Investigation

AN Alfa in the Badagry area of Lagos State, Fatai Afobaje, has been accused of conspiring with some security men in his area to kill his friend, Rafiu Suleiman. Police sources said after the 40-year-old was dead, Afobaje, along with five others, shared his remains among themselves for ritual purposes. It was gathered that what […]

Call it a case of double tragedy, you will not be wrong. If disturbing reports from the camps of internally displaced persons located in parts of Northern Nigeria are anything to go by, then there is every reason to believe that these unfortunate Nigerians are in for more troubling times. Until situation and circumstance turned […]

AS you approach her, she averts eye contact, preferring to look at the ground; call her name, she nods her head without saying a word. She is equally not forthcoming when you try to engage her in a conversation. Yet this is a girl who was said to be outgoing and playful before her most […]

Barely one week after corpses and virtually dead victims were uncovered in a kidnappers den in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, a man described as a  Muslim cleric, Isa Salaudeen, was, allegedly, caught slaughtering  a woman,  identified as Chiwendu Nkwocha, in his room at Ori Eru, Idikan area of the city. But, before he slaughtered  his […]

Three teenagers have been arraigned before a Lagos State High Court in Igbosere, over a three-count-charge of conspiracy and armed robbery. They are: Jamiu Saka 18, Chukwudi Onwuharanye 18, David Onokpise 19, and Yusuf Lateef 20. It was gathered that the defendants entered a church during a vigil service and robbed God’s children of their […]

Remember the common adage “Every day is for a thief, one day is for the owner"? This was what happened four days ago on the 21st of March at Ijero-Ekiti in Ekiti State when a 23 year old young man was caught performing what he said he had practiced for 5 years. The young man, […]

POLICE have arrested a community leader, who allegedly armed youths from Orugbene community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State with weapons, including guns and cutlasses, to attack villagers in Asenkiri, a neighbouring community, and forcefully seized their motor-saws and other equipment, penultimate week. The alleged arms supplier was nabbed following investigations by security […]

Robbers on Tuesday morning, stormed Fagbayide street in Odogunyan area of Ikorodu, Lagos, where they killed a 33-year-old man who had no money to offer them. Many other residents were also injured. According to reports, residents of 4, Olu Fagbayide street, told Vanguard that the robbers numbering five, stormed the building at about 1.30am, where […]

Three suspects were arraigned before a Magistrate court in Maigatari local government in JigawaState for stealing  88 computers at MaigatariGovernmentSecondary School The police prosecutor, corporal Abdu Salisu informed the court that there was an insider among the suspects, disclosing that the school driver, Mallam Hussaini Shuaibu Malaja was among the suspects. According to him, Mallam […]

A Lagos High Court in Ikeja on Wednesday sentenced a 33-year-old man, Vincent Okonta, to two years imprisonment for forging money orders in various amounts. Justice Lateefat Okunnu handed the sentence to Okonta, a businessman, after he pleaded guilty to a four-count charge bordering on forgery, which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) brought […]