Lagos’ War on Beggars: 911 arrested, but streets keep calling
Beneath the crackdown lies a harder reality: poverty, disability, homelessness, migration and unemployment continue to push people into the streets
Four killed in Edo cult war, two by suspected herdsmen
By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City Not less than six persons have been reportedly killed in some parts of Edo state by suspected armed herdsmen and cult related fight over supremacy. Two farmers in Odighi, Ovia North East local government area were allegedly killed by suspected herdsmen on their ways to their farms. An eyewitness, […]
Kidnapped Oyo monarch’s wife, daughter regain freedom
The kidnapped wife of a traditional ruler in Oyo State, Funbi Ojo, has regained freedom from her abductors. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that also released was the monarch’s daughter. The release of the victims, who were the wife and daughter of Oba Olusanjo Ojo, the Baba-Aso of Igbole in Igboora, was confirmed […]
Angry mob set armed robbery suspect ablaze in Ughelli
Perez Brisibe A member of a four-man armed robbery gang, Monday night met his waterloo after he was set ablaze by an angry mob during a robbery operation at the Otovwodo junction axis of Ughelli, headquarters of Ughelli North local government area of Delta State. The suspect, and his gang, had gone to rob a […]
44-year-old man defiles his 14-year-old daughter in Imo
By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri A 44-year-old man, Chinomso Okonkwo, has been arrested by the Imo State Police Command, for allegedly defiling his 14-year-old daughter, Blessing Okonkwo. According to the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Orlando Ikeokwu, yesterday in Owerri, the man has confessed to the crime. When Vanguard inquired from the police to […]
