A middle-aged man who gave his name as Obivuko Alloysius Ifeanyi has told bewildered operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, that he accepted trafficking in drugs by inserting 210 grams of the hard stuff in his anus so as to outwit narcotic agents with a view to giving his late father-in-law a befitting burial. But his trick was truncated moments on arrival at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport as the scanning machine gave him out.

AJI, a community in Igbo Eze North Local Government Area, Enugu State, has been riddled with bizarre stories of ritual killings since December 2011. The upsurge of crime in the erstwhile peace-loving community irked the women numbering over 1000 to take to the streets in protest against the incessant killings.

THERE couldn’t have been a much more suitable adjective to describe the action of a middle-aged woman who threw caution to the winds and swallowed an astonishing 51 wraps of cocaine for inexcusable reason of poverty than to describe it as ‘suicide’.

THE Special Fraud Unit in its continuous clampdown on fraudsters has nabbed some swindlers who parade themselves as Muslim clerics to defraud innocent members of the public of their hard earned money.

GUARDS at Guarantee Trust Bank,Ogba branch, were not taken by surprise as Dare Oladujoye anticipated when he stormed the bank’s Automated Teller Machine, ATM, with an alleged intention of siphoning money from some innocent account holders of the bank. The guards who were conducting regular patrols around the bank premises didn’t find it difficult detecting that Oladujoye, a driver with one of the new generation banks, had a criminal intention.

PENULTIMATE Monday, Zaharadeen Runka, a staff at the Department of Education and Social Services, Safana Local Government Area of Kastina State received a Short Message Service, SMS, from a foreign number on his his Glo mobile phone while preparing to go to work.

IT was the end of the road for seven suspected robbers who have been terrorizing motorists along Mile 2-Oshodi-Apapa Expressway when the Police in Lagos charged them to court on a three-count charge of robbery, stealing and conspiracy. They were arraigned before an Ikeja magistrate court, Lagos.

THE Controller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service, Mrs. Rose Chinyere Uzoma, recently bared her mind on a wide range of issues bordering on her achievements in office, constraints facing the service, efforts to tackle them and the way forward. Her revelations, especially in the area of the porosity of our borders and the influx of foreigners into the country, were as shocking as it was astounding. Excerpts:

LAGOS State Police Command has arrested three suspected members of a notorious robbery gang that have been on its wanted list, recovering five AK 47 riffles and nine magazines. The gang that specialized in operating in almost all the parts of the country, reportedly started as an eight-man gang. But two of them have reportedly been killed in separate shoot-outs.

ONITSHA market, commonly referred to as the commercial city of Anambra state is usually a beehive of activities, as traders travel from other parts of the country to buy goods for retail purposes. This is because goods are reportedly sold at cheaper rates compared to other big markets across the country. For instance, men’s singlet is one of the fastest moving businesses in the market as traders prefer to buy there than in Cotonue, Benin Republic.

A 52-year-old man, Valentine Duru, has been arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate Court in Lagos, for alleged fraudulent usage of counterfeit seal of medic 55, procold cap, Freecold plus, Mixa grip Caplet, all bearing the semblance of Orange Drug Nigeria Ltd products.

LAGOS State Police Commissioner, Umar Manko, has described human rights abuses as major hindrance to modern policing. The state police boss made this assertion on the occasion of the 14th graduation ceremony of police personnel selected from various formations and trained on how to respect human rights vis-a-vis policing by the Crime Victims Foundation of Nigeria (CRIVIFON). The ceremony which was held at the police officer’s mess, Ikeja was attended by security experts and stakeholders in the sector..

THE Nigerian Navy has clamped down on a group of persons discovered to be training Nigerian youths on military activities and rescue operations illegally. Already, the group known as Merchant Maritime Transport Safety Association, according to the Navy, had trained over 200 youths, with a promise to engage them in the Military and Marine sectors.

The battle for the soul of Edo State has come and gone. At long, long last, victory has gone to the popular choice of the people while other contenders are left to lick their wounds. However, where ever the pendulum swung to, what is paramount presently is that against all predictions and expectations of violence and anarchy, the election has come out to be successfully concluded with little or no skirmishes.

…Arrest three kingpins, recover loot
THE Police at Kirikiri, Lagos, last Thursday created a rare record for the force after it descended on hoodlums that have been terrorizing motorists along Mile 2, Otto Warf-Berger Yard axis on the ever-busy Oshodi/Apapa expressway.