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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

A legal practitioner and founder of Julius -Ajib Foundation, JAF, Julius Ajibulu, has said the increase in crime in Nigeria is a result of the dilapidating nature of many correctional centres.

By Evelyn Usman Controversy trailed the death of a 55-year-old woman, Mrs Eucharia Okonkwo, who died in a yet-to-be ascertained circumstance in her room at  6th Avenue, Market Side of  Festac Town, on April 28, 2021. Her family members are alleging that she could have died as a result of persistent verbal abuse and physical violence […]

By Evelyn Usman Her name is Favour. The last time she set her eyes on her mother was in December 2019, when she was barely five years old. With tears in her eyes, her mother hugged her, promising to come back for her.  Little Favour apparently thought her mother was just stepping out of their Ikorodu  […]

By Esther Onyegbula & Mary Benson Eighteen-year-old Segun Bakare, an auto mechanic apprentice, left his Showunmi, Mushin, Lagos abode about 9 am, on August 19, 2021, for his master’s workshop located in the heart of the densely populated Mushin area,  bidding his mother goodbye. This has been his practice for three years. But an incident that changed the entire […]

Demands N1bn damages By Ikechukwu Nnochiri 21-year-old Glory Okolie, who has been in detention since June 17 over her alleged relationship with members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and its militant wing, the Eastern Security Network, ESN, has dragged the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, to court. Aside from the IGP […]

A 24-year-old tailor, Lukman Mohammed, was on Tuesday remanded at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for alleged possession of a gun. The police charged Mohammed, who resides in Alabarajo, Ojo, Lagos State with a three-count charge of conspiracy, belonging to an unlawful society, and unlawful possession of firearms. The prosecutor, Insp. Mojirade Edeme, told the court […]

By Arogbonlo Israel The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has revealed that 9 internet fraudsters were arrested while raiding the apartment of a former BBNaija housemate, Dorathy Bachor. Recall that Dorathy had taken to social media to lambast the agency over its unprofessional conduct during the raid. Reacting, the EFCC in a statement obtained […]

By Evelyn Usman Two students of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ikwo, Ebonyi state, have narrated how some policemen attached to the Airport Command, Ikeja, Lagos,  allegedly extorted N40,000 from them, while on their way to board a flight back to school, last Saturday. The students: Michael Ekene Okonkwo and  Udo Chukwu Maduforo, were in […]

By Dayo Johnson – Akure Without showing any remorse, Stephen John, a farmer in Ore, Odigbo council area of Ondo state confidently said that he derived “so much pleasure raping old women in the farm”.  Stephen was arrested by police detectives in the state after he raped a lady, Fatima Yahaya who was sent on […]

The Police in Kogi have confirmed the arrest of one Mohammed Bako with two AK-47 rifles, a locally fabricated pistol and 41 rounds of ammunition. The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in the state, DSP Williams Aya, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Lokoja. Aya said Bako was intercepted […]