Tragedy occurred recently at Oregun in Ikeja, Lagos when a 60- year- old woman lost her life while trying to settle a fight between her son and their next door neighbour.
…Says ‘Our case is not peculiar, Senators steal as well’
There was mild drama Monday at the premises of State Criminal Investigations Department, Panti, Yaba, Lagos when a robbery suspect boldly confronted reporters as he was being paraded with his partners in crime.
ONE of the suspects paraded by the Public Relations Officer of the 4 Mechanized Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Captain Rose Managbe, Kennedy Eromosele Friday in Benin said he smokes Indian hemp because it makes him to eat well.
The family of the slain Christopher Ejike Onah, (Popularly called Papa Nsukka) was further thrown into deeper mourning when one of the suspects to the murder, Okwudili Agu, gave a chilling but detailed account of how the human rights activist, Chief Onah was killed.
A 30-year-old robbery suspect, Ejike Nkennachor shocked police detectives recently in Lagos when he boldly narrated how he masterminded a prison break at the Maximum Prisons, Shagamu, Ogun State, to form a notorious robbery gang that specializes in snatching exotic cars. The stocky-black suspect from Asaba, Delta state went further to state that he was frustrated with the slow nature of justice in the judiciary and that was why he encouraged other inmates to join him in breaking out of the prison.
Police detectives investigating the gruesome murder of Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Chinwike Asadu, may soon come out with startling revelations that will shock the nation over the circumstances that surrounded his death. Unconfirmed police sources in Abuja and Enugu told Crime Alert that, “We are making progress seriously.
An Ebute-Meta Magistrate’s court in Lagos, has remanded a 54- year-old man, Mr. Nojeem Aderibigbe, in prison custody over alleged murder of his 41-year-old secret lover. The deceased, Mrs. Idowu Olatunji, a contract staff (cleaner) with the Ministry of Justice, Lagos, was reportedly murdered on 30 July, 2012, at Aderibigbe’s residence situated at 12, Kibishile Street, Papa Ashafa area of Agege, Lagos.
In what is turning out to be a tragi-comedy, the public hearing on the investigation into the murder of Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde, the late Principal Private Secretary to Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, revealed a gaping hole in the police investigation. Pitched against the report by the Department of State Security, DSS, the state government and civil society organizations are seeking to understand why the police are parading some persons different from those arrested by the DSS for the same crime. Worse still, the persons the police are holding responsible for the crime were, according to their own records in the cell, just as the alleged weapon used in the dastardly act was also in the custody of the police. This is the report of the public hearing.
There was stampede recently at the popular Katsina/Ala street , Makurdi town, when two armed men on a motorbike waylaid a man later discovered to be the cashier of Makurdi local government council (name withheld), carting away over N6million.
A randy senior staff of University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State (name withheld), was recently caught pants down making love to another man’s wife in his bedroom. Heaven was let loose when an Akwa Ibom state indigene in the University town stumbled on an ugly sight of another man and his wife making love right inside his bedroom.
There was stampede recently at the popular Katsina/Ala street , Makurdi town, when two armed men on a motorbike waylaid a man later discovered to be the cashier of Makurdi local government council (name withheld), carting away over N6million.
For some time now, a hotel in Makurdi area of Benue state(name withheld), has been witnessing an unprecedented crowd, majority of whom were youths between ages 18 and 22.
Controversy has begun to trail the death of a commercial sex worker in a brothel on Empire street, Mushin, Lagos, with the police yet to unravel the circumstances surrounding the tragedy.
A group under the aegis of Ushongo Elders Forum in Benue state, has urged the Benue State Police Command to investigate and bring to book masterminds of the recent arson attack on the Minority Whip of the State House of Assembly,Hon. Terkimbi Ikyange, by yet- to- be identified arsonists.
Barely five days after the alleged gruesome murder of Nsukka-based human right crusader and politician, Christopher Ejike Onah at his Agbani Nguru Nsukka residence by unknown men in the university town of Nsukka, Enugu state, the chairman, Nsukka Local Government, Mr. Tony Okechi Ugwu bared his mind on the security situation in the town.
The Chairman, Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), Nsukka urban, Chief Anthony Ozo- Onwuemelie spoke on the security situation in Nsukka.
24-year-old Ibrahim Shoheeb, is recently cooling his heels at the State Criminal Investigation Department(SCID) Yaba, Lagos, following his arrest by members of the Lagos State Neighborhood Watch at Oto Awori community.
Policemen attached to Bariga Division, yesterday, stormed a robbery gang’s hideout in Bariga area, arresting a suspected member of the gang, said to be operating in Army uniform.
A 60-year-old man,Kolawole Alamutu, who allegedly impersonated a lawyer, yesterday appeared before an Ojokoro Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.
Two young men,Dare Adekunle (22) and Ismaila Bankole (30), were yesterday remanded in prison custody for allegedly killing one 16-year-old Ikechukwu Ijeoma during a robbery operation.
The Joint Task Force, JTF, of 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Benin has handed over 18 suspected oil thieves to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for further investigation and possible prosecution.
The Benue State Police Command, weekend, arrested 10 suspected robbers in Makurdi, including a three-man syndicate led by a dismissed naval officer (name withheld) who specialized in duping innocent members of the public in the guise of recruiting the victims into the Nigerian Navy.
Barely a month after,another tragic incident took place. This time around, it happened at Agbani village inside Nsukka main town. A frontline human rights crusader and politician, Christopher Onah popularly called. Papa Nsukka was hacked to death in front of his residence.
Barely five days after the alleged gruesome murder of Nsukka-based human right crusader and politician, Christopher Ejike Onah at his Agbani Nguru Nsukka residence by unknown men in the university town of Nsukka, Enugu state, the chairman, Nsukka Local Government, Mr. Tony Okechi Ugwu bared his mind on the security situation in the town.
Palpable fear has gripped residents of the University town of Nsukka and its environs following massive killings recorded in the past two months in the area. Reports said before the latest brutal attacks and killing of some prominent indegenes of the area, pockets of criminal activities and kidnapping were recorded.
FORTY-FIVE year old David Adebalogun, was popularly known as oba, meaning king in English language. He was called oba because he was considered the best well driller in and around Abule-Egba area of Lagos, a means he used to fend for his family until the unexpected happened recently.
When they struck, the initial conclusion was that these were members of the Jamaatul Ahjlil Sunna lidawati wal Jihad, otherwise known as Boko Haram, who had just some 48hours earlier agreed to a ceasefire. However, Sunday Vanguard investigations reveal that these are thieves that have taken over an entire emirate covering Kaduna, Katsina and Zamfara States.
Nasarawa State commissioner of police, Mr Akerele Abayomi, speaks on the ethnic clashes in the state that allegedly claimed 12,500 lives in four villages.
…As Idoma farmers and Fulani herdsmen conflict claims three lives
Nobody envisaged that a usually peaceful annual hunting festival of Otukpo clans would degenerate into a bloody conflict between Idoma farmers and Fulani herdsmen in Otukpo, an area of Benue state that hardly records such unfortunate incidents in the history of the state.
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