Crime
Drug Barons killed 48-year-old Man in Lagos
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A 48-year old man, Abel Lang has been found dead after suspected drug dealers attacked him.
Lang a native of Jenta-Apata, Jos North Local area of Plateau, died on the Spot after he was hit with machetes and Axes on the head.
The ugly incident took place at Isolo, Lagos State on Wednesday, 7th of January, 2026.
It was learnt that the assailants, after attacking Lang in his bedroom, dragged the corpse into his Toyota Sequoia and drove some distance away from his house before dumping his lifeless body.
The slain logistic personnel who worked with the UN in Central Africa, MUNISCA, our correspondent gathered came into Nigeria on December 20th to celebrate Christmas and the New Year with their extended family after two years overseas.
Our correspondent equally gathered from a top UN official who spoke on the condition of anonymity, that a Driver Assistant in South Sudan, UNMISS, Salami Olatunde Smith who worked with Lang before escaped an assassination attempt years ago in Jos, the capital of Plateau State from drug barons who said he had information at his disposal that could implicate them.
The source informed that Salami has since left the country to avert imminent danger.
Lang, our reporter learnt escaped a similar attack at his former base in Jos before escaping abroad. Unknown to him, he was tracked by his assailants before he was killed in cold blood.
A female eyewitness, who doesn’t want her name in print, narrated how the murder of Lang unfolded.
She said she heard a scream from the victim’s house late in the night and shortly afterwards, some persons opened one of the doors, dragged the body into the parked car and drove out of the compound.
She said, “I heard someone screamed and when I peeped through the window, I saw his car outside. I didn’t know what was happening. Shortly afterwards, some people opened one of the house doors and dragged his body out. I guess they entered the building through the back.
“I wanted to call the police, but I did not have credit on my telephone line. Even if I had, I am not sure I would have achieved anything because they left shortly afterwards with his body in the vehicle. That means they had already killed him before bringing him out. I learnt in the morning that they chased the son out of the house before killing him.
“After the incident, my son called to inform me that they abandoned his corpse in the car. He said they left the key in the ignition.”
The younger brother of the deceased, Mr Moses Lang, said he learnt about the murder through a telephone call from a friend.
He said he immediately rushed to laLang’souse, where he met the abandoned car on the street with bloodstains in the back seat.
Our correspondent, learnt that such dastardly acts have become rampant in the country with the Police’s inability to make any arrest.
Crime
Communal Clash: Ebonyi Gov Sacks Government Appointees, Withdraws Monarch Certificates, Others
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Abakaliki- The Ebonyi State, Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru has visited Okporojo in Oso Edda in Edda Local Government Area, Ebonyi State, where five persons were killed and beheaded, many people kidnapped and several properties were razed with fire by unidentified armed men, allegedly from Amasiri in Afikpo Local Government Area Ebonyi State.
Following the ugly incident, Governor Nwifuru has ordered the immediate removal from office of all Government appointees from the Amasiri community of Afikpo Local Government Area.
They include Members of the State Executive Council down to Management Committee Members who are from the community.
The Governor also approved the immediate dissolution of the Town Union Executive and Village Heads and withdrawal of the certificate of recognition/ Staff of Office from the traditional ruler.
He directed those affected to immediately hand over government properties in their possession including official Vehicles to the Secretary to the State Government.
Crime
Lagos Monarch Raises Alarm Over Activities of Illegal Traditional Chiefs in Otta – Ikosi Ejinrin
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The olota of Otta -ikosi Ejirin in Ikosi/Ejinrin local Government Development Council {LCDA}, Oba Elias Adedapo Ijelu has raised the alarm over the activities of impostors who are parading themselves as traditional chiefs of the town without the consent of the traditional ruler and the rule guiding obas and chiefs of Lagos state.
The monarch was speaking against the backdrop of the development which was termed barbaric and an affront on the constituted traditional institution as well as state government laws which express the functions of traditional rulers in the obas and chiefs’ law of the state.
He stated the unscrupulous activities of the group have, over the years, affected the progress and peace as well as co-existence of the town as many of them were involved in nefarious and land-grabbing activities.
Oba Omoloro explained that he had on many occasions cautioned the mischiefmakers to desist from the act capable of bringing chaos and making the town governable, noting that the warning usually fell on their deaf ears as they felt they were untouchable.
He further added that it is absurd to learn that mischiefmakers are the ones behind land grabbers in the town by backing the perpetrators of this unscrupulous act and dragging the development in town backwards.
The traditional ruler emphasised that the illegal traditional chiefs have through nefarious acts and land-grabbing activities disobey the Lagos state anti-land-grabbing law established to curtail the menace of land-grabbers in the state.
He noted that he has written several letters to the state government and the police authorities, but nothing tangible was achieved.
“Most of these illegal chiefs have nothing to do for themselves. Rather, they had created a nuisance as surety and signing for landgrabbers in the communities.”
The Lagos State Council obas had also interfered in matters and instructed the particular illegal traditional chief to go back to the traditional ruler and do the needful if he really wanted to be a baale in Otta, Ikosi -ejinrin
Oba Omoloro maintained that part of the reason why the illegality continues is the vacuum the Interregnum period has created before he ascended the throne, noting that the illegality had given mischief-makers undue opportunities to perpetrate illegality.
He called on the Lagos state government, and the Nigeria Police Force to, as a matter of urgency, help restore the rule of law and secure the lives and properties of ordinary citizens in the area.
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Benue State authorities have arrested 41 suspects over an alleged slaughterhouse in Makurdi, following viral claims that people were lured and killed there during the Yuletide season.
Police are investigating, while the state government plans to assess the area, citing it as a poorly planned slum with congestion issues.
Confirming the arrests, the Benue State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Udeme Edet, said the suspects were taken into custody for screening as part of preliminary investigations.
Edet noted that the arrests were aimed at unravelling the circumstances surrounding the allegations and determining the authenticity of claims circulating on social media.
Meanwhile, the General Manager of the Benue State Urban Development Board, Ternongo Mede, said the state government had already planned to visit the area for assessment, describing the location as a densely populated and poorly planned slum.
Providing an update on Sunday via telephone, Mede said, “Actually, we have planned to visit that area because it is a slum area. If you get to the place, you will discover that most people cannot access their homes.”
He explained that the area had become severely congested due to unregulated development and overlapping land claims.
The place is overdeveloped, too choked. All these things are coming out as a result of the railway corporation claiming its lands and the Jukun also claiming their lands,” he said.
Mede further alleged that some individuals were allocating land without government approval, compounding the problem.
“The Jukun people are giving plots of land to individuals without recourse to government input. So, we noticed all these things, and we have been planning to visit the place and do an update of the area,” he added.
He disclosed that Governor Hyacinth Alia had directed relevant agencies to look into opening up access roads in the area to improve mobility and security.
“We will only go there to see how we can create access roads in the areas that are choked, reduce them, and make the place habitable,” Mede said.
On the specific allegation of a slaughterhouse, the urban development boss said he had not personally seen the facility but acknowledged the need for a thorough assessment.
“I have not seen the alleged slaughterhouse; I only heard about it. I feel it is wise that we assess the area so that in case the governor calls, we can provide a reasonable brief,” he stated.
Authorities say investigations are ongoing to establish the facts surrounding the claims, while residents have been urged to remain calm as security agencies continue their work.
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