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 […]
Kidnapping: Katsina resident foil attack, kill gang member
Residents of Unguwar Bello in Kafur local government area of Katsina State have succeeded in foiling an attempt by suspected kidnappers to kidnap one of their own in the area and in the process killing a member of the gang.
Gunmen abduct five-day-old baby, police detain father
A five-day-old baby allegedly abducted in their home in Ijagbe commmunity, Mopa-Muro Local Government Area, Kogi, is yet to be found 10 days after the incident.
How 6 hour-old baby was sold for N850,000 in Imo
The Imo state police command has paraded one Mrs Chinonye Oparaocha, 23-year-old, alongside other suspects for allegedly selling her six hours old baby boy to the tune of N850,000, shortly after delivery at a hospital along Nekede road in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo state.
3 in court for impersonating King Sunny Ade to defraud public
The police on Wednesday arraigned three persons in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly using the name of Afro-Juju icon, Sunday Adegeyi (aka King Sunny Ade KSA) to swindle members of the public to the tune of N3.1million
We collected N5m ransom to release Lagos Fire Director — Suspects
Two suspects, allegedly involved in the recent kidnap of Lagos State Fire Service Director, Mr Rasaki Musibau and six others, had confessed collecting N5 million ransom before releasing them.
Man waylays, rapes 5-year-old girl in Imo
The absence of the presiding magistrate of Oke-Ovoro, Aboh Mbaise Magistrate Court, Mrs J. I. Austin-Okeke, Thursday, stalled the arraignment of Mr Ekeoma Ndudirichi, who allegedly raped a five-year-old nursery pupil (names withheld).
Hotel guest bags jail term for stealing from other guests
A Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday sentenced one Emmanuel Obinna, 20, to one-year imprisonment for stealing a cell phone, wristwatch and N13, 000 cash from other guests at a hotel.
Police arrest 3 suspected internet fraudsters for impersonating Sunny Ade
Three suspected internet fraudsters that allegedly impersonated music maestro, King Sunny Ade, and fleeced unsuspecting members of the public of over N3.1 million have been arrested by the police in Lagos.
Breaking: EFCC arrests 7 Lagos ‘Yahoo boys’, seizes 2 cars, 7 laptops, 6 phones
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, has arrested seven suspected Internet fraudsters for offences bordering on conspiracy, possession of fraudulent documents, attempt to obtain money under false pretences and obtaining money under false pretences.
Residents in Imo, fall on each other to scoop Kerosene from a fallen tanker
Scores of residents were seen yesterday falling on each other to scoop kerosene from a tanker that fell along Portharcourt road at the Hospital junction in Owerri, Imo state.
