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 […]
Court jails three internet fraudsters in Enugu
Justice I.N Buba of the Federal High Court, Enugu, Enugu State on Monday, March 15, 2021 convicted and sentenced two internet fraudsters, Ferdinand Chikelu Iloka, and Chidera Oleka, to one year imprisonment each on separate one count bordering on internet fraud. The duo were charged with impersonation and using fake social media accounts to obtain […]
Police arrest suspected cultists, one chance robbers in Abuja
The FCT Police Command has arrested five (5) suspects for cultism and one chance robbery along Gwagwa and Lugbe axis, Airport road. Amongst the suspects are: one Peter Ajari 24years, Gideon John 28years and Emmanuel Agwu 26years arrested by Police Operatives from Gwagwa Division during routine patrol on Friday 12th March,2021. The suspects confessed to […]
Reign of terror in Onitsha as daredevil gangs unleash mayhem
•Extort, batter, dehumanize brazenly •Intimidate, harass, subject motorists, passers-by to untold hardship •Create gridlocks for daylight robbery •Victims allege government complicity By Chimaobi Nwaiwu – Onitsha The commercial city of Anambra state is indeed something else. Beyond commercial activities, particularly buying and selling which it is known for, the bustling city can conveniently be said […]
Kidnapping: Delta Police boss vows to wield big stick against officers-in-charge of kidnap spots
***Says no room for human rights abuse Commissioner of Police, Delta state, Muhammed Ari Ali is, certainly, a tested and trusted crime fighter. He has served in virtually all the volatile parts of the country including Lagos state where he succeeded in fighting criminals to a standstill as a Deputy Commissioner of Police in-charge of […]
27-yr-old man kills 38-yr-old commercial sex worker he planned to marry
***She was my lover, never meant to kill her – suspect By Evelyn Usman The shout for help from an apartment at 11, Abuja street, Alaba Rago, off Mile 2 Badagry expressway, Lagos jostled residents who rushed to know what was happening. Writhing in pain was 38-year-old Chinyere Orji, with a sharp object later discovered […]
Mother of two allegedly runs over woman with car, dumps corpse in dump site
***I was confused — suspect By Evelyn Usman She rushed out of her car, after bringing it to an abrupt halt, to behold the horrifying sight of a woman lying on the walkway, motionless. She was alleged to have hit the victim with her car. There was a commotion as commuters and passers-by rushed to […]
End of the road for POS robbers after killing victims in Aba
By Ifeanyi Okolie Seven members of a notorious armed robbery and kidnapping gang which specialized in robbing and killing Point of Sale, POS, operators, in Aba Town, Abia State, have been arrested by operatives of the Force Intelligence Response Team, IRT in Abia State. Vanguard gathered that the suspects who were identified as Basil Macdonald, […]
Police arrest 101 kidnappers, other suspects within two weeks in Kano
By Bashir Bello Kano State Police Command on Friday says it has arrested no fewer than 101 suspects in connection with kidnapping and other various criminal offences in the state. The Commissioner of Police, CP Sumaila Dikko stated this while parading the suspects in the Bompai police command headquarters in Kano. CP Dikko said the […]
NDLEA recovers 27 assault rifles in Niger
**Destroys 5 hectares of cannabis farm in Ondo State By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Niger State Command have recovered 27 new rifles from two suspects during a routine stop and search operation in Kontagora area of the state. The suspects; Danjuma Auta, 35, and Daniel Danrangi, […]
NDLEA uncovers N1.4b worth cannabis warehouse, intercepts truckload of illicit drug in Benue
By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has again uncovered a warehouse of illicit cannabis sativa in the suburb of Guma local government area and intercepted a truckload of the same illicit drug both in Benue state. Recall that the agency last week arrested seven drug barons operating four large […]
