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 […]
Idi-Arere looting: Residents, traders count losses
With no fewer than 30 shops and several houses burgled and set ablaze by suspected miscreants popularly called One Million Boys, in some areas of Ibadan, weekend, residents and traders in the area have started counting their losses worth millions of naira.
Okada rider dies in head-on collision with another in Ughelli
UGHELLI—AN unidentified commercial motorcycle operator, popularly known as Okada, was Sunday night confirmed dead in a head-on collision with another Okada.
Village Head, bizman abducted in Katsina
KATSINA—Barely a week that Governor Bello Masari of Katsina State said the state is under siege, gunmen abducted the Village Head of Zandam ward, Jibia Local Government Area, Babangida Lawal and another businessman, Murtala Rabe, Sunday night.
Police foil kidnap of 4-yr-old in Lagos
Attempt by a suspected kidnapper to abduct a four-year-old child, weekend, in Ojo area of Lagos, was foiled by the Lagos State Police Command, following his arrest.
Commercial bus driver rapes 78-year-old woman in Lagos
A 41-year-old commercial bus driver , Jelili Lawal, has been arrested for allegedly raping a stranded 78-year-old woman, in Oloti community, in Adeniji Jones, Ikeja area of Lagos.
Offa Robbery: Police failure to present witnesses, exhibits stall case
Failure of the police from Nigerian police force,headquarters in Abuja to produce witnesses and exhibits on Monday stalled the continuation of the Offa Robbery case in an ilorin high court in the resumed hearing of the high profile case.
How soldiers beat us, collected our phones over allegation of theft – Teenagers
Two siblings, Aregbesola Warif, 16, and Aregbesola Quadris, narrowly escaped being lynched by two men suspected to be personnel of the Nigerian Army over allegation of phone theft, at Maryland area of Lagos.
Family demands N660m from NDLEA over alleged extra-judicial killing
BENIN—THE Ehigie family of Benin City, Edo State, has instituted a legal action against the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Federal High Court, Akure, demanding N660 million as compensation over alleged extra-judicial killing of their son, Mr. Uyi Ehigie.
Cultists batter 23-year-old to death in Delta
KWALE—SUSPECTED cultists, weekend, allegedly battered a 23 year-old man to death at Kwale, headquarters of Ndokwa West Local Government Area, Delta State.
Offa robbery: Father of slain female officer dies
Ilorin—Father of one of the slain police officers, identified as Mrs Yemisi Makinde, nee Oyeyemi, killed during the April 5, 2018 Offa bank robbery in Kwara State reportedly died, weekend, in Ilorin, Kwara state capital.
