried to forcefully rape a septuagenarian they met in a compound that they visited. While the suspects were ransacking the premises occupied … Read more
“The two and other gang members now at large” Hours after the successful operation that saw them dispossess hapless travellers of their valuables, two highway robbers in Osun state have been arrested after they were identified by one of the victims they robbed earlier in the day. Commissioner of Police in Osun, Olawale Olokode, confirmed the … Read more
Oyeyemi noted that the arrest of the suspected robbers followed a distress call received by the police in Ajuwon from residents of Iju Aga area of Ajuwon at about 1:45 am that armed hoodlums numbering about six have invaded the area and dispossessing innocent members of the community of their valuables.
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Force have arrested three suspected armed robbers at a crime scene in Iju-Aga, Ajuwon, Ifo Local Government Area of the state. The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi said this in a statement on Sunday. The three suspects who are identified as, Samuel Sunday, 20, Adeleke Mustapha, … Read more
The office complex of the deputy governor of Adamawa State, Crowther Seth, has been burgled and valuables carted away. It was gathered that the deputy governor’s office was burgled four times in two months, leading to the loss of three television sets, one window-sized air conditioner among other valuables. A senior administrative officer in the … Read more
It was a sigh of relief for residents of Ejigbo, Isheri Oshun and Ijegun areas of Lagos after the Police from Ejigbo Division led by the DPO, CSP Olabisi Okuwobi busted some teenage robbers terrorizing people in the area during operation. P.M.EXPRESS reports that the suspects namely Adeleye Jacob, 18, Segun Adebiyi, 18, Olaiya Oladimeji, … Read more
Residents of Igando and Ikotun have been keeping vigils in the past few days to ward off robbers who reportedly went from house to house. Some group of teenagers who allegedly robbed Ikotun were nabbed yesterday and they pleaded for mercy as they were tortured. This comes one day after Iyana-Ipaja residents in Lagos experienced … Read more