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 […]
B-I-Z-A-R-R-E Life of sodomy, murder, rape, drugs in Owerri Prison
His story was as bizarre as it was shocking. He was clamped into Owerri Federal Prisons early this year while awaiting trial for manslaughter. Luckily, he perfected his bail late last week after a very traumatic period in the prison. The 40-year-old suspect who gave a vivid account of the ugly sides of the federal facility appealed for strict anonymity in a no-hold-bared interview with Crime Guard. Excerpts:
Three babies, others slashed at child care center
Three babies among five slashed at New York child care center
Police recover 9,657 illegal firearms in nationwide mope up exercise
THE Nigeria Police said yesterday that it recovered a total of 9,657 illegal firearms and 26994 illegal ammunition in possession of suspected militias, bandits, armed herdsmen and farmers, vigilante groups, neighbourhood watch and other groups and individuals in the country.
Police confirm kidnap of Borno APC chairman’s 4-yr-old son
Borno Police Command on Thursday confirmed the kidnap of a four-year-old son of the Borno State Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Ali Bukar-Dalorin while in Maiduguri Capital School on Wednesday.
Robbers stab 2 to death in Edo
BENIN—TWO persons have been reported stabbed to death by robbers around Amenze Street and environs off Costain Road, New Benin, Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State.
AAU killings: Police arrest some suspects
EDO State Police Command has despatched a team of detectives from Benin City to the university town of Ekpoma to unravel the mystery surrounding the recent killing of students of Ambrose Alli University, AAU, Ekpoma, by suspected cultists at the Ihunmudumun area of the town.
Court strikes out controversial pregnancy case, as petitioner dies during labour
An Ibadan Customary Court sitting at Mapo Hill, yesterday, struck out a divorce case brought by a woman, following her death during labour.
2 men jailed for killing a woman over allegation that she was a witch
An FCT High Court sitting in Maitama on Thursday sentenced a manager with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Tanko Abubakar, and his friend Jika Shehu, to 30 years imprisonment each for murder.
Man docked for allegedly stabbing cyclist over N100 fare
A 25-year-old caterer, Raji Kazeem, was on Thursday brought before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly stabbing a cyclist over N100 fare.
Man, 28, remanded in prison for smashing man’s face with brick
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a man, Roxy Edebor, at Ikoyi Prison, Lagos, for allegedly smashing a brick on the face of a man.
