Whereas, the thick cloud generated by the gruesome murder in a Lagos hotel of one Miss Cythia Osokogwu by her BB friends is yet to settle, a man who suffered similar fate in the hands of a female friend but didn’t die is on revenge mission.

Before the October 1st attack at the Wuro Patuje off campus hostel housing students of the Federal Polytechnic, Adamawa State University and the state School of Health Technology all in Mubi, the sleepy quiet town was already in crisis. Mubi, the commercial nerve centre of Adamawa State had not known peace for the past two years since the emergence of the dreaded Islamist group, the Boko Haram.

No fewer than 27 suspects are reportedly in military cells across the country following the onslaught on armed banditry on the waters of the west coast of Africa, particularly Nigeria, in recent times with oil vessels as prime targets.

UNARGUABLY, the foundation of the Lagos State Police Command experienced a major tremor for the first time on the hot afternoon of Sunday, September 9, 2012 when a gang of notorious armed robbers took the state by storm. The bandits were not just armed with sophisticated weapons, they were equally clad in police uniforms, had police walkie-talkies with them while their get-away SUV vehicle was fitted with circuit camera.

RESIDENTS of Oleh and Ozoro in Isoko South and Isoko North Local Government Areas of Delta State respectively have come under siege by the men of under world in the past two months.

THE thinking was that with the involvement of ex-militant leader and founder of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, in Oil Facilities Surveillance Limited, OFSL, a pipeline surveillance company, contracted by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to police oil pipelines in Delta State, oil thieves would scamper to their holes.

Two intimate friends, Obinna Maxwel, 21, and Elijah Ejiagha, 23, shared a robust relationship. In fact, residents of Orile, a suburb of Lagos State where Obinna lives referred to them as brothers. But two weeks ago, the relationship turned sour following an argument over Obinna’s refusal to pay Elijah N50,000 which he owed him. In the process, a fight reportedly ensued during which Elijah slumped and died.

…as Police recover N35m stolen goods, arrest 4 kingpins
When members of a notorious robbery gang stormed Adebowale wood Industry at Oregun area of Lagos State and burgled a warehouse and carted away electronics worth over N35 million; owners of the goods thought they would never recover their goods giving the sophistication of the robbery operation at their warehouse.

A 30-year-old man, Taoreed Oseni, was over the week, arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly sexually assaulting an 18-year old girl, Azeez Titilayo.

Lagosians experienced the most violent robbery operation last Sunday, after a 12-man-robbery gang in a convoy of three vehicles held the entire state hostage. The heavily armed gang in a commando-like manner, fired sporadically as they moved from one area to another, leaving in their trail the death of three policemen and several others.

For almost two weeks,there was growing apprehension over abandoned bundles of carpet at the Nigeria Aviation Handling Company NAHCO, a subsidiary of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria FAAN. Some officials of the aviation handling company thought it could be one of those abandoned consignments, others thought otherwise.

It was shock and disbelief at the Lugbe Police Divisional headquarters, Abuja during the week when a 32 years old father was arrested and detained for allegedly killing his two-week old baby boy.

Pastor Isaac Komolafe and wife, Olasunkanmi, have been remanded in prison for inability to produce their friend’s two children in their custody since September 2010.

Tragedy struck on September 2,2012, after a 29-year-old boy simply called Lekan, beat a 68-year-old woman, Falilat Bakare to death at Shibiri Ekunpa Street, Ojo, Lagos. Incidentally, the suspect is a friend to the fiance of Madam Falilat’s younger daughter, Abibatu.

For some time now, residents of Shibiri under Oto-Awori development Council in Lagos, have been going through untold harassment in the hands of car thieves who usually vandalized their vehicles while everyone is asleep.