•IPOB Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) across the South-East region of Nigeria have accused security agencies of operating with a bias, alleging that while Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) activists are routinely targeted with swift and forceful action, armed herdsmen responsible for violent attacks on communities are ignored. In a joint s...
•The governors and traditional rulers The Northern Governors’ Forum and the Traditional Rulers’ Council in the region have reiterated their support for the creation of state police, with a call on the National Assembly to expedite action on the enactment of the legal framework for its take-off. This was part of their resolutions at their [&hel...
•Two-year old trafficked for N100,000 The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has rescued a two-year-old child trafficking victim in Aba, Abia State. According to a statement on the agency’s official Facebook page yesterday, the child was trafficked from Abuja to Aba where the suspect who allegedly sold her for N100,0...
•Mrs Eunice Bright Ekwok When she was told sometime in April 2021, during her ante-natal registration at Divine Rain Maternity Clinic, that she was carrying a twin pregnancy, 32-year old Mrs Eunice Bright Ekwok’s joy knew no bounds. For, she only paused momentarily to contemplate how she would be able to cope in raising the […]
A 35-year old commercial motorcyclist, Ademola Adepetu, has been arrested for allegedly raping his lover’s 12-year old daughter. The victim who narrated her ordeal before an Akure Magistrate court said that she was locked inside a room and raped severally, reports Saturday Vanguard. She said that her father had abandoned her and her two younge...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen Despite the deployment of massive security personnel, suspected Fulani herdsmen yesterday afternoon attacked two communities in Benue State killing nine farmers. The attacks and killings took place in Ayilamo ,Tombo ward in Logo Local Government Area and Jato Acka, in Kwande Local Government Area, reports The Nation. The...
A 25-year-old man, Samson Oghenebreme, has been arrested in the Odomola community of Epe, Lagos, for being in possession of human organs. He was arrested by men of the Odo-Noforija Police Division following a tip-off from vigilant members of the community who alerted the authorities to the suspect’s suspicious movements, reports Channels TV. T...
•Cultists Two graduates of the Niger Delta University, Amassoma, have been hacked to death by suspected cultists at the Gbarantoru community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. One of the victims was identified as Ayaokpo Sinclair from Tombia community, while the identity of the second victim had yet to be confirmed as of [&hell...
The Supreme Court has overturned a decision of the Court of Appeal which granted bail to Lagos businessman and former socialite, Fred Ajudua, who is standing trial for allegedly defrauding a German company of $1 million over three decades ago. In a unanimous ruling today, the apex court held that the Appeal Court erred in […]
•The bag containing human hair recovered from suspected thieves Detectives of the Ebute-Ero Division of the Lagos State Police Command said they have arrested a suspected traffic robber and recovered stolen goods worth ₦20 million. The arrest was sequel to police response to a tip-off about a brazen highway theft on the CMS-Marina Bridge, repo...

