FCT Police Recovers 4 Stolen Cars; 3 locally Made Pistols; Bags of Indian hemp

In pursuit of a crime free society in the Federal Capital Territory, the Police have recovered four stolen vehicles from car snatchers; three locally made pistols with live cartridges and other ammunition from suspected hoodlums and intercepted 21 bags of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemps from traffickers.

NDLEA quizzes four NAHCO workers over drug trafficking

Four employees of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc have been quizzed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for their alleged involvement in a botched exportation of 144 kilogrammes of ephedrine to Maputo, Mozambique.

Woman seeks payment of N600,000 debt from ex-husband

A businesswoman, Afusat Taiye, on Wednesday prayed an Ilorin Area Court to order her estranged husband, Alhaji Baba Olarewaju, to pay the N600,000 debt he owed her.

Family man hangs self in Lagos hotel

A man in his 30s, John Paul, has hanged himself in a hotel in the FESTAC Town area of Lagos State, where he paid to lodge for a day.

Policeman fights truck driver, loses gun over N500

A yet-to-be identified policeman in the Odogunyan area of Ikorodu, Lagos State, is in the eye of the storm after he was caught on camera fighting with a truck driver and his friends in the community.

Alcohol consumption linked to 366, 000 cancer deaths

Alcohol consumption caused more than 700,000 new cancer cases and around 366,000 cancer deaths in 2012, mainly in rich countries, according to data reported Wednesday to the World Cancer Congress in Paris.

Suspect arrested for assault beats two Lagos policemen

One Lucky Okeke, a suspect held for breach of the peace and assault, has allegedly beaten up two policemen who arrested him.

Bank security officer arraigned for stealing

A security officer with Skye Bank Plc, Solomon Udoh, was arraigned on Wednesday before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State for stealing.

Group wants illegal producers of water stopped

The Association of Water Producers, Lagos State chapter, has called on the state government to stop illegal water producers in the state and address unwholesome water circulation to residents.

Truck crushes boy, 7, to death in Bayelsa

A sand-laden truck has crushed a seven-year-old boy, identified as Prosper Eta, to death in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

Customs seizes N108m imported poultry products

The Area Comptroller of Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone C Owerri, Mohammed Garba, has said that the Unit, on October 31, intercepted a DAF Truck loaded with 11,315 cartons of imported frozen poultry products with Duty Paid Value of N108,624,000.00.

Girl, 17, claims ownership of abandoned baby in Lafia

The Nasarawa State Police Command on Thursday said the mother of a day-old baby, abandoned along the road in Lafia, had submitted herself to the police.

Court grants church usher N1m bail for defiling six-year-old girl

A Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Thursday slammed a one million naira bail on a 33-year-old man, Roland Olise, for alleged defilement of a six-year-old girl in a church in Lagos.

Police break up anti-corruption rally with tear gas

The anti-corruption protest had barely begun when it was brought to an abrupt end, baton-wielding policemen firing volleys of tear gas and charging at a group of hundreds gathered in Nairobi’s centre.

Woman beats 10-year-old girl to death in Lagos

The police in Lagos State have arrested a middle-aged woman, Linda Alapa, for allegedly beating her 10-year-old housemaid, Joy Mbafan, to death.

Mbafan lived with the suspect on Bolanle Oduniyi Street, Okegbegun, in the Ikorodu area of the state.

Bike snatchers kill 20 Okada riders in Kebbi

The Association of Commercial Motorcycle Operators says 20 of its members were killed by thieves in the last six months in Kebbi State.

Pakistan train collision kills 16

Two trains collided in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Thursday, killing at least 16 people, police said, in the country’s second major rail collision in less than two months.

NDLEA arraigns deaf and dumb man for peddling marijuana

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Tuesday arraigned a 23-year-old deaf and dumb man, Abass Hamed, for allegedly dealing in cannabis sativa, popularly called marijuana.

My problem is spiritual – Driver arrested for failed suicide

A driver, Jacob Elegbede, who attempted to hang himself behind a primary school in Zanda, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has blamed spiritual forces, saying he did not know what came over him.

Shepherd Digest Magazine - January 2017 Edition

To appreciate you our esteemed readers, here is the Shepherd Digest Magazine - January 2017 Edition.

In soft glistening night of stars,

hope all your aspirations come true.

May every star present in the sky,

Bring love and mirth to you.

Happy New Year 2017!

Happy New Year!