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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Emma Nnadozie, Crime Editor A 30-year-old man who risked his life to rescue a kidnap victim in Lagos, last week, is now regretting why he exhibited that rare courage.   In fact, he has relocated to an unknown place with members of his family following threats from the enraged fleeing kidnappers who have sworn to take their pound of flesh. The unemployed accountant (name withheld for security reasons) abandoned his house at   in Igando area of Lagos after he boldly confronted a crowd that gathered to lynch a kidnap victim, Chief Donatus Dunu, owner of a multi-national pharmaceutical company at Ilupeju, Lagos. Chief Dunu miraculously escaped from a bungalow where he was kept for over four months by his abductors who were demanding 1 million Euro (N500 M) ransom from members of his family.    In spite of the fact that the family paid N150m to the abductors while detectives were frantically looking for their hideout, they still refused to...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Ishola Balogun Arewa youth at Seme border, Badagry Lagos Chapter have tasked the Federal Government on the need to secure the nations seaports with a view to curbing criminal activities at the points of the country’s sources of revenue. The youth, under the umbrella of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), made the call in a statement signed by their chapter Chairman, Comrade Adamu Sambo, in which they lamented the negligence of the government on the matter concerning seaports and land borders import and export activities since the closure of the land borders. The Forum cited example of the recent discovery of 661 pump action riffles in a consignment which the landing Bill claimed contained steel door. The Forum wondered what were the respective departments like the Customs, Bomb disposals department DMI,SSS,NDLEA NAFDAC were doing, reminding that their responsibilities included confirmation and physical examination of any items before the signing of a...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J   By Vincent Ujumadu The Nigerian Civil War, popularly known as the Nigeria-Biafra war, lasted from 6th  July, 1967  – 15th January 1970. It was a war fought to counter the secession of Biafra, an area dominated by the Igbo. Many people believed that the war became inevitable because the Igbo people felt they could no longer coexist with the Northern-dominated federal government. The conflict resulted from long period of alleged political, economic, ethnic, cultural and religious deprivations, which preceded Britain’s formal decolonization of Nigeria from 1960 to 1963. Before the full blown war, there had been a military coup in 1966, a counter-coup and persecution of Igbo living in Northern Nigeria, forcing them to return home. Even on their way home, many of them were killed in disturbing circumstances. Although some people were of the opinions that corruption among the civilian ruling class pushed the military to organize the coup, there were op...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Lagos State government has expressed concern over the abandoned buildings owned by Federal Government and private individuals within Lagos Island axis of the state which criminals have now turned into their hideouts. The Special Adviser to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Central Business District, CBD, Mr. Agboola Dabiri expressed the concerns on the threat constituted by the abandoned buildings within the district at the on going 2017, Annual Ministerial media briefing. Dabiri lamented that the abandoned buildings have become black-spots on the Lagos Island axis of the state. According to him: “We have over 60 abandoned buildings and most of them are owned by the federal government and the buildings have been turned into hideouts of criminals. “These are the dark spots within the district, some are occupied by over 100 miscreants. Some of them are within Marina, I am sure that very soon, the state government will take a decisive step on it.” He also said one of t...