Imo police locate abducted NYSC members’ camp, IED threat delays rescue
The Imo State Police Command has identified the location where 19 prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members abducted in the state are believed to be held, but security operatives have delayed moving into the area over fears that the camp has been planted with improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The Commissioner of Police, Audu Bosso, […]
Scramble for Gold in Edo: Uneasy calm as illegal northern miners troop in
By Ozioruva Aliu THE sleepy community known as Dagbala in Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo State has been in the news for the wrong reasons for over a year as activities of alleged illegal gold miners deepened and created security breach in the area, forcing the state government to ban all forms of mining […]
How police sergeant’s ‘accidental discharge’ killed colleague while on patrol in Calabar
TRAGEDY struck again at the Cross River Police Command, when the riffle of a policeman, Sergeant Ubi Arikpo, accidentally went off and killed his colleague, Sergeant Francis Agube
I became armed robber after I dropped out in JSS 3 – 16-yr-old who rapes older women confesses
A 16-year-old boy has narrated to an Akure Chief Magistrate’s court how he robbed and raped some older women in the Okitipupa council area of Ondo State.
Troops kill scores of Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters in Borno
By Ndahi Marama – Maiduguri An unspecified number of Boko Haram terrorists suspected to be ISWAP group have been killed by troops of ‘Operation Hadin Kai’ in an attempt to infiltrate Biu Local government area of Borno state on Saturday. Biu is south and about 180km drive along the easiest Maiduguri -Damboa-Biu road which was […]
Update: Armed Boko Haram ISWAP wreck havoc on Kautikari village of Chibok
Armed Boko Haram terrorists suspected to be member of ISWAP group who invaded Kautikari village of Chibok Local Government Area in Borno state have killed four residents with abduction of unspecified number of women and children, as more are still missing, fleeing residents told Vanguard on Saturday morning
