Criminals smile to the bank as kidnappings escalate in Ogun

Olufemi Adediran, Abeokuta

IGP, Alkali Baba

“I went through hell before I could secure the release of my boy. I would not even wish for my enemy to experience what I passed through when my son was kidnapped.”

When Children Become Bargaining Chips For Kidnappers, Bandits

 By Juliana Francis

IGP, Alkali Baba

A look of despair crossed the face of Reverend Gabriel Oyediji as he said with resignation: “It is sad to note that the Nigerian child has never been so vulnerable and so insecure in the history of our great nation, Nigeria. Never before has the psyche of the Nigerian child so badly affected by insecurity and horrific scenes he sees every day.”

NAPTIP DG worries over Nigerian migrants dying on Mediterranean Sea

Juliana Francis

The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Imaan Sulaiman Ibrahim, has expressed sadness over the incessant mishap involving hundreds of irregular migrants on the Mediterranean Sea enroute Europe describing it as huge loss that could be avoided.

Drama as family accuse GO of holding daughter, ‘captive’ in Lagos

Taiwo Jimoh

 

The General Overseer of Fountain of Hope Deliverance and Prayer Church, Pastor Samuel Aramede, has been accused of keeping one of her church members identified as PraiseGod Philemon captive in his home.

Parents of triplet beg Nigerians for assistance

Juliana Francis

A worried couple in Niger State, Mr. Abdulkadir Muhammad and his wife, Amina Muhammad, blessed with triplet, have decided to swallow pride and beg Nigerians for assistance.

Security guards collaborate with robbers, kidnappers to raid Lagos community

Taiwo Jimoh

 

An African adage says when a farmer plants groundnuts on a farm invested with ground squirrels, it is expected the squirrels would have their fill before the harvest period.

Gunshots rock Lagos as police kill two cyclists

Residents of Ogba in Lagos State scampered for safety between Thursday night and today morning (Friday) as sporadic gunshot rented the atmosphere.