Sokoto attack: Beggar’s son shot by terrorist needs N190,000 for scan
By Evelyn Usman One of the five persons who sustained bullet wounds during last week’s attack on Girkau community in Kebbe Local Government Area of Sokoto State by suspected bandits is lying helpless at the Usman Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), unable to afford the N190,000 required for aMagnetic Resonance Imaging ,MRI and Computed Tomography […]
Man jailed 14 years for sexual abuse of two boys
A high court in Abeokuta, Ogun, on Wednesday, sentenced a 27-year-old man, Jeremiah Edet, to 14 years imprisonment for sexually abusing two teenagers. The police charged Edet with an act of gross indecency. Delivering judgment virtually, the Chief Judge of Ogun, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu, said that the offence contravened the provisions of Section 214 of […]
Masqueraders arrested for stealing in Ondo
By Dayo Johnson – Akure Two masqueraders namely Sheriff Ojo and Muhammad Lukman have been arrested for allegedly stealing ₦370,000.00 and inflicting injury with cutlasses on one Adinoyi Mohammed the owner of the money in Ondo state. According to spokesperson of the State Police Command, Funmi Odulami. the two suspects committed the offence at Melenge Community, at Ipele town in […]
Unknown gunmen kidnap Catholic Priest in Umuahia
By Ugochukwu Alaribe – Umuahia The assistant priest of St. Theresa Catholic Parish, Rev. Father Geoffrey Mark Chimezie has been abducted by yet to be identified gunmen in Umuahia, the Abia State capital. A source told Vanguard that the Catholic priest was kidnapped along Enyiukwu road, Umuahia, after he had concluded the morning mass at […]
76 suspects paraded in Borno for murder, armed robbery, kidnapping
By Ndahi Marama The Borno State Police Command on Wednesday paraded 76 suspects involved in armed robbery, kidnapping, theft, and other offences. Also paraded were three suspected involved in the killing of a Head Teacher of Model Public School, Late Abubakar Ahmed in Bulumkutu community of Maiduguri few days ago. This was disclosed by the […]
Inspector fatally injured as gunmen attack police post, cart away rifle in Bayelsa
By Emem Idio – Yenagoa A serving police Inspector attached to the Kolo Police Division in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State was fatally injured when gunmen attacked police officers who were conducting stop and search operations along Kolo-Ogbia Road in Bayelsa State. It was gathered that the gunmen numbering six and armed with […]
