BY GODWIN OBI Police have 10 suspected criminals, including 30-year-old married woman, Fatima Lawali, who supplies live AK- 47 ammunition to bandits in Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi, Kaduna, Katsina and the Niger States. Other offences being highlighted included those of complicity in banditry, criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, arms dealing, trafficking inContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Correctional Service says gunmen who invaded the Jos Medium Security Custodial Centre in Plateau State, North-Central Nigeria have been trapped within the facility due to the heavy firepower of security operatives who immediately cordoned the yard. In a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Hundreds have been rendered homeless after an inferno swept through an overcrowded settlement in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. The incident which occurred on Sunday at the Elechi waterside in the state capital is said to have been caused by an electrical spark from one of the makeshiftContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the weekend seized 12,385 kilograms of Loud Cannabis, a strong variant of the illicit weed imported from a neighbouring country and smuggled into Lagos through the waterways. According to NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, the operatives who wereContinue Reading