By Chinenyeh Ozor Confusion, apprehension has engulfed Owerre EzeOrba community in Udenu local government area of Enugu State over the killing of a 17-year-old barber of the community that shares an adjourning boundary with the University of Nigeria, Nsukka main campus. The 17-year-old barber simply identified as Kelechi Onah was shot on the throat after […]

By Evelyn Usman Rampaging gunmen stormed a pharmaceutical store on 3rd avenue, Gwarimpa, Abuja, last Friday and shot its owner, Sunday Ike, to death. The gunmen thereafter zoomed off in the victim’s Toyota Camry car with plate number BS 286 KWL, before the arrival of policemen from the FCT command. The incident as gathered occurred […]

THERE was a national outcry, last week, after Anambra state billionaire, philantropist and CEO of Best Aluminum, Chief Pius Nweke was abducted and flown to Abuja by some policemen who alleged that he was in possession of a gun.

By Ifeanyi Okolie Five members of a notorious armed robbery and kidnap gang who had terrorised the people of Southern Taraba State, have been arrested by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT. Vanguard gathered that the suspects who were identified as Daniel Ihyar, Saheed Yakubu, Felix Agrema Teitase Nyenkwa […]

By  Evelyn Usman He paced from one end of the Ikotun market in Lagos, to the other, sweating profusely from the heat of the scourging sun.  He looked searchingly at some faces and peered into vacant shops with suspicion.  Some ladies ignored him, apparently thinking it was a lecherous gaze. Thereafter, he walked down to […]

By Emma Nnadozie Palpable anxiety has gripped residents of Okegbodo, a suburb of Ikorodu in Lagos state following reports that a 16-year-old apprentice was tortured to death inside a popular Celestial Church in their community. In fact, members of the community now restrict the movement of their children and diligently monitor every activity going on […]

…arrest woman for stabbing neighbour during fight By Evelyn Usman Eight local made pistols and other dangerous weapons were weekend recovered from self-confessed members of different confraternities that have been terrorising Ikorodu and its environs. They were arrested by Operatives of Special Strike Force on Social Miscreants that raided the cultists den in Ipakodo, Igbogbo, […]

…intercept vehicle with 20 bags of Indian hemp By Emem Idio – Yenogoa The Bayelsa State Police Command has paraded 17 suspected criminals for various criminal offences, and recovered arms and ammunition. State Police Commissioner, Nkereuwem Akpan, who paraded the criminals at the Command Headquarters, Ovom, Yenagoa, on Wednesday, said they compromised of 12 armed […]

By Theodore Opara The family of Mr. and Mrs Harrison Nwachukwu has been thrown into mourning, following the stealing of their 10-month old baby boy by a strange couple on Friday in Umuahia, Abia State. The shock has left the nursing mother acting strangely. Narrating how the child was stolen in is mother’s hair salon […]

The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has deployed additional investigation aids and forensic support to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of Miss Vera Omosuwa, a University of Benin (UNIBEN) student. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He said the deployment […]

Two policemen:  Theophilus Otobo, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP and  Inspector Oguntoba Olamigoke,  attached to Bariga Police Station in Lagos, have been arrested for firing the shot that snuffed life out of a teenager, along with Berger, by the Third Mainland bridge.

By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja The Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu has ordered the immediate posting and redeployment of Command Police Commissioners to nine states including Edo and Ondo states where governrship elections are scheduled to hold in a few months’ time. The new Commissioners of Police are CP Babatunde Kokumo, Edo […]

By Esther Onyegbula A 19-year old girl, Margaret Adiya Ikumu, from Oni community, Oju Local Government Area, Benue State who is currently being investigated by the Lagos State Police command, for faking her death on Social media has revealed that she took the action because of her mother. According to Margaret, the  daughter who faked her death who was […]

•I hope my family will forgive me By Ifeanyi Okolie Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team, IRT, have arrested a 20-year-old cattle rustler and alleged kidnapper, Ibrahim Abdullahi, who allegedly masterminded an armed robbery and killing of his elder brother, Kadade Abdulahi of Amana MaiKasuwa Village, in Igabi Local Government Area of […]

By James Ogunnaike Operatives of the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police have arrested five men for allegedly beating a 25-year-old man, Monsur Kareem to death over a minor misunderstanding in Ijoko in Ado-Odo/Ota local government area of the state. The Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed this in a […]