THIRTY-nine years ago, Mr. Innocent Onwuche, an indigene of Umuahia, Abia State was a relatively comfortable man. He had a wife, a son, and a  comfortable job as a cook in the residence of a very notable accountant in Ibadan, Oyo State.

Barely 48 hours after Imo State governor, Hope Uzodinma cried to President Muhammadu Buhari for help, over the security situation in the state, gunmen have again attacked another community in the state, killing some  persons and injuring others.

THE Lagos State Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Bureau, SCIIB, Panti, Yaba, yesterday, invited four more students of Dowen College for questioning over their involvement in the death of Sylvester Oromoni, the 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, allegedly beaten to death by some of his mates.

African Women on Board, AWB, is in the fore front of the campaign to activate ‘zero tolerance’ for sexual harassment, intimidation and bullying’ of women in workplace as a way of ending that aspect of the societal ill, especially in the legal and educational sectors across the globe.

By Evelyn Usman Operatives of the Force Intelligence Response Team , IRT led by its Commander, DCP Tunji Disu,  in collaboration with  policemen from the Rivers State Police Command have smashed a kidnap syndicate that specialized in luring unsuspecting victims through Facebook and Whatsapp to their den, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Members of the gang are […]

Arrest three suspected kidnappers By Evelyn Usman The body of a 64-year-old retired Army Captain, Godfrey Zualamrk has been recovered in a farmland in Igbo-Etche, Etche Local Government Area of the River State, three months after he was abducted. Consequently, three suspected kidnappers that have been terrorising the state have been arrested in connection with […]

Gunmen believed to be Bandits attacked Mailalle weekly market, in Sokoto state. They allegedly opened fire and killed nothing less than 20 persons and injured many.

The Police Command in Niger says it has arrested 12 suspects for alleged onspiracy, robbery, gunrunning and kidnapping.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Thursday, presented a fourth prosecution witness against the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, where the witness said the ex-SGF was not involved in the award of the alleged N544 million Grass-cutting fraud.

The face-off between the owner of a Petroleum and Marine Services company and some top officials of Rivers state government over alleged illegal sale of a vessel took a different turn recently, after top police officers from force headquarters, Abuja stormed Rivers state capital, Port-Harcourt to interrogate suspected officials that were fingered in the deal.

A 24-year-old tailor, Lukman Mohammed, was on Tuesday remanded at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for alleged possession of a gun. The police charged Mohammed, who resides in Alabarajo, Ojo, Lagos State with a three-count charge of conspiracy, belonging to an unlawful society, and unlawful possession of firearms. The prosecutor, Insp. Mojirade Edeme, told the court […]

The Police in Kogi have confirmed the arrest of one Mohammed Bako with two AK-47 rifles, a locally fabricated pistol and 41 rounds of ammunition. The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in the state, DSP Williams Aya, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Lokoja. Aya said Bako was intercepted […]

By Onozure Dania – Lagos A Lagos State prosecution witness, Mr Ileojo Ogunte, Wednesday, narrated to a Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), annex of Igbosere, how he was robbed of condoms, perfumes and provisions, from his shop. Ogunte who said he is a businessman and sells cosmetics, provisions, perfumes and condoms, […]

A 14-year-old girl has alerted policemen at the Ipakodo division of the Lagos State Police Command, on alleged defilement by her 45-year-old father. The teenager alleged that her father , Kayoed Adeyanju, had been having carnal knowledge of her for some time, with a stern warning to her never to open up to anyone. However, […]

By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri  Two suspected armed robbers were, Monday, paraded for allegedly robbing a football betting shop and stole the sum of N70,000 at Chukwuma Nwaoha in Owerri Municipal council, Imo state.  The suspects who were paraded at the Imo state Police headquarters, were all males, Stanley Anozie, 27-year-old man, from Ugiri Obollo […]