If only he had listened to the plea of his wife after returning from an all night wake keep that he should retire to bed for some rest, perhaps the tragic shooting that claimed his life would have been averted and his heart broken wife would not have been turned into a widow at her young age and left to cater for their six old child.
… Uses petrol tankers, camels to convey arms
DETERMINED to consolidate and perpetrate their reigns of terror in the northern states of the country against all known security apparatus put in place by the federal government, members of the Islamic fundamentalist sect otherwise known as Boko Haram, now move their arms and ammunition from one state to another in petrol tankers. Crime Guard authoritatively scooped that the group also uses designated mosques as their armory.
Twenty-year-old Mike Aghanenu had a tall dream. He aspired to become an engineer some day. Thus, after his secondary school education at Havanna College, Igando, Lagos State, in 2009 where he got the required results to further his studies, he wrote the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examination (JAMB), test in 2010.
Sefiu Eleledu village, located off Lagos/Ibadan expressway, is predominately known for manufacturing. But behind this trait are criminal activities perpetrated by some individuals, which, until recently, was, unknown to the villagers. Thus, the villagers were shocked when, on Monday, mobile and conventional policemen, acting on a tip off, stormed the village.
Domestic violence is as old as man. It often occurs in the privacy of the home. Because a man’s home is often referred to and regarded as his “castle”, whatever a man does within the privacy of the home has often escaped the scrutiny of the public, yet it persists.
The arrow of God is no longer at ease and things have fallen apart in the household of an Enugu herbalist who is married to 48 wives and blessed with about 200 children some of whom are born again Christians.
Residents of Alimosho area of Lagos State will now have to sleep with their eyes closed following the arrest of three members of a notorious gang of buglers who have been terrorizing homes and shops in the area for a long time.
The handle of that traveling suitcase of yours can be used to conceal cocaine!
Those cans of tomato paste you are to deliver to a friend’s cousin abroad could actually contain heroine!
That starched guinea brocade you are required to give your friend’s big uncle abroad may have been treated with cocaine and local starch. These sound strange but they are true stories of how Nigerians are attempting to beat the anti-narcotic officers at ports of exit and entry in Nigeria.
The new Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Umar Abubakar Manko, is no doubt, a silent operator. A well groomed operational officer with long years of exposure in the ‘battle field ‘ of fighting crime and criminals, Umar Manko has traversed virtually all nooks and cranny of the country and beyond, doing the job he knows how to do best.
Sholani street, Igando a Lagos suburb is noted for its serene and peaceful atmosphere where commercial and social activities thrive unhindered. But the situation turned awry and dramatic Tuesday, March 20,2012 after a man rushed out from a canteen and raised an alarm on discovering that his motorbike had disappeared from where it was parked.
Tears flowed freely Tuesday March 13, 2012 at the Oke-odo village situated between Olokopupa and Ajibawo Community, along Idiroko, Ogun State, following the killing of a clergy man, identified as Pastor David Ogbolu and a yet to be identified 7 year-old school boy by an armed gang said to be working for an unnamed land grabber.
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Life may never remain the same again for 26-year-old Elizabeth Bassey, following the tragic incident that resulted in her losing her right hand. The mother of one is currently battling hard to adjust to her present condition as she tries to use her left hand to do everything . Presently, she covers her amputated right hand with a scarf, apparently to avoid causing a stare.
Uncertainty has continued to trail the two-months old Ebonyi communal clashes which first occurred in 2008 and resurfaced at the end of 2011, claiming no fewer than 100 lives with properties worth millions of naira destroyed. Palpable fear is still boldly written on the faces of those living in the vicinity and motorists plying the area.
