Anxiety in Benue as criminal gang of late militia kingpin, Gana embark on killings, kidnapping
•Youths raise alarm, send SOS to IGP•Reports say 66 victims recorded so far By Ifeanyi Okolie There is anxiety in Benue state following the resurgence of massive killings and abductions by criminals suspected to be remnants of the dreaded gang members of late militia leader, Terwase Akwaza alias Gana. The bloodletting has gotten to the […]
Clamp down on militants in Lagos, Ogun
As rounds of heavy gunfire reverberated through the air at Abula-Ado and the bubbling city of Festac Town, Lagos State, on Monday night, residents were thrown into panic thinking that dare-devil armed robbers and kidnappers terrorizing the state were carrying out an attack.
Alaba International market: Factional leaders trade blame over sponsorship of thugs
Unable to bear the intimidation, Madueke stated that a vote of no confidence was passed on Madueke , followed by a move for his impeachment. He stated that after the move, tags for their respective designations were collected from seven of them , including Madueke
Friendship goes sour : Man, 54 escapes assassination shortly after release from prison
Doctors at an undisclosed hospital in Egbeda area of Lagos are batting to save the life of 54 year-old Miner, Alhaji Ibrahim Ibuoye, who was shot by unknown gunmen, last week, moments after he was released from the Ikoyi prison in Lagos.
Former-IMF chief Rato handed 4 years in jail for embezzlement
Former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato was handed a jail sentence of four years and six months Thursday for misusing funds when he was the boss of two Spanish banks.
How yet unknown assassins killed my mother ten years ago – Ofene, N-Delta environmentalist
Ten years after she was murdered by unknown assassins in Benin-City, Edo State capital, 60-year-old Mrs Theresa Noghayin Ofehe, mother of the Netherlands-based Niger Delta activist, Comrade Sunny Ofehe, will be buried in Benin City on Saturday.
HORROR: 62 year-old man with hunchback murdered in Edo
It was a pathetic end for 62 year-old farmer identified as Mr Olomu,from Orhue community in Owan West Local Government Area of Edo state, who was murdered last week, after which his hunchback was severed from his body.
Dollar scarcity: How suspected fraudster cloned cashier’s cheque
The suspect also alleged that the ex-banker took 10 percent out of the money claiming that; “The dollar rate then was N450 but he sold to him for N350 after then, he took his 10 percent
How we terrorised Kaduna metropolis: 3-man robbery gang
The receiver, who was also arrested then led the police in arresting all the robbers who broke into the Chizon Plaza
Ozekhome faults process leading to freezing of account
Human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to vacate the order freezing his account.
Palm wine laced with drugs kill 3 in Ondo party
THREE persons have reportedly died after drinking palm wine mixed with substances in Ilepa Quarters, Ikare-Akoko area of Ondo State, during their friend’s birthday bash.
