Anxiety in Benue as criminal gang of late militia kingpin, Gana embark on killings, kidnapping
•Youths raise alarm, send SOS to IGP•Reports say 66 victims recorded so far By Ifeanyi Okolie There is anxiety in Benue state following the resurgence of massive killings and abductions by criminals suspected to be remnants of the dreaded gang members of late militia leader, Terwase Akwaza alias Gana. The bloodletting has gotten to the […]
I stole the car because insurance firm ‘ll replace it —Technician
A 28-year-old technician, Michael Eze, who stole one of his customer’s cars meant for repairs at Ladipo Market in Mushin area of Lagos, has said his choice of the car to steal was informed by the fact that the owner had told him insurance company will replace the car if anything happened to it.
Driver defrauds boss, commits suicide
A 39-year-old driver, Akan Iboro, yesterday, reportedly committed suicide in his apartment in Ketu area of Lagos, after he was sacked by his boss, a director in one of the federal ministries, for being fraudulent.
Wanted kidnap suspect walks into police station to reclaim operational vehicle; arrested
A kidnap suspect, Ojiedu Doctor, who had been on the wanted list of the Delta State Police Command, has been arrested as he walked into the Police Headquarters, Asaba, to reclaim a vehicle used for a kidnapping operation in 2015.
Lagos recovers N13m from accounts of dead staff
The Lagos State Government has recovered N13 million paid into accounts of dead colleagues and overpaid salaries of staff in its ministries and parastatals.
Woman steals 3-year-old girl at RCCG Holy Ghost Congress to satisfy husband
By Daud Olatunji ABEOKUTA—A 28-year-old woman, Anuoluwapo Joshua, stole a three-year-old girl at the Redemption Camp, to satisfy her husband who had been asking to see his daughter, since she claimed to have given birth to a baby for him. The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement, said Anuoluwapo […]
Woman slices neighbour’s head with razor blade
Lagos—A 24-year-old woman, Mary Johnson, who allegedly sliced her neighbour’s head with razor blade was, yesterday, arraigned before an Apapa Magistrate’s Court in Lagos.
Bride Terry kidnapped, gang-raped, left to die on her way to wedding
A lady, Terry Gobanga, formerly Terry Apudo, was the rape victim who survived and now tells her story. A young Nairobi pastor, she was the bride that everybody was waiting for at the church that faithful wedding day.
How Boko Haram terrorists stormed the ‘Middle Ground’
Kumshe, a North Eastern suburb lying between Nigerian boundaries with Cameroun, last week, narrowly escaped being tagged Nigerian’s ground Zero, in remembrance of the bloody raid in USA on September 11, 2011
My husband is a thief, fetish, irresponsible, housewife tells court
A housewife, Mrs. Ganiat Adegbayi of 9 Asubiojo Alaba, Lagos, has asked an Ajegunle Customary Court to dissolve her 20-year-marriage to the father of her four children, Mr. Adegbayi.
We collect N500 for each jerry can, say suspects caught with 2,650 litres of petrol
Two suspected pipeline vandals believed to be the boys of wanted gang leader, Rambo, have been arrested by naval personnel of Operation Awatse, at Imagbon area of Ogun State, while conveying a total of 2,650 litres of syphoned petroleum products to the point of sale in Ogun State.
