Mr Tony Olofu, new Commissioner of Police in Anambra said on Thursday at Amawbia, Awka South Local Government Area, that he would employ drastic measures in crime prevention. Olofu resumed office as police commissioner in Anambra on Sept. 10. He said at his maiden news conference that he would employ measures in line with security […]

An Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday sentenced one 33-year-old Omoloye Olajide to 10 years’ imprisonment for conspiracy and stealing from a company. Chief Magistrate Abdulhameen Lawal, however, gave Olajide an option of  N110,000 fine. Lawal sentenced Olajide to three years’ imprisonment for conspiracy to commit stealing with an option of N50,000 fine, and […]

A teenager, Mohammed Abubakar, on Thursday appeared before a Gwagwalada Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for allegedly snatching a motorcycle worth N235,000. The police charged 19-year-old Abubakar, who lives on Madam Mercy Road Dagiri, Gwagwalada, with conspiracy and theft. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The prosecutor, Mr Abdullahi Tanko, told the court […]

*Ravages communities in Ondo*Many stranded as bridge collapses in Oyo*Ogun residents pay N100 per passenger to cross on canoe*Renders many homeless in Ekiti*As Osun begins dredging of rivers, streams By Dayo Johnson, Rotimi Ojomoyela, Shina Abubakar, James Ogunnaike & Sola Ishola THE Nigeria Metrological Agency, NIMET, had foretold of an impending flood in 28 states […]

By Steve Oko The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has sued the Kenyan Government for his ” abduction and extra-ordinary rendition to Nigeria”. Special Counsel to Kanu, Mr Aloy Ejimakor who disclosed this to Vanguard in a telephone chat, said Kanu’s suit had been properly filed at the […]