Tell a Tale

A 65-year-old, arrested alongside three others for allegedly indulging in cult  activities, has  claimed  poverty led him into selling arms. The suspect, who identified himself as Najim Bakare, said: “I  got involved in selling guns because I was poor and needed to make ends meet.” Sunday Vanguard gathered that the police have recovered one of the guns Bakare  allegedly sold to a  cult group. Bakare’s co-suspects, arrested for allegedly fomenting trouble in the Mobil Road area of Ajah, Lagos,  are  Adewale Odusote, TairuTairu Idris and Dare Ayetoba. It was learned that 22-year-old Odusote, who hails from Epe, Lagos, was apprehended by the police attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) after a  tip-off on a robbery incident.  He was reportedly heading to deliver a  gun to  a robbery gang in a hideout. The gang took the police to Bakare’s house after they were nabbed by operatives. Apart from the double-barrel...

EXPERTS in education have advised parents to read books to their children, irrespective of how young the latter may be. The experts, who spoke in Lagos recently during a spelling competition organised for students in Lagos State public primary schools, as part of activities to mark the 10th anniversary of Educational Aid Global Initiative (Edu-Aid)EXPERTS in education have advised parents to read books to their children, irrespective of how young the latter may be. The experts, who spoke in Lagos recently during a spelling competition organised for students in Lagos State public primary schools, as part of activities to mark the 10th anniversary of Educational Aid Global Initiative (Edu-Aid), stated that such excercises, especially for children below the age of six months, would enhance the academic performance of the affected children later in life. Edu-Aid is a non-government organisation (NGO) registered by Covenant Christian Centre with the aim of improving the falling sta...

Operatives of Lagos State Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, have arrested a notorious car-snatching gang, which specialises in causing mild accident to rob their victims. One of the suspect, who identified himself as Sunday Uzor, revealed that the gang’s mode of operation was to make their victim have a mild accident. According to the 39-year-old indigene of Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State, “While our victims come down to inspect the extent of damage and who the culprit is, our gang would swoop on them and snatch their vehicles.” The other members of the gang arrested alongside Uzor are Ifeanyichukwu Chukwu, 33; Matthew Arome, 27; Ebere John, 32; and Ikechukwu Chilaka, 35. It was gathered that the police recovered a barreta pistol, one locally-made double-barrelled cut-to-size gun loaded with two live cartridges, and six other live cartridges from the suspects operating within Iyana Iba, Igando, Igbo Elerin and other areas along Lagos-Badagry expressway....

FEW days after a petrol tanker exploded in Onitsha, killing many residents , another tanker explosion occurred, yesterday, in Lagos. Although no life was lost, millions of naira worth of goods were destroyed. The explosion, which occurred in the early hours of Saturday at Idimu, Egbe-Idimu Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of the state, left scores of residents devastated, as no fewer than 20 houses were affected . When The Guardian visited the scene at dawn yesterday, several spare-part shops, provisions outlets, raw food kiosks, food canteens, beauty shops, and other business premises were completely raized. According to officials of the Lagos State fire service, 34 houses and 70 shops and kiosks were completely burnt to arches. One of the houses raised belongs to the mother of the former Egbe-Idimu LCDA, Waheed Bello. It was the third of such tanker explosions Lagos in the last six days. Eyewitnesses recounted that the explosion was caused by some de...