Anxiety in Benue as criminal gang of late militia kingpin, Gana embark on killings, kidnapping
•Youths raise alarm, send SOS to IGP•Reports say 66 victims recorded so far By Ifeanyi Okolie There is anxiety in Benue state following the resurgence of massive killings and abductions by criminals suspected to be remnants of the dreaded gang members of late militia leader, Terwase Akwaza alias Gana. The bloodletting has gotten to the […]
Mark Zuckerberg’s impostor, Jatto, others jailed for internet fraud in Ilorin
A 21 year-old internet fraudster, Jatto Sheriff Umar, who posed as the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, in order to defraud unsuspecting victims via online relationship, has been convicted and sentenced to prison for offences bordering on impersonation and cybercrime.
I will commit suicide if you don’t separate us – Man tells court
A 64-year old retired civil servant, Amos Akinlolu, has told a Grade ‘A’ Customary Court, sitting at Mapo, in Ibadan to put an end to his nearly three-decade old marriage.
Breaking: Bandits storm Kaduna seminary, kidnap students
Bandits on Monday night invaded St. Albert the Great Institute of Philosophy, a seminary belonging to the Catholic Church in Southern Kaduna and abducted students.
N544m Grass-cutting fraud: EFCC’s witness exonerates Babachir Lawal
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Thursday, presented a fourth prosecution witness against the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, where the witness said the ex-SGF was not involved in the award of the alleged N544 million Grass-cutting fraud.
LAGOS BRUTAL MURDER OF A POLICEMAN: As other officers took to their heels
More facts have emerged on the circumstances that led to the brutal killing of the police officer in charge of operations at the Lagos state police command headquarters, Ikeja, Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP, Kazeem Abonde, last Thursday, during a clash with commercial motorcyclists popularly called Okada at Ajao Estate, Lagos.
Father, daughter arrested for killing, burying son in Imo
By Emmanuel Iheaka – Owerri A man, Lambert Osondu and his daughter, Rachael Osondu, have been arrested by the police in Imo State for allegedly killing and burying their son, Chukwuebuka Osondu for allegedly being stubborn. Vanguard correspondent gathered that the incident happened on Tuesday at Umueze 2 in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of […]
Ijeshatedo killing: Killer cop dismissed, to face murder trial
By Evelyn Usman Sergeant Samuel Philips, the policeman who fired the shot that snuffed life out of a teenager in Ijeshatedo area of Lagos, two weeks ago, has been dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force. Recall that the policeman who was attached to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID Yaba and some of […]
Farmer kills brother for gossiping about him
By Evelyn Usman Twenty-seven-year old Livinus Michael Eweje is cooling his heels at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID, of the Ogun State Police Command, for allegedly killing his cousin during a fight in Oloru village. He is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison, except the court states otherwise. The course of […]
Lagos brutal murder of a policeman
By Emma Nnadozie More facts have emerged on the circumstances that led to the brutal killing of the police officer in charge of operations at the Lagos state police command headquarters, Ikeja, Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP, Kazeem Abonde, last Thursday, during a clash with commercial motorcyclists popularly called Okada at Ajao Estate, Lagos. It […]
Trigger-happy policeman shoots upcoming artist after performing in wedding reception
By Evelyn Usman I felt bullet hit me; I remember saying ‘Oga, you don kill person’ Victim Her line rang out at the first dial. By the time she picked it at the second try, she spoke in a raspy whisper, causing this reporter to strain her ears to hear her. Twenty-six-year-old Dignity Etukudo, an upcoming […]
