POLICE detectives attached to the homicide department of the State Criminal Investigations Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos have begun investigation over the alleged involvement of a naval rating serving in one of the organization’s formations in Lagos, in the death of a three-week old baby.

THE age long face-off between factions of the outlawed Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, over control of a link bridge between Ajao Estate and Ejigbo flared up yesterday into a bloody clash with five persons reportedly hacked to death.

Immediately after the announcement of the appointment of Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, popularly called MD by friends and admirers recently, hell was let loose. Virulent attacks came from some quarters-some calling him a tribal jingoist, others a religious fanatic,etc. The bulk of protestations came from Jos axis where he served as a Police Commissioner during one of the deadly religious riots in the area.

…donates 20 operational vehicles, 200 bullet proof jackets, arms and ammunition
Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State, over the week, donated 20 equipped operational vehicles, 200 bullet proof jackets, arms and ammunition to the Benue State Police Command with a charge on the police to step up it’s fight against criminality in the state.

Upon the past antecedents of the militant group, there is panic in the oil industry, but “Captain” Mark Anthony, an ex-militant leader and spokesman of the disbanded Niger-Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, headed by the late “General” John Togo, in an interview with Vanguard said the Federal Government should be blamed for the regrouping of MEND after about two-year interregnum. He, however, said he knows the new “Commander” of MEND and spoke on how fresh war can be averted. Excerpts: