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 […]
2 shot, scores injured as youths clash over ownership of Ughelli Market
UGHELLI—TWO persons, yesterday, were reported to have sustained gunshot wounds, while scores of others sustained various degrees of injuries during a clash between youths from two Ughelli communities over the ownership of the Ughelli Main Market.
$8.4m Fraud: Bamaiyi recounts how he was defrauded by Ajudua
Former Chief of Army Staff, General Ishaya Bamaiyi (rtd), yesterday, narrated to an Ikeja High Court, Lagos how he was defrauded of $8.4m by Fred Ajudua in 2004.
Man to die by hanging for beating mother to death
A 24-year-old man, Godwin Banchir, who beat his 65-years-old mother to death for not responding to his greetings, was, yesterday sentenced to death by hanging by Plateau High Court, sitting in Jos.
Collapsed P/Harcourt building: Relatives of trapped victims keep vigil
PORT HARCOURT— RELATIVES of victims trapped in the seven-storey building that collapsed in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, continued to keep vigil at the site as rescue operations continues.
Court remands man over alleged mobile phone theft
An Osun Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ile-Ife on Monday remanded one Ijiyode Rafiu, 24, over alleged theft of an Itel cellphone worth N32, 000.
Residents lament killing of policemen in Ughelli
RESIDENTS of Ughelli metropolis and environs have lamented the wanton killings of policemen operating in the area noting that if policemen whom are armed and trained to fight criminals are gruesomely killed in their numbers, “what lies the fate of unarmed residents of the town.”
One suspected kidnapper killed, another arrested in Lagos
lagos—A suspected kidnapper has been killed and another arrested during an exchange of gunfire between operatives of Lagos State Police Command and members of a kidnapping syndicate at Agbowa, Ikorodu area of Lagos.
Drug dealers sack Ondo community over missing bags of Indian hemp
Akure—SUSPECTED drug dealers, numbering about 40, weekend, sacked Bolorunduro community in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State in search of bags of harvested Indian hemp kept in a farmland.
Reactions trail Delta killings by ritualists, Yahoo Yahoo boys
RESIDENTS of Delta State are enraged at the activities of suspected ritualists and internet fraudsters (Yahoo Yahoo plus boys) who abduct and kill citizens, especially women, make away with their vital organs and panties reportedly for money-making rituals.
Benue youths kill 13 cultists over okadaman’s murder
Makurdi—No fewer than 13 suspected members of a cult were, Saturday night, reportedly hacked to death in a major fracas with youths of Lessel community in Ushongo Local Government Area of Benue State.
