By Chidi Nkwopara – Owerri Unidentified gunmen reportedly kidnapped a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Valentine Oluchukwu Ezeagu, who was on his way to his Aguata, Anambra State, ancestral home, for his father’s burial. Vanguard also gathered that the priest was kidnapped at Umulolo, Arondizuogu, Ideato North local council area of Imo State, on the Okigwe-Uga […]

By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar The Cross River State Police Command at the weekend arrested four persons including a 20-year-old for murder and armed robbery. The four suspected robbers who attacked their victim and killed him in the process were apprehended after carrying a manhunt based on credible intelligence. Vanguard learned that the tragic incident […]

The Police Command in Benue says it has arrested Mr Jeremiah Nnamdi, a student of Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi (FUAM) over the alleged killing of an associate professor at the institution, Karl Kwaghger. This is contained in a statement on Saturday by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Catherine Anene. NAN reports that the university don […]

By Chidi Nkwopara – Owerri Angry reactions have continued to trail gruesome massacre of over 43 rice farmers in Zabarmari community, Jere Local Government Area of Borno State. Reacting to the incident, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Imo State, Sir Chimezie Nwalozie, said: “It is part of our nature sometimes, as […]

***Our targets were owners of flashy cars —Suspected kidnappers By Ifeanyi Okolie Three suspects, Isaac Michael, Leera Barisua and Tigidam Bright, have been arrested by operatives of the Force Intelligence Response Team, IRT, for masterminding the kidnapping of the wife of the leader of a pressure group, Conscience of Ogoni People, COOP, Chief Gani Topba, […]

The Police Command in Kebbi has rescued a 52-year-old man from suspected kidnappers in Jega Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), DSP, Nafi’u Abubakar, stated this in a statement made available in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday. Abubakar said that on Dec. 2, around 3 am., a gang of suspected […]

…he was serving in Borno – PRO By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar There was pandemonium in the early hours of Wednesday when the body of an Assistant Commissioner of Police serving in No.73 PMF Squadron, Magumeri, Borno state, ACP Egbe Eko Edum which was reportedly hacked to death in Calabar, Cross River State Capital by […]

A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that a 27-year-old mechanic, Adamu Isah, be remanded in a correctional facility over alleged culpable homicide. The police charged Isah, who resides at Kawo in Kaduna State, with culpable homicide. The Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel, who did not take the plea of the accused, ordered the police to […]

By Ifeanyi Okolie Residents of Rumuodogbo community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State can now sleep with their eyes closed, as operatives of the Force Intelligence Response Team, IRT, have arrested three members of a notorious kidnap gang terrorizing the community and Port Harcourt city. Vanguard gathered that the suspects, Uzoma Amandi, Uburize […]

The police in Oyo State have confirmed the arrest of two suspects allegedly linked with the roasting and eating of the flesh of police officers burnt in Ibadan during #EndSARS protest. Police Spokesman at the Oyo State Command, SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, confirmed the arrest of the suspects on Saturday in Ibadan in an interview with […]