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 […]
Robbery suspect, accomplices arrested during quarrel over sharing of loot
A 22-year-man who specialised in snatching phones from motorists trapped in traffic and picking pocket at bus-stops in Lagos has met his waterloo , following his arrest by men of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, weekend.
I didn’t know I married a fraudster, embattled wife cries out
When 30-year-old Chinenyere Ogokie met her husband in 2007, never in her wildest imagination did she imagine that a day would come when she would discover that he is a fraudster and wife-beater.
Our priority is protection of critical national infrastructure – NSCDC
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has certainly come a long way in efforts at fighting crime and criminality in the country. Established by Act 2 of 2003 with numerous security responsibilities, the Act was amended in 2007, to further strengthen and empower the Corps for better service delivery. The Corps operates under the umbrella body of the International Civil Defence Organization as its 66th member, an indication that it has a distinct mandate from other security agencies, though working towards the same goals.
Boko Haram can be defeated — Efoziem
Dr. Chinye Bone Efoziem is a member of the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS), a prestigious body in private security both in Nigeria and overseas. A holder of Ph.D in International Security Control Management, Efoziem is the Managing Director of Strict Guard Security Company. In this interview, be blames the upsurge in terrorists activities on laxity on the part of security agencies. Excerpts:
Shoot-out in Lagos: Police, okada riders in fierce battle for supremacy
Hell was let loose at Festac area of Lagos State, last week, after operators of commercial motorcycle (popularly called okada), in their numbers, engaged a team of policemen in a fierce battle around 7th Avenue.
Exposed: Fake Channels TV reporter in Lagos
A 33-year-old father of one, identified as Adeshina Adams, who had been allegedly parading himself as a staff of Channels Television has been arrested by the Police in Lagos.
Masquerades on the rampage in Nsukka
Uneasy calm has pervaded the university town of Nsukka, Enugu State, following allegations of involvement of masquerades in the increasing acts of robbery, torture and extortion of money from unsuspecting victims.
Double tragedy: Family affected by inferno alleges persecution by Police, neighbours
When the family of Ifeanyi Ugwu woke up last Saturday morning, never in their wildest imagination did any of them envisage the tragedy that befell them later in the day.
Nigerian, Kekere-Ekun, gets life sentence in UK for murder
A Nigerian fugitive, Abdul Adewale Kekere-Eku, was on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment in the UKfor murdering 18-yearold Marcus Hall in 2001, following a brawl outside Luton’s Atmosphere Nightclub.
Man bounces back to life after three days in morgue
A 70 year old man might have cheated death when he bounced back to life after spending over 30 hours in a mortuary in Makurdi, the Benue state capital. Doctors at a private hospital in the town had on Saturday, August 26, 2015, certified Amos Otene dead at 4. 30 am and promptly covered him up and wheeled him into the mortuary, awaiting instructions from members of the family for embarment.
