The Anambra Police Command has commenced search for the biological parents of a 10-year-old girl, who was abducted, allegedly sold for N800,000 but rescued from her foster parents. In a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Awka, the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Haruna Mohammed, said that the girl was rescued following intelligence […]

…Frustration made me take a dive – barren woman …Strange voices were asking me to plunge – survivor By Evelyn Usman Uneasy calm pervades the Gbagada home of the Daibos, whose son, Toju Davies, was reported to have plunged into the lagoon from the Third Mainland bridge in Lagos, last Saturday. Twenty-one-year-old Toju,  who had […]

By Evelyn Usman Her stricken scream of help me rented the air at the early hours of Tuesday,  jolting residents of Mechanic Village in Jakande Estate, Oke-Afa, Isolo area of Lagos, from sleep. But none went out to know the cause because it was too late to do so. Her piercing cries gradually subsided,, with […]

By Evelyn Usman It is not difficult to spot them from other children, wherever they are found. The privileged few among them attend public schools,  with their uniforms patched in different places and most times, barefooted. If they manage to put on footwears, such, would be glaringly begging to be replaced. They are the first […]

The FCT Police Command said in Tuesday that its investigators have concluded investigations into last December’s Mpape bank invasion by a 5 man armed robbery gang and is set to arraign them in court.

…Syndicate’s attempt to kill arrested member in Police net …Why deceased’s shout for help was not heard …How another victim narrowly escaped …Don’t be too anxious to be rich, Prime suspect advises youths By Evelyn Usman The name Chief Ignatius Odunukwe, was not one that rang a bell to Nigerians except to those who had […]

A 15-year-old boy  narrated in tears how his father allegedly beat his mother to death during a misunderstanding in Bisodun community, Ofada area of Ogun State, weekend.

•I intended to sell the car, travel out —suspect By Evelyn Usman Cross over service,  held on the last day of the year in virtually all churches in Nigeria and across the globe is usually characterized with a huge turn out , as most attendees,  use the opportunity to appreciate God for seeing them through […]

Video of a police officer with Point of Sale machine, POS, demanding Automated Teller Machine, ATM, card from Nigerians to allegedly transfer money to his account has emerged.

Lagos State, commonly referred to as the pride of Nigeria, is said to have an estimated population of 24 million. Due to the state’s economic and socio political importance, Nigerians from other parts of the states troop into the city in search of greener pasture.
Due to its seeming over congestion, those with criminal tendencies also found their way into the state, thereby propelling security agencies to often visit their drawing boards to review their strategies as well as initiate far reaching approaches to curb the excesses of criminals.

Firefighters responding to a house fire in central France found the dismembered body of an 83-year-old woman in her freezer on New Year’s Day, sources close to the investigation told AFP on Thursday. The woman’s grandson, in his 30s, was questioned at the scene and detained pending further investigations. The fire brigade said it was […]

She had high hope for the future and had looked forward to completing her first degree at the Lagos State University, LASU,
Ojo. In fact she was said to have started making preparation towards getting a temporary job upon completing her studies, pending when she would proceed for the mandatory one year National Youth Service. But unknown to her, fate had a contrary bargain, as she was not only deprived of completing her study unable to accomplish her other dreams.

·Escaping with 7 vessels before Navy arrested them By Evelyn Usman Attempt by suspected illegal bunkerers and crude oil thieves to move seven vessels loaded with crude oil and AGO , out of the country has been foiled by operatives of the Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS  Beecroft,  Apapa, Lagos. Consequently, seven Sri-Lankans , 57 Nigerians […]

A student of Crown Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, has been arrested by the Ekiti Police Command over the alleged gang-rape of two fellow students of the private institution. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Amba Asuquo, said on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti that the suspect in company with an accomplice committed the crime on Dec. […]

He usually sent me on errand. On arrival, he would throw me on his bed and lie on me. Thereafter, he would tell me to leave”.
These were the exact words of an 11-year-old girl (names withheld) who was allegedly defiled by a 42-year-old truck driver, Ismaila Jimoh, at Folk Awewo street in Ejigbo area of Lagos.