A building materials merchant in Olo community, Enugu State who was kidnapped by a yet-to-be identified gunmen alongside his maternal brother who just came back from Europe, has reportedly been strangled to death by his abductors.

A 30-year-old security guard, Charles Olise, has been arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court over alleged forgery and impersonation. Olise, who was docked before Magistrate Dan Oni is facing a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery and impersonation.

Saturday, May 4, 2013 made it one year since the Principal Private Secretary to Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde, was murdered by unknown gunmen at his residence in Ugbor, GRA, Benin-City. He was shot dead in the presence of his wife, Funke. Sadly, investigations into the killing are puzzling. The Department of State Security (DSS) linked his death to armed robbery that went awry but the police declared it was pure assassination.

A suspected drug trafficker, Onedigbo Chibueze, narrowly escaped death recently in Lagos after he failed to excrete a wrap of cocaine which he inserted into his anus while trying to smuggle illicit drugs to Pakistan. The suspect was arrested alongside one other, Akwaeze Anthony, at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, when operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, during routine screening of Qatar Airline flight spotted and apprehended them.

HELL was let loose recently in Lagos when a 30-year-old man identified as Kehinde Akinpelu ran amok, armed with a sharp knife, threatening to kill anybody at sight. The incident which took place at Oloja area of Bariga in Lagos made people living in the street to scamper for safety in different directions.

MARKET leaders in Anambra State, under the aegis of Anambra State Markets Stakeholders and Elders Forum (AMSEF), have vowed to protect traders in the state against all forms of extortion, intimidation, harassment and manipulations from anybody, organization or groups, no matter how highly placed. They said they must do this against all odds.

KIDNAPPERS, last week, invaded Olo Community in Ezeagu local government area,Enugu state and abducted a young man that just returned from Europe together with his maternal brother.

The Nwagwu and Ihekwoaba families have expressed worry that “there is still no clue” to the where about of their bread winners, Barrister Dan Nwagwu and Architect Emenike Ihekwoaba, several months after they were kidnapped and held hostage by their abductors.

A 31-year-old cook, Amoussou Eusebe, was Tuesday arraigned before an Ebute-Meta Magistrate’s Court in Lagos, for allegedly stealing jewelry valued at N14.5million, property of his employer.

The police in Ojodu-Berger, Lagos, last week, arrested an estate agent identified as Laitan Oladeji, 40, for allegedly swindling about 200 prospective tenants of about N60 million. The suspect reportedly collected the sum from the prospective tenants as rent for two buildings located at Bashiru and Jide Taiwo streets in Ojodu Berger area of the state.

A YOUNG graduate, Mrs Bilkis Orebe, has told an Oshodi Customary Court in Lagos that her husband, Mr Olakunle Orebe, has been carrying her two-year-old son to different hotels at night. Pleading with the court to dissolve her union with her husband, Bilkis also said that he (respondent) always lock her and her baby out of the house.

A 40-year-old estate agent,Laitan Oladeji, has been arrested by policemen attached to Ojodu Berger division for allegedly swindling about 200 prospective tenants of about N60 Million in Lagos. The suspect reportedly collected the sum from the prospective tenants as rent for two buildings located at Bashiru and Jide Taiwo streets in Ojodu Berger area of the state.

A 53-year-old food vendor at the popular Ojuelegba park in Lagos simply identified as Madam Ganiyat, has cried out to relevant authorities over alleged threat to her life by a member of the NURTW Ojuelegba branch (name withheld) after she sued him for raping her daughter.

A 19-year-old boy, Eze David is presently struggling to convince the police at the Area A Command, Lagos over his culpability or otherwise following allegations of stealing telecommunication cables belonging to Nigerian Telecommunication Limited, NITEL. The dark-skinned teenager who left his home town in Abia State to learn music production in Lagos has been claiming that he had no intention of stealing but the police thinks otherwise.

Sadiq Adetumobi, 23 is currently cooling his heels at the State Criminal Investigations Department, SCID, over the recovery of stolen fabrics worth millions of naira in his possession.