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 […]
Four nabbed in Akwa Ibom for beheading woman for ritual purpose
By Harris Emanuel Tragedy struck at the weekend at Oku Abak community in Abak Council Area of Akwa Ibom, as a woman simply identified as Eka Sammy was reportedly beheaded in her farm and the head dumped in front of her house. Vanguard gathered that the woman fondly called Mma Iko Mbakara was ambushed in […]
Notorious gang unleashes mayhem on Lagos residents
•Scores battered, wounded •Truck drivers threaten reprisal attack •Police helpless By Emma Nnadozie Residents of Oguntedo and old Ojo road in Satellite town, Oriade Local government Area, Lagos State have continued to live in fear following incessant attacks and clashes between members of a notorious gang, truck drivers and members of the community over extortion […]
Soldier supplies us arms, ammunition for operation — Robbery suspect reveals
By Esther Onyegbula A member of a nine-man armed robbery gang, Gambo Isa, who is currently being investigated by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Lagos State Police Command has revealed that he was part of the robbery operation that disarmed a police officer and took his AK47 riffle. According to the 20-year old […]
I watched my girlfriend die after stabbing her, says arrested fleeing lover
By Evelyn Usman Fleeing 22-year-old Daniel Okocha, who allegedly stabbed his lover, Nkechi Agwor, to death, over suspicion that she was cheating on him, has been arrested in his hideout by detectives at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID, Yaba Lagos. The incident, occurred last Sunday, at the live-in-lovers apartment in the Egbeda […]
Police arrest fake soldier, 43 others for robbery, rustling
By Ola Ajayi – Ibadan A 21-year-old carpenter who parades himself as a soldier has been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command. The suspect was paraded alongside 43 other criminals in Ibadan yesterday. In the course of his illegal activities, the suspect and his partner in crime were alleged to have a 17-year-old girl. […]
