El-Rufai’s son dies in Abuja road accident

Tragedy hit the home of a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, on Tuesday when his son, Hamsa, died in a road accident in Abuja.

The former minister, who is a stalwart of the All Progressives Congress, announced this on his Face Book page on Tuesday.

He asked Nigerians to pray for the repose of the soul of the late son.

El-Rufai wrote, “From Allah we came and to him we shall return. Please join our family in praying for the repose of the soul of my son, Hamza el-Rufai who died this morning in a motor accident in Abuja.”

The late Hamzat was a graduate of University of Virginia and United World College of the Atlantic.

Meanwhile, President Goodluck Jonathan has commiserated with El-Rufai, on the death of his son, Hamza.

In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, the President expressed the belief that the outpouring of support at this moment by his friends and associates would comfort El-Rufai.

Policeman kills student, sells body to anatomy dept for N11,000

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CALLOUSNESS Some policemen are being investigated for allegedly killing innocent people and selling their bodies for N11,000 each
A sergeant attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Cross River State, Anthony Idoko, has been accused of killing a 300 level Accounting student of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Derek Maurice. Idoko also allegedly sold Maurice body to the Anatomy Department of the university.
The allegation is contained in a petition by the mother of the deceased, Mrs Eno Maurice, to the Inspector General of Police and copied the Attorney General of the Federation, the Cross River State governor as well as the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), among others.
Speaking on the matter, the Zone 6 Public Relations Officer, DSP Ibrahim Tasiu, said the matter had been referred to the Department of Public Prosecution (DPP) and that “we are waiting for their expert opinion on the matter”. But the petitioner said: “My son was not of questionable character and had never been detained in any of the police stations or had any matter with the police anywhere.

Cannabis would fetch me $10,000 in China, says suspect

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A 39-year-old motorcycle parts dealer said that he took to smuggling cannabis because his partner duped him of over N4 million meant for his business. The suspect, Mr Ogbodo David, claimed that he would have made a profit of $10,000 dollars, selling Indian hemp in China, if he had not been arrested.
David was arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for attempting to smuggle 11.06kg of dried weeds that tested positive for cannabis to China. The suspect concealed the drugs in various food items. He was nabbed after the discovery of cannabis inside his bags at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
The suspect told investigators that he wanted to sell the drugs and use the profit to buy motorcycle parts in China. He said: “I gave a business partner $30,000 (about N4 million) to supply me goods and he disappeared. That brought my business to its knees and I had been struggling to take care of my wife and child for a year now.

Robbers shoot student over N20,000

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Police in Delta State yesterday said they had arrested three persons for shooting a student of the Niger Delta Oil and Gas Technical Skills Acquisition Centre, Usiefurun in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. The suspects, Samuel Agoko, Samuel Peter and Lawrence Adjoma, reportedly shot the victim and dispossessed him of his N20,000. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Celectina Kalu, said at the command headquarters in Asaba yesterday that the victim was attacked in his apartment.

Helpline for drug addicts in Nigeria

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• Mothers urged to monitor their kids

“Illicit drug use among teenagers remains high, largely due to increasing popularity of marijuana. Rising marijuana use reflects changing perceptions and attitudes. Historically, as perception of risks goes down, use goes up (and vice versa).
“Young people are showing less disapproval of marijuana use and decreased perception that marijuana is dangerous. The growing perception of marijuana as a safe drug may reflect recent public discussions over “medical marijuana” and movements to legalize the drug for adult recreational use in some states.”
The above information was gleaned from National Institute on Drug Abuse website. This growing perception among youngsters that some illicit drugs are safe probably was one of the factors that forced the chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ahmadu Giade, to reveal on June, 26, 2014, the war being waged against drug abuse and present a helpline for addicts.
Giade assured people struggling with substance abuse that there was hope of breaking free from drug addiction. Addressing drug addicts across the nation, Giade said: “I present to you today a message of hope, that drug use disorders are preventable and treatable.” He said that NDLEA has drug abuse prevention experts who carry out enlightenment programmes in schools, markets and work places.
There are also counselors who assist drug dependent persons to overcome drug use and addiction. Counseling services are available in all NDLEA 36 State offices and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. He further said: “In 2013 alone, a total of 3,271 drug dependent persons were successfully counselled in NDLEA facilities nationwide. This comprises of 3,062 males and 209 females. We also received report of 802 treated cases from hospitals and other drug dependence treatment centres in Nigeria.”

Ebola virus in Nigeria: Ambassador, 58 others in contact with dead victim

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• NCAA suspends airline’s operations to Nigeria for flying in victim

The Federal Government has intensified efforts to curtail the spread of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Nigeria following the discovery of a patient in Lagos last week.
Further investigations into the case, carried out in conjunction with the Lagos State Government, have revealed that 59 others, including Nigerian Ambassador to Liberia, Chigozie Obi-Nnadozie, had contact with Mr. Patrick Sawyer, the EVD victim who died in Lagos last Thursday.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, at a news conference yesterday in Lagos, said the 59 people had contact with the late Sawyer, a senior diplomat with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), who was diagnosed of the EVD on arrival in Nigeria to attend the ECOWAS convention in Calabar.

‘Stop taking ‘returns’ from junior officers’

A security expert in Lagos State, Mr. Folorunsho Atta urged senior police officers, to desist from taking ‘returns’ from their junior, so that the ongoing reforms in the Nigeria Police Force will not be truncated.

According to Atta, collecting monetary or gift returns from junior police officers, was not ungodly, but encourages corruption and indiscipline in the force.

Deadly Ebola virus 'could spread globally' after plane brings it to Nigeria

• Health experts fear other passengers could now be carrying the virus
• It lays dormant in victims for up to three weeks - and 90 per cent die of it
• Comes after Dr Kent Brantly, who went to fight the disease, was infected 

 

An outbreak of Ebola could spread worldwide after an infected plane passenger introduced the deadly virus to Nigeria, health experts warned last night.

 

Previous outbreaks were confined to forests and rural areas, but this one has already spread across four countries in West Africa, killing 672 – the disease’s biggest death toll.

The news came as it emerged that an American doctor working for a charity in Liberia had become infected.

Dr Kent Brantly, 33, from Texas, had moved to the country for the Samaritan’s Purse organisation with his children and wife, Amber, to help contain the disease.

More than 1,000 others have been infected by the virus, which can go unnoticed for three weeks and kills 90 per cent of victims.

The outbreak started in Guinea in February and spread to neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone in weeks.

 

After an air traveller brought it to Nigeria, health experts now fear infected air passengers who do not realise they have the virus could spread it around the world.

There would’ve been crisis if Buhari was killed –Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday admitted that Nigeria would have erupted in turmoil, if a former Head of State, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, had died during separate attacks on them in Kaduna on Wednesday.

He said Nigerians would not have celebrated the Eid-el-Fitri because a major calamity would have befallen the country if they had died.

The President said these just as the opposition All Progressives Congress called for an international inquiry into the attack on Buhari by a lone bomber.

Jonathan spoke when Vice-President Namadi Sambo led members of the Muslim community in the Federal Capital Territory to pay the traditional sallah homage to him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The President described those responsible for the attacks as sons of the devil.

He said, “Not too long ago, we had these dastardly attacks in Kano and Kaduna. We stand to condemn these acts of terror on our people and we extend our condolence and sympathy to the bereaved and those who were injured.

Female suicide bomber blown up in kano •5 die as explosion rocks Catholic church

 

A female suicide bomber got herself blown up in an attempt to attack innocent people at the North West University, Kano, on Sunday.
Also on Sunday, five worshippers at Saint Charles Catholic Church, located on Zungeru Road, Sabongari were killed in an explosion, while eight others sustained varying degrees of injury.

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Three suspects, including a cripple, were, however, arrested after the incident.
The incident occurred around 1.00 p.m, when worshippers of the church had just closed for service, as an unknown person allegedly threw an improvised explosive device (EID) on the church premises.
It was also gathered that in the suicide attack, which occurred at Kofar Nasarawa area of the city, a female bomber, in an attempt to lure some security men stationed by the North West University gate, ended up blowing herself up.
The suicide bomber, it was gathered, was blown up in an attempt to give sallah food to the security men, as they suspected foul play as a result of her desperation.
It was further gathered that the men took to their heels when they noticed that the female bomber was fast advancing towards them.

14-year-old marriage in crisis over pot of stew

 

Fatimah’s face after the incident.
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The marriage between Kamorudeen and Fatimah Bankole is currently in crisis as a result of a disagreement over the fish in their pot of stew.

Fatimah, who is the first of the three wives of Kamorudeen, said the whereabouts of some pieces of fish in the family’s pot of stew, was the last straw in the union that was allegedly filled with abuse and battery.

Fatimah explained that there was an agreement at the beginning of Ramadan that the two wives that were present in the house should take turns to cook for the household on a 15-day basis. The arrangement was such that once the food was ready; the husband was served first, then the children, after which the wives would serve themselves.

13-year-old girl: I don’t know who impregnated me

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Blessing is only 13 years old. But soon, she would become a mother. However, that is the only certainty about her pregnancy. No one, including Blessing, knows the father of the unborn baby. It does not stop there. Blessing claimed that her 45-year-old father (name withheld) was sleeping with her. But, according to her, it was only in the dreamland. But what happens outside her dreams is that Blessing has gone out with so many men that it has become difficult to pinpoint the man responsible for her pregnancy.
Trouble for the young girl started three years earlier. At age 10, Blessing, according to her father, started going out with old men to unknown destinations. At a stage, her father and the landlord of the house where they live in Ogijo in Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State decided to seek the assistance of some boy to trail her and her male companions. The landlord, who craved anonymity, told our correspondent that one night, he decided to volunteer himself and went out with the father in search of the girl. According to him, when they tracked her down, she was in the embrace of an old man.

Five robbers die in shoot-out with police

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Five suspected armed robbers met their waterloo at the weekend as they were gunned down during a fierce encounter with policemen in Ogun State. The suspects belonged to a gang of bandits numbering 12 that attacked Oluke, Okugbolu and Onireke areas of Agbado in Ifo Local Government Area of the state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Muyiwa Adejobi, who confirmed the incident yesterday, disclosed that the suspected armed robbers stormed the areas on motorcycles.
Adejobi, in a statement issued in Abeokuta, said one of the suspects identified as Oladeinde Rasheed was arrested while some weapons were also recovered. Items recovered from the robbers, according to the PPRO, include five locally-made guns, 30 live cartridges, 12 expended cartridges, three laptops, jewelleries, five unregistered motorcycles, cutlasses, assorted charms and N85,000 cash.

Osun 2014: Man dies testing anti-bullet amulet

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Eid-el-fitir turned sour for the family of Sulaimon of Ashipa in Ife North Local Government Area of Osun State, when one of its sons, Rasheed, lost his life. The deceased died while testing the potency of an amulet to ward off bullets during the forthcoming governorship election in the state.
The development threw inhabitants of the area into a state of concussion. Investigation showed that before his death, Rasheed charged his cousin, Siji, to go with him to a nearby bush close to a church in the town to test the authenticity and workability of the charm made for him by a herbalist.

First class graduate, others dupe applicants over N5m

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At least 2,000 desperate applicants, seeking to work with international organisations have been defrauded after they paid money into a First Bank and Access Bank accounts as application fees. The money, which the fraudsters have scooped, is believed to be over N5 million. Six suspects, who specialised in designing websites of different companies and using such sites to defraud such job-seekers in the country, have been arrested by the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the police, Milverton, Ikoyi, Lagos State.
The suspects are identified as Falade Oluwapelumi Ayotunde (25), Asaolu Victor (25), Awote Temitope Emax (27), Fajobi Olalekan (27), Emmanuel Onaopemipo Bolatiri (25) and Adebomi Oluwatosin (26). Ayotunde is alleged to be the ringleader of the scam and sole signatory to the bank accounts.
He is also said to be a 500 level Estate Management student of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA). Olalekan is a Mechanical Engineering graduate of FUTA, with first class honours and the best graduating student in his department in 2012. Victor is a graduate of Mining Engineering from FUTA. Emax is a 500 level Estate Management student of FUTA. Onaopemipo is also a graduate of FUTA and deals on handsets, while Oluwatosin is a graduate of FUTA and currently working with Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro as a Programmer II.

Lawmakers got N100m each to impeach me, says Okorocha

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Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of making attempts to remove him from office. The governor said at the weekend at the inauguration of the state executive of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Owerri that 26 out of the 27 members of the state House of Assembly were brought to Abuja and paid N100 million each to impeach him. According to him, one of the lawmakers brought his booty to him Okorocha.
He said: “What have I done wrong in Imo that these people will be after me like this? Haven’t I done everything that I promised to do for Imo people? PDP has so annoyed me and they seem to have forgotten the kind of person I am.” Okorocha expressed regrets that all the people that stole public funds in Imo were now sheltered in PDP and had been ganging up against him and the people.

Ebola virus: Gambia bars airlines from Nigeria

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To curtail the wide spread of the deadly Ebola virus, the Gambian Government has taken a proactive step to stop airlines, including Arik Air, from bringing inbound passengers from Nigeria, Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone into Banjul.
A Gambian government official told New Telegraph at the weekend that at the early stage of the contagion’s development across West Africa, the Gambian Government had taken the proactive decision to stop airlines from bringing inbound passengers from these countries, into Banjul. Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Arik Air, has equally suspended operations to Monrovia and Freetown effective today.
The airline through its spokesman, Banji Ola, told reporters that the suspension would be in force until further notice, adding that the decision was a pre-cautionary measure aimed at safeguarding Nigerians. The first Ebola virus death was officially confirmed in Lagos last week following the discovery of a Liberian national who flew on an airline from Monrovia via Togo into Lagos. “Arik Air will be suspending operations into Monrovia (Liberia) and Freetown (Sierra Leone) effective July 28, 2014.

Police recover fake 200 million dollars from fraudsters

The police in Lagos State have arrested four men in possession of 200 million dollars fake currency.

 Detectives attached to the Area 'B' Apapa Command were said to have arrested the suspects in their shrine at Ajeromi Community, off Railway line, Badia, Ijora.

The policemen also recovered charms and amulets from them.

Police deny torturing suspect to death

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Family members of the young man, who was allegedly tortured to death by policemen attached to the Elere Police Station, are now asking the Lagos State Government and Nigeria Police Force to fish out the killers of their son.

 

Elder brother to the deceased, Alhaji  Tajudeen  Oyolola,  said: “When I  got to the hospital, what I saw  that amazed me was his face. It was swollen, his leg was also broken and part of the body was seriously damaged.”

9 Must-Know Facts About The Ebola Virus Spreading Across West Africa

The deadliest outbreak of Ebola in history is still ravaging countries in West Africa, particularly Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. And the troubling news continues with the recent report that the head doctor treating patients with Ebola in Sierra Leone, virologist Sheik Umar Khan, has himself contracted the virus, and is now being treated by doctors from the organization Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders).

The virus is notoriously deadly, causing a severe viral hemorrhagic fever, and has so far killed 60 percent of people infected by it in this West Africa outbreak. Here’s what is known about Ebola virus disease -- formerly known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever -- including how it's spread and why it's so deadly:

The first human outbreaks of Ebola on record occurred in Sudan and Zaire in 1976.
The virus is named after the Ebola River in Africa. There have been other outbreaks reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Ivory Coast, Uganda, South Sudan, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Guinea and Liberia, according to CNN.

There are five known strains of the virus.
They are named after their outbreak locations: Ebola-Zaire, Ebola-Sudan, Ebola-Côte d’Ivoire, Ebola-Reston, and Ebola-Bundibugyo, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. The outbreak currently affecting West Africa is the Zaire strain of ebolavirus -- which is also the most deadly of the five. Ebola-Reston, by contrast, is asymptomatic in humans.

Man Killed His Wife, Set Home Ablaze to Cover it Up, Say Police

Police officers in California are grieving one of their own as her husband sits in jail, accused of shooting his wife and trying to cover up her murder by lighting his house on fire.

Freddy Perez-Rodas called 911 on Wednesday and said his wife, Laura Perez, was inside their burning home in Escondido, California, according to police. Investigators suspected arson after firefighters put out the blaze and were unable to find her inside.

“We started to look for her and it became something of an arson, missing person investigation,” said Murrieta Police Lieutenant Tony Conrad.

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Boko Haram Militants Seize Cameroon Vice PM's Wife

YAOUNDE, July 27 (Reuters) - Boko Haram militants attacked Kolofata, a town in Cameroon's Far North Region near Nigeria, on Sunday and seized several people including the wife of Cameroon's Vice Prime Minister Amadou Ali, a military commander in the region said.

"The situation is very critical here now, and as I am talking to you the Boko Haram elements are still in Kolofata town in a clash with our soldiers," said Colonel Felix Nji Formekong, the second commander of Cameroon's third inter-army military region (RMIA3) based in the regional headquarters Maroua.

"Some of them have already taken away the wife of Vice Prime Minister Ahmadou Ali and her house help while the bodyguards of the Vice Prime Minister have succeeded in taking him out of the town to Mora," Formekong said, adding that there could be more casualties.    

American Doctor Undergoing Treatment After Testing Positive for Ebola*US doctor infected with Ebola in Liberia outbreak

Washington (AFP) - An American doctor battling West Africa's Ebola epidemic has himself fallen sick with the disease in Liberia, his aid agency said.

Samaritan's Purse, a Christian charity, said Dr Kent Brantly had been isolated at the group's Ebola treatment center at the ELWA hospital in the Liberian capital Monrovia.

"Dr Brantly is married with two children," the group said, in a statement posted to its website on Saturday.

"Samaritan's Purse is committed to doing everything possible to help Dr Brantly during this time of crisis. We ask everyone to please pray for him and his family."

The aid agency did not immediately return calls from AFP. The US State Department said it was aware of an Ebola case but could not provide information about a private individual.

Brantly is the medical director of the Samaritan's Purse Ebola case management center in Liberia, where the agency continues to work with Liberian and international health officials to contain the outbreak.

Runaway Sierra Leone Ebola patient dies in ambulance

FREETOWN (Reuters) - A Sierra Leone Ebola patient whose family sparked a nationwide hunt when they forcefully removed her from a treatment centre and took her to a traditional healer, died in an ambulance on the way to hospital, a health official said.

Health officials say fear and mistrust of health workers in Sierra Leone, where many have more faith in traditional medicine, are hindering efforts to contain an Ebola outbreak which has killed more than 450 people in the country.

In recent days crowds gathered outside clinics and hospitals to protest against what they see as a conspiracy, in some cases clashing with police as they threatened to burn down the buildings and remove the patients.

Amadu Sisi, a senior doctor at King Harman hospital in the capital Freetown, from which the patient was taken, said on Saturday that police found her in the house of a healer.

Her family refused to hand her over and a struggle ensued with police, who finally retrieved her and sent her to hospital, he said.
"She died in the ambulance on the way to another hospital," Sisi said.

Official: Ebola kills senior doctor in Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — One of Liberia's most high-profile doctors has died of Ebola, a government official said Sunday, highlighting the risks facing health workers trying to combat the deadly disease.

Dr. Samuel Brisbane is the first Liberian doctor to die in an outbreak the World Health Organization says has killed 129 people in the West African nation. A Ugandan doctor working in the country died earlier this month.

The WHO says the outbreak, the largest ever recorded, has also killed 319 people in Guinea and 224 in Sierra Leone.

Brisbane, who once served as a medical adviser to former Liberian President Charles Taylor, was working as a consultant with the internal medicine unit at the country's largest hospital, the John F. Kennedy Memorial Medical Center in Monrovia.

After falling ill with Ebola, he was taken to a treatment center on the outskirts of the capital, where he died, said Tolbert Nyenswah, an assistant health minister.

Under the supervision of health workers, family members escorted the doctor's body to a burial location west of the city, Nyenswah said.
He added that another doctor who had been working in Liberia's central Bong County was also being treated for Ebola at the same center where Brisbane died.
The situation "is getting more and more scary," Nyenswah said.

‘We robbed Senator Omisore's home, raped maid’

The Special Anti-Robbery Squad(SARS), Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, has arrested three members of the five man-gang which stormed Senator Iyiola Omisore’s home, robbed and raped his house maid.

 The robbers have been identified as Chadians and confessed that they specialised in breaking into choice homes of prominent men in the Lagos metropolis.

They were five men that went for the operation at Omisore’s home and each took turn at raping the maid, said to be about 17-year-old.

The suspects presently SARS custody are; Mohammed Musa, Ibrahim Mohammed and Jitto Saleh. One Mohammed Saleh is said to still be at large. Two guns, five iron cutters, one chisel, one cutlass, assorted charms, one iron bar and one dagger, said to be poisonous, were recovered from them.

Lagos Police prepare for Boko Haram invasion, print 17m pamphlets

Following the twin explosions which rocked the Creek Road area of Liverpool, Apapa, Lagos State on June, 25 and the subsequent declaration by the Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekarau that his sect was behind the explosions and now in Lagos, the police and state government have been having sleepless nights, trying to come with up strategies to ensure that the state was thrown into one of anarchy and bloodletting.

Aside from the state governor, Baba Tunde Raji Fashola having a closed door meetings men involved in fuel and gas businesses especially at the apapa, wharf axis, the State’s Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, had also been secretly meeting with Islamic leaders in the state over security of the state.

This was even as members of the Oodua Peoples’ Congress(OPC), under Dr. Fredrick Fasehun faction, have stationed themselves strategically, keeping surveillance on areas and buildings they known were inhabited by Chadians and Nigeriens in the metropolis.

CIVIL DEFENCE OFFICER ARRESTED FOR CRIMINAL FIREARMS DEALINGS

 Two AK-47 Rifles, Live ammunition recovered from him

 

Nigeria Police detectives attached to Niger State Police Command on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 have arrested an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), ASC Idris Saidu over his involvement in illegal dealings in arms and ammunition.

Following the arrest, the detectives also have recovered from the suspect two (2) AK-47 rifles and a large chunk of ammunition. The suspect, male and 33yrs of age who hails from Maje Village, Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State and currently serving at NSCDC Headquarters, Minna, was arrested at Fadikpe Area of Chachanga Local Government of Niger State following a tip-off from a patriotic Nigerian.

KADUNA BOMBING: IGP SETS UP HIGH-POWERED INVESTIGATION TEAM

Calls for calm and cooperation

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP MD Abubakar,  has instituted a high-powered investigation team made up of very seasoned investigators to unearth the perpetrators of the recent bomb attack in Kaduna in which thirty-nine (39) Nigerians unfortunately lost their lives while thirty-seven (37) others got injured just as the former Head of State, General Mohammadu Buhari and the respected Islamic cleric, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi narrowly escaped unhurt.

'Drug trafficking was my last resort'

 Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have prevented a 35-year-old refrigerator dealer, Alinnor Celestine from smuggling 1.1kg of substances that tested positive for cocaine to Germany. The suspect who ingested sixty wraps of narcotics was caught at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos with the help of scanning machine during the outward screening of Turkish Airline passengers.

NDLEA commander at the airport, Mr. Hamza Umar said that the suspect was to deliver the drugs in Frankfurt, Germany. According to Hamza, “the suspect who tested positive for drug ingestion was to deliver the cocaine at Frankfurt. While under observation, he excreted 60 wraps of white powdery substances that tested positive for cocaine weighing 1.1kg”.

Police hold human parts’ dealers, 46 others

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NEMESIS Those who claim to be making money from selling human parts are now cooling their feet in police cell
Police in Kwara Statesaid they had apprehended three suspected human parts’ dealers. This came a few weeks after the discovery of a site purportedly being used as kidnappers’ den in Illorin, the state capital. One of the suspect human parts dealers is said to be the herbalist behind the gang.
The three persons were part of 49 men arrested by the police between July 15 and 22 for various offences.
Seven of them were arrested for allegedly participating in cult-related activities, while 27 were picked up for their alleged role in latest violence around Oja-Iya/Eruda area of the state capital. In the said incident, 10 vehicles were vandalised, one building was burnt while several people were injured.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr Ambrose Aisabor, who announced the arrest at a press briefing yesterday, said the suspected human parts dealers were caught at Tabira village near Okuta in Baruten Local Government Area.
The three suspects were brought to the command head them quarters with a fresh human head and arms as exhibits.

Son arrested for killing 87-year-old father

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HOMICIDE Barely three weeks after two sons allegedly murdered their fathers in Ogun and Enugu states, another one is now in police cell for allegedly killing his daddy
The police in Umuahia, Abia State, yesterday paraded a 27-year-old undergraduate of Madonna University, Chijioke Ezebuiro, for allegedly killing his 87-year-old father, Dr Emmanuel Ezebuiro. But Chijioke, who was among other suspects paraded, denied killing his father.
However, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Geoffrey Ogbonna, who paraded the suspects at the command headquarters, said Chijioke was the prime suspect as he was the only person in the house at the time of father’s death. He said the death occurred on June 30, at the house of the deceased at Umuoriehi, Isingwu in Umuahia North Local Government Area.
This came barely three weeks after a 21 year old boy, Tolani Ajayi, was arrested for allegedly killing his father, Charles Ajayi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), at the Redemption Camp on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State.
A day after that, July 6, Mr. Christopher Onu was allegedly hacked to death by his son, Ikenna Onu, at his home in Aguabosi village in Ugwuoba community, Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State.

Seven policemen held for robbery

Seven policemen attached to the Anambra State Government House, Awka, have been arrested, detained and are facing administrative trial. The policemen were said to be on duty when a robbery took place at the Government House.
It was learnt that a top government official, who allegedly made a suspicious call about 10 minutes to the robbery incident, around 2am the fateful is also now helping the police.
Investigation shows that during the robbery, 11 brainboxes of Hilux vehicles and other parts were stolen. Following the report to the state police command, the policemen on duty that day were arrested and taken to the ‘B’ Division for interrogation.

Kaduna blasts: Troops arrest bomb suspect disguised as woman

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Military personnel in Kaduna have arrested a man suspected to be connected with the explosion targeted at a former Head of State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), on Wednesday.
The young man, who was apprehended by a military patrol team that deployed to the area immediately after the explosion, had been clad in a women’s outfit with a brazier affixed to his chest.
The suspect was arrested while trying to blend into the crowd of onlookers when the patrol team arrived the scene.

Fans, artists, weep, pray after robbers' shooting of Alariwo

The fans of popular musician, Alariwo of Africa wept at the Ajegunle area of Lagos State, at the lastweekend after they heard that he had been shot by suspected armed robbers.

It was gathered that Alariwo who was supposed to be one of the guests at the birthday bash of a popular disc jockey and TV presenter, Ben Omage, popularly called Grand Master Lee (GML), on Friday was shot in the stomach in Ibadan, Oyo State capital.

GET TV presenter, Grand Master Lee (GML) announced at Candlewood Hotel, Ugbenwankwo Street, Ajegunle, the venue of his party that his special guest artiste, Sunny Neji would not return to the event because he went to sympathize with his friend and music colleague, Alariwo who was shot few hours ago.

Cursed with banging housemaids

I’m not a guy, so I can’t possibly understand or comprehend what makes a guy noses after a female.

I don’t understand why a guy does stupid things and take crazy chances because he wants to sample a particular honey.

Just saying it’s sexual chemistry…sexual attraction makes it too simplistic.

I mean, why would a guy want to cane his house help when he has a lovely, attractive wife at home?

Why would a guy want to disrespect his wife by foraging through the wilder shores of their maid’s forestry?

I heard what you’re saying. You’re saying that the wife could be a shit of a wife.

I know, but if you must cheat on your wife, why choose your house help of all people?

‘How we escaped death in market accident’

A day after truck loaded with bags of sachet water, crashed into the Odo-Eran market, located at Igando area of Lagos State, some of the traders have revealed how they narrowly escaped death by the whiskers.

While the chairman of the market, Alhaji Bamidele Kazeem, said the accident was not as bad as people made it out to be, others just kept thanking their lucky stars that they were not caught in it.

Kazeem also revealed that one of the traders that died, identified as Iya Alalubosa, would have survived, but for doctors’ strike. “The woman was rushed to the hospital, but there was no doctor to attend to her. The doctors were on strike.”

Seven Fidelity bank staff, six policemen held over N24m bank robbery

Four cashiers of Fidelity bank, three security guards and six policemen have been held in connection with the robbery of Fidelity bank, Okokomaiko, Alaba, Lagos State branch on Wednesday.

The suspects were said to have been arrested because investigators suspected foul play. The attack was coming barely a month after a similar attack on the same bank, in which a mobile police officer was killed. The robbers made away with N24 million.

Those presently being quizzed by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), under SP. Abba Kyarri are the six policemen and seven staff of Fidelity bank.

Two DIG, two AIG, CP names submitted as new IGP

As news continues to filter in, that the present Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar is lobbying for an extension of his stay as the number one policeman in the country, another news came in yesterday, that the Police Service Commission has submitted the files of two Deputy Inspector General (DIGs), two Assistant Inspector Generals (AIGs), and a Commissioner of Police to the office of the president for study to enable him make choice.

The submitted names are; the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), in charge of intelligence, Mr. Solomon Erase. Mr. Suleiman Abba, AIG, Zone 7, Abuja,  the Deputy Inspector General of Police(DIG) in charge of Administration, Mr. Suleiman Fakai, DIG in charge of Operations, Mr. Michael Zokumuor and Commissioner of Police in charge of FCT Police Command, Mr. Joseph Mbu.

A source said: “President Jonathan is still studying the files and may make a pronouncement any moment from now. But everything right now, depends on him.”

Woman who fingered pastor in ritual saga, is deranged-Police

Lagos State Police Command has said that the woman who abducted a child in Ikorodu area of the metropolis is mentally challenged.

Police spokesperson, Ngozi Braide told newsmen yesterday that psychiatrists at the Federal Neo- Psychiatric Hospital, Lagos, confirmed that the woman, Rosemary Chukwu who abducted the seven-year-old primary pupil, Emmanuel Emeka and hid him inside a box, about two weeks ago is deranged.

When mob which apprehended the woman beat her black and blue, she alleged that the pastor of her church, Ernest Nwankwo sent her to kidnap a child for a fee of N2.5m.

Nwankwo had since debunked the story, suspecting that the suspect could be insane.

Police alleged to have tortured suspect to death after demanding N2m bail

Hundreds of youths at the Orile Agege area of Lagos State, today besieged the Elere Police Station Agege, threatening to set it ablaze, after news filtered out that their friend who was randomly arrested by a team of policemen, was tortured to death.

The infuriated youths further claimed that the death of the deceased, identified as Olayode Ayoade, 28, occurred after the police demanded for N2million bail for the deceased and other young men arrested in the area.

Ayoade and three others were said to have been arrested after policemen on patrol cruised to their area on Thursday and saw the men drinking and laughing.

The policemen allegedly arrested the men for failing to carry out the mandatory Thursday sanitation meant for traders in Lagos State. It is yet unclear whether the deceased and his friends are traders.

Ramadan: Church donates foodstuffs to Muslims

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To boost inter-religious harmony, the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) in Tudun Nupawa, Kaduna, yesterday donated food items to Muslims within its domain as a way of associating with them in the spirit of Ramadan. Food items donated to 150 beneficiaries include rice, beans, maize, noodles and eggs among others.
The senior pastor of the church, Rev Yunusa Nmadu, said the gesture was “to demonstrate the Biblical injunction that we should love our neighbours as ourselves”. According to him, it is important for the church to impact positively on the lives of the people of the community otherwise it has no business being there.
He said: “We know that there are people in the community that require help in this month of Ramadan, which is why we have brought out 150 of such families to be given the food items.
“Apart from that, we have also embarked on this to show the world that peace is possible and that we are all peace makers by demonstrating it in practical terms.”

Driver escapes robbers’ bullets

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A taxi driver narrowly escaped death when three suspected robbers snatched his cab and tried to kill him.
In the incident, which occurred on Victoria Island in Lagos recently, the driver, Mr Matthew Michael, would have been killed but the robbers’ guns jammed. Michael said that he would have been dead and his car gone for good but for providence which ensured that policemen got there on the nick of time.
The police arrested one of the three-man gang, identified as Rasheed Yusuf. The gang was said to be residing in Mushin area of the metropolis.
Michael said the three young men flagged him down on his way to Escape Lounge. The driver added that they told him that they were going to Mushin and after billing them, two of them drew their guns, while Yusuf whipped out a dagger.

‘Seven years’ joblessness forced me into drug trafficking’

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A business administration graduate said he took to drug trafficking because he could not secure a job for seven years.
The suspect, Somadina Victor Ifeanacho, was arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in possession of 2.185kg of substances that tested positive for methamphetamine.
The seizure was made at the departure hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. He was to board an Ethiopian Airline flight to Malaysia when the drug was detected in his bag. The suspect said that he smuggled drugs out of frustration.
He said: “I am a graduate but have been jobless since I graduated in 2008. After several years of joblessness, I became a commercial bus driver in Lagos. I am single and live in Badagry. “
A man I met at a hotel promised to assist me in getting a job in Malaysia. I was happy to travel out of the country even with drugs out of frustration but I was arrested in the process.

My Abuja airport encounter with DSS —Ezekwesili

MRS Obiageli Ezekwesili, Nigeria's former Minister of Education and a leading #BringBackOurGirls campaigner, has spoken about her Monday encounter with the security operatives at the Abuja International Airport.
On her way to London, to attend the BBC Hardtalk programme, to further her campaign on the release of kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls, Ezekwesili said she was, on "orders from above," delayed and harassed by Department of State Security (DSS) operatives for over 40 minutes.

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On Tuesday, in London, Ezekwesili, a trustee of the Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans, narrated her ordeals during her visit to the association members in London, as contained in a statement by the CANAN Executive Director, Pastor Laolu Akande:
“I arrived at the airport yesterday (on Monday) to travel to London on British Airline. First, after the luggage screening section, I moved to the Customs people, sitting right next to it and do a more thorough bag search. Rather than they handling my luggage as is the practice, there were three SSS men, who rudely took over before they could do so, and ordered me to open my bag.
“I was travelling light, with just my hand luggage leather roll on and my computer bag. I placed the bag for them (to see) and one was already furiously frisking through it when the Customs advised that a woman be allowed to do it. She was allowed and she did it.
“She finished, zipped up the luggage and they said I could proceed. But I asked that the computer bag be also searched, and they did.

what jonathan, chibok girls discussed •57 girls, 184 parents, Borno gov at meeting •FG warns against 100-day rally

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday, finally met some of the girls who escaped from Boko Haram’s den, their parents, parents of some of those still in captivity, as well as community and opinion leaders from Chibok, Borno State.

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This came 99 days after the Boko Haram sect abducted about 300 girls in Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok.
Fifty seven girls and 184 parents, guardians, community and opinion leaders from the town were brought into the Presidential Villa in four long buses, where they met with the president in a closed door session for about two and a half hours.
Also in the meeting were the Senate President, David Mark; Governors Kashim Shettima of Borno and Isa Yuguda of Bauchi; ministers including Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Finance) and Ibrahim Shekarau (Education); National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd) and the Chief of Staff to the President, Brigadier-General Jones Arogbofa.
The meeting was in fulfilment of the promise made by the president to Pakistani teen girls education campaigner, Malala Yousafzai, during her recent meeting with Jonathan in the State House, Abuja.
Jonathan had come under severe criticism, particularly from the opposition, for seemingly refusing to visit Chibok since after the abduction saga.

Police: Couple killed by suspects hired for chores

A retired Philadelphia couple was strangled by two men hired to do household chores after the wife caught one trying to steal money, authorities said Monday.

Rufus and Gladys Perry, who relatives said had been married more than 40 years, knew one of their alleged assailants and ended up being killed for $120 and a gold necklace, according to police.

"For it to be someone that they're familiar with, someone that they knew, makes the pain even greater," said Donald Carlton, the couple's nephew.

Terry Ballard, 26, of Philadelphia, and Justen Smith, 19, of Glen Campbell, were charged with murder, robbery and related offenses. It wasn't clear if they had attorneys.

The Perrys' bodies were found early Thursday by one of their daughters in the stairwell of their rowhouse in the city's Strawberry Mansion section. They had abrasions on their faces and necks, Homicide Capt. James Clark said.

11 parents of Nigeria's abducted girls die

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nearly a dozen parents of the more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls will never see their daughters again.

Since the mass abduction of the schoolgirls by Islamic extremists three months ago, at least 11 of their parents have died and their hometown, Chibok, is under siege from the militants, residents report.

Seven fathers of kidnapped girls were among 51 bodies brought to Chibok hospital after an attack on the nearby village of Kautakari this month, said a health worker who insisted on anonymity for fear of reprisals by the extremists.

At least four more parents have died of heart failure, high blood pressure and other illnesses that the community blames on trauma due to the mass abduction 100 days ago, said community leader Pogu Bitrus, who provided their names.

"One father of two of the girls kidnapped just went into a kind of coma and kept repeating the names of his daughters, until life left him," said Bitrus.

How our banks pulled off the most cynical scam of all time: We all know how millions fell victim to banks selling insurance they didn't need. But this gripping inside account reveals greed so obscene it'll make your jaw drop

Six years ago, bus driver Michael Hampton decided to rent a one-bedroomed flat. There was only one problem: he needed £2,500 for a three-month deposit, and as much again to buy furniture.

So he turned to an Abbey National branch in Hertfordshire, where he’d banked for years. The loan they proposed would have to be paid back over five years, which was fine.

But Mr Hampton, 50, was also urged to take out payment protection insurance, which would cover his payments if he fell ill. This cost a hefty £43-a-month.

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And there was a catch: the saleswoman at Abbey National, he said, ‘insisted that my loan application would be looked on more favourably if I took out the insurance’. Feeling he had no choice, he agreed.

It wasn’t until Mr Hampton had been paying the premium — known as PPI — for nearly five years that he learned from a TV programme that serious questions were being raised about this type of insurance. In fact, his was a classic case: his length of service as a bus driver entitled him to 26 weeks’ sick pay, so he hadn’t needed PPI at all.

Police defend father who pounded accused child molester into a 'bloody puddle' as suspect appears in court still swollen from beatdown

Police defended the actions of a father who infamously beat a man into a 'bloody puddle' after walking in on him sexually molesting his 11-year-old son as the suspect made his first court appearance Monday.
Raymond Frolander, 18, was taken to a hospital before being taken to the closest police station, and his still-swollen face has shown very few signs of healing from the merciless beatdown he received only days ago.
Frolander was conscious, but still covered in bruises and with a swollen face as he pleaded not guilty to sexual battery on a child after he admitted to molesting the boy for years.

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Beaten down: Raymond Frolander was barely recognizable in his first court appearance after the savage pounding

The father has not been charged with a crime, and police sound as if they believe his actions were justified.

'My own mother sold me for sex': Brave abuse victim reveals how she suffered a decade of rape from the age of five by men who would pay £5

A woman who was sold for sex by her own mother has revealed how she suffered a decade of rape from the age of five by men who would pay just £5.
As a young girl the 48-year old from south London, who has chosen to remain anonymous, was subjected to sex with paedophiles, with her mother receiving money or alcohol in return. 
Even after she was taken into care the abuse continued during weekend visits home and only stopped when Claire* ran away for good at the age of 15.

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Speaking out: A woman (left) who was sold for sex by her own mother (right) has revealed how she suffered a decade of rape from the age of five

She remained silent about the abuse for years but suffered a breakdown aged 41 after learning more about her mother’s deplorable crime.

It was only after her mother died that Claire felt brave enough to contact police and report what had happened.
However, because her mother was dead no action could be taken and instead Claire decided to talk about her shocking experiences to help other abuse victims find a voice.

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Hidden torment: 'Claire' (right), pictured with her mother as a teenager, remained silent about her abuse for years

'When I heard my mother had died I actually laughed,' she said.
'That might sound awful but words cannot describe the hatred and fear I had for that woman after what she forced me to do.
‘I remained frightened of her my whole life. I regret not reporting her while she was still alive because there can be no greater act of evil for a mother than to sell the body of her own daughter.

POLICEMEN HELD OVER FAKE JOBS

The Nigerian Immigration Service has paraded three suspects, including two policemen, for allegedly defrauding members of the public through an employment scam.

The two policemen, Bitrus Gata and Asartia Johnson, both of Gombe State Police Command and one Oluwatayo Komolafe, were said to have issued out fake letters of employment to their victims after collecting various amounts from them.

The Comptroller-General of Immigration, David Parradang, in Abuja on Monday, said the service was not recruiting and cautioned the public against falling prey to solicitations from fake Facebook accounts for employment into the immigration service.

Parradang said, “The Presidential Committee on Immigration Recruitment has yet to announce the date and modalities for recruitment into the NIS. The right information will be publicised once the committee concludes arrangements.”

Fighter jet kills scores of insurgents in Borno villages

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• FG plans new counter-terrorism strategy

Scores of Boko Haram terrorists have been killed by Air Force fighter jets intercepted them on their way to attack some villages in Askira/ Uba Local Government Area of Borno state, just as another military helicopter crashed in Bama Local Government Area of the state, killing two airforce personnel.
It was learnt that the gunmen who had sent threat letters to some villages in Askira/Uba Local Government Area had ambushed people fleeing their villages to Askira and Uba towns for safety, killing six of them at the weekend.
A resident of the area, Mr. John Amos, said yesterday that the fleeing residents notified security operatives, who alerted a fighter jet that promptly responded and threw bombs on the Boko Haram insurgents, killing scores of them.
The villages attacked, according to Amos, include Lassa, Rimingo, File, Murtavu and four other smaller villages and communities in the local government area. A security source yesterday confirmed the incident to journalists in Maiduguri.

FG stops deportation of non-indigenes

THE Federal Government has ordered a stop to any attempt by states to deport, register and provide identity cards to non-indigenes resident in the states, as a way to check the influx of suspected Boko Haram members.

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The decision was reached during a meeting of the national security council, presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday.
The meeting was attended by all service chiefs, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar; Ministers of Police Affairs and his Interior counterpart, Abdul Jelil Adesiyan and Abba Moro respectively; Director-General, Department of State Security (DSS), Ita Ekpenyong and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd).
According to the IGP, who briefed State House correspondents, alongside the Director-General of DSS, the meeting was summoned to discuss the ongoing insurgency in the country, the efforts to rescue abducted Chibok girls and the discrimination of some Nigerians in parts of the country.
“Primarily, the council discussed very important issues – terrorism in Nigeria (the Boko Haram), the Chibok girls and lastly, the issue of Nigerians being discriminated against in other parts of the country,” Abubakar said.

Police arrest school principal’s killers

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The Nasarawa Police Command Monday paraded a four-man gang of armed robbery suspects that robbed and killed the Principal of Federal Science and Technical College, Doma in an operation which took place on July 17, 2014, along Doma-Lafia Road.
Parading the suspects at the state Criminal Investigation Department,(CID) in Lafia, the state capital, the Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ismail Numan, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, said the suspects were arrested following a tip off at about 1030hrs.

Soldiers attack on BRT buses: Fashola sets up panel to probe incident

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Barely 17 days after some suspected soldiers in Lagos went wild, burning about eight Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) buses on Ikorodu Road, the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola Monday constituted a tribunal of enquiry to probe the cause of the incident.
Fashola had earlier described the July 4 incident as unfortunate and disappointing, saying he would reserve his comments on the incident until he receives a formal report from the military authorities.
The soldiers were said to have gone wild after one of them was killed by a LAGBUS bus on BRT Lane. The accident which occurred around Palm Groove section of the road led to the burning of several BRT buses by the suspected soldiers.

‘Greed led me into car snatching’

Thirty-five-year-old Okewu Olayinka, a professional barber, has
revealed how the glitz and glamour of robbery world, painted by his
friend, made him decide to try his hand at robbery.
He failed woefully. He had gone for two car snatching operations,
where he and his gang members wielded guns like they were in Hollywood
a movie, and yet for all his pains and success in making away with two
cars, he did not receive a dime.
He was arrested before he got his share. He is presently in the
custody of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Lagos State Police
Command.
He said: “It was greed that led me into this! I was not satisfied with
what God gave me. I decided to join car snatching because of the way
my friend painted the world of crime and robbery. There was also how
they spent money and lived their lives. I wanted to be like them.
Today, I’m blaming myself for my predicament.

Four killed, 11 injured as truck runs into market

Four were killed and more than 11 injured today at the Odo-Eran
Bus Stop area of LASU/Igando road, after a truck rammed into a market.
Eye witness accounts claimed that truck failed brake just as the
driver was about to negotiate a sharp bend. In an attempt to avoid
ramming into tricycle riders whom were parked by the sharp corner of
the road, the driver had drove into the market, killing four persons
instantly.
While some residents in the area said that more than 11 persons were
killed, others insisted that about 50 people were killed.
The accident occurred between 930:10am.
The truck driver had attempted to bolt, but traders chased him down
and inflicted machete wounds on him.
Another eye witness, identified as Balogun Towiwa said: “The truck
driver would have been killed, but for the timely intervention of
officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC).”
The deceased were said to be two men and two women.

‘We were attacked by council officials, our goods stolen’

Traders at the Alakija Market, Lagos State, have narrated how some workers of the neighbourhood Watch, attached to the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Council attacked them with dangerous weapons.

It will be recalled that last week, some traders were attacked by the Neighbourhood Watch members, who under the instruction of the chairman of the council, wanted to dislodge them from their trading zones.

It was alleged that the council chairman ordered the demolition of some shops which were said to be illegal and the Neighbourhood Watch was directed to carry out the exercise and ensure the demolition of the shops. As the demolition was going on, some of the traders attempted to salvage what was left of their wares, leading to free for all fight.

Harvest of human parts’ dealers

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In March, 2014, a dungeon was discovered in Soka, Ibadan, Oyo State, where kidnapped people were used for ritual purposes. The shocking discovery included 18 males and five females, looking frail, with chains on their legs. There were human skulls, bones and other parts found in the bush. There were open graves where bodies were dumped. In one of the buildings, was an abandoned factory where captives were slaughtered and sold in parts to clients.
Since the Ibadan Soka forest horror story broke, members of the Nigeria Police Force, across the nation have become more vigilant. This vigilance has paid off, particularly in Lagos State, with police detectives discovering and arresting more human parts dealers.
A police source said that the buying and selling of human parts is prevalent in areas where public cemeteries are situated. The police source added: “Areas which are not located in the metropolis and have cemeteries have become the hideout for cartels which specialise in the sales of human parts. Police have reason to believe that some of these human parts dealers also engage in ritual killing.”
The source said that efforts were on to arrest other human parts sellers in the state. In May, 2014, the Lagos State Police Command arrested a grandfather, Mr. Segun Kayode, for exhuming and selling human parts. Police said that the suspect sold human parts for a living, adding that he had become notorious in the business. The grandfather, who could not give his exact age, said he started selling human parts because he was poor and jobless. He added that selling human parts was no crime.
In May, 5, 2014, four suspects were arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Lagos Police Command, Ikeja and they gave chilling accounts of how they used to source and sell human body parts. One of the suspects, Mrs. Sukuratu Salami, said that she used to buy each fresh human head for N10, 000 and sell for N20, 000.
According to the 53-year-old mother, human eye balls go for N5, 000 and intestines are sold at N1, 000. She confessed to have sold at least 10 heads. Salami, who sells herbs, said she decided to go into selling of human parts because there was high demand for heads by “native doctors.”