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 […]
Labourer steals 78-yr-old woman’s handbag containing cup of rice
A 19-year-old labourer, Joseph Emmanuel, was, yesterday, docked before an Ogudu Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, over alleged theft of an old woman’s handbag containing a cup of rice.
2 men beat policeman in Lagos, docked
Two men, Ifeanyi Uzoma, 33, and Chukwendu Njoku, 33, charged with tearing a policeman’s uniform, were, yesterday, taken before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court.
Lawan collected $500,000 bribe from me under DSS supervision – Otedola
ABUJA—Chairman of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Ltd., Chief Femi Otedola, yesterday, told an Abuja High Court sitting at Apo that it was the Department of State Services, DSS, that gave him the $500,000 bribe money he offered to erstwhile Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy probe, Mr. Farouk Lawan.
DSS gave me dollars to set trap for Farouk Lawan, Otedola tells court
Mr Femi Otedola, a prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of a former member of House of Representatives, Mr Farouk Lawan, over bribery allegation has said the 500,000 dollars offered to the defendant is from the Department of State Service (DSS).
Gunmen kill another Police orderly in Edo
BENIN—Police orderly, Sergeant Monday Ehigie, attached to Dr. Eric Osayande, Chairman of Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, was weekend reportedly killed by unknown gunmen at Nomayo Junction, Upper Sakponba Road, Benin City.
Lassa fever kills 5 in Plateau, 73 contacts monitored
JOS—Plateau State has recorded 17 confirmed cases of Lassa Fever with five persons dead, according to Dr. Kunden Deyin, the state’s Commissioner for Health.
Thieves steal Uber driver’s cab with wooden pistols, one nabbed
Two fake passengers stole an Uber driver’s cab with wooden ‘beretta pistols’. However, luck ran out on them when a Police patrol team went after them and arrested one of the thieves.
Emotions, as Peterside dedicates child after 10-year marriage
PORT HARCOURT— TEARS of joy flowed, yesterday, as Bishop Peterside Idah, ex-Super Eagles goalkeeper, dedicated Tamunoboma Destiny Gloria Idah, his first child, after 10 years of marriage to Dr. Emi Idah.
We were lucky nobody took us to court, Frank Mba speaks on police reforms, SARS’s operations
The Nigerian Police Force under the new Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu Abubakar is committed to repositioning the force in compliance with the provisions of the law, says new Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba.
Residents set robbery suspect ablaze in Delta
AN armed robbery suspect was Thursday, set ablaze by residents of Agbarho community in Ughelli North Local Government area of Delta State for allegedly killing his victim during a robbery operation.
