•Traffickers CHIMA AZUBUIKE writes about the arrest of an alleged child trafficking syndicate by the police in Gombe State and how the victims were sold to buyers with the connivance of government officials, reports Saturday PUNCH. I have boys as children; I only wanted to have a girl-child,” was the excuse given by Mrs Tina […]
•Tinubu As suspected Fulani herdsmen militias continue to attack villages in Plateau and Benue states, killing over 100 people and destroying houses and other property, the Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has reiterated that it believes the government and the security agencies are complicit in the wave of vicious attacks and killings going on in the [...
•Wike The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike has expressed displeasure over the rate of insecurity in the nation’s capital. Wike said under his watch no bail would be granted to kidnappers henceforth. He mandated the chairmen of the six Area Councils of the FCT to hold mandatory monthly security meetings to improve the [&hel...
•Philip Aivoji The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called upon security agencies and government authorities at all levels to urgently intervene and secure the release of its chairman, Mr Philip Aivoji, who was kidnapped in the Ogere area along the Lagos/Ibadan Motorway yesterday around 6 p.m. The incident happened...
•Sokoto Governor Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto State governor, Ahmad Aliyu, has decried the spate of insecurity, stating that it was unbecoming for farmers to seek permission before accessing their farms. Aliyu stated this yesterday in Abuja, when he paid a courtesy call on the Ministers of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari and Abdullahi Sabi...
•Feyi Daniels An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence court today sentenced founder of iReign Christian Ministry, Feyi Oluwafeyiropo Daniels, to life imprisonment for “raping a church member.” The trial judge, Rahman Oshodi, found the Lagos-based cleric guilty of rape and sexual assault of a female worshipper. The pastor was accused of ...
The chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos chapter, Philip Aivoji has been abducted. Aivoji was abducted yesterday Thursday, January 25, along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway while returning from a stakeholders meeting in Oyo state convened by Governors Seyi Makinde and Ademola Adeleke, reports The Nation. His abduction was confirmed by the...
•Hoodlums No fewer than fifteen persons were last night declared missing as heavily armed policemen and suspected thugs invaded the Ijegun Egba community in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area area of Lagos. The image maker in charge of the state police command, Benjamin Hundeyin however told our correspondent that he was not aware of [&hel...
An Abeokuta Magistrates Court today, sentenced a teenager, Adeola Saheed, for attempting to rape a 35- year-old woman. The defendant, 19, who resides at Brewery area in Abeokuta, is facing a three count charge of conspiracy, indecent assault and attempt to rape, reports The Guardian. The magistrates, Mrs O.O Odumosu, said that the prosecution ...
The Lagos State Taskforce yesterday, impounded at least 253 commercial motorcycles, popularly called okada, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, and Mile-2 axis of the state over violations of traffic laws. The okada riders were raided for operating on state highways and restricted routes after several warnings by relevant authorities, reports Vangu...

