CRIME
Missing Benue University Student Found Dead
A 300-level female undergraduate at the Benue State University (BSU) who earlier went missing has been found dead. The deceased, Erekaa Dooshima Naomi, was reportedly missing for three days, before her body was discovered on Wednesday at a vicinity opposite the school. Eyewitnesses alleged that the late student’s phone, ID card, and blood-stained clothes were first recovered on Tuesday around the...
VIDEO: Court Sends Ex-CBN Governor, Emefiele To Kuje Prison
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of Godwin Emefiele, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to Kuje Correctional facility pending ruling on his bail application. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned the former bank chief on a six-count amended charge. Emefiele was arraigned before Justice Hamza Muazu. Mathew Burkaa, SAN, his counsel,...
50-Year-Old Man Sets Self On Fire In Father’s House, Building Razed Down In Ondo
A fifty-years-old man, Ojo Ogundeji, allegedly committed suicide, yesterday, after setting himself ablaze in his father’s house in Ondo West Local Council of the state. The deceased, who lived in Lagos, was said to have returned to his hometown for the Yuletide. Ogundeji had deliberately locked himself in a room within his father’s house, situated along the Odojomu axis of the...
My Crime For Being Kidnapped By Police, Tortured And Extorted 550k Is Because I’m Igbo, Says Abuja Based Relationship Coach
Following the allegation by motivational speaker and relationship coach, Mr Solomon Buchi, that Policemen of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command abducted him and his younger brother at Wuse on Tuesday night and forcefully extorted the sum of #550,000 from him and his brother using his ATM, the Commissioner of Police, CP Sunday Babaji has ordered an investigation. Police personnel...
Cameroon Begins Evacuation Of Lagdo Dam Water – FG Alerts
The federal government has placed numerous states on high alert against possible flooding, with Cameroon starting to release Lagdo Dam water. The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) issued the alert to states on the bank of River Benue following the release of water, which began yesterday The states are Adamawa, Taraba, Benue, Nasarawa, Kogi, Edo, Delta, Anambra, Bayelsa, Cross River and...
Court Remands Man For Impregnating Neighbour’s 12-Year-Old Daughter In Lagos
One Egbebiyi Temitope has been arraigned before a magistrates’ court sitting in Ogba for raping his neighbour’s 12-year-old daughter. The 20-year-old accused and the victim reside on Wahab Larinde Street, Mafoluku area of Oshodi. The police have ...
Youth Group Seeks Arrest Of EbubeAgu Operatives In Imo Over Unlawful Acts
Following the reports of activities of the Ebubeagu security outfit in some communities in Imo State, youths under the aegis of the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders have called for their arrest describing their actions as wicked and barbaric. The youth group while condemning the overzealousness of the security apparatus, expressed displeasure on the jungle justice on suspects. A statement...
Three Killed In Rival Cult Clash In Aba
Three persons have been killed as two rival cult groups clashed in Aba, Abia State. The Nation gathered that the weekend clash between the Aye and Aro groups was for superiority over the commercial capital of the state. Two persons were reportedly killed in the Omuma area of Ama-Ogbonna, while the body of the third victim was found off Aba-Owerri Road. Some called the development a bloody...
We’re Taking ESN To North Soon, IPOB Says
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB says its security outfit, the Eastern Security Network, would be launched in the Northern part of Nigeria soon. This is as the secessionist group vowed that it would resist the planned deployment of 5000 vigilantes to the South-East region by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria. The MACBAN, on Saturday, vehemently vowed that...
Ex-SGF Breaks Silence, Reveals Why EFCC Arrested Him
Chief Anyim Pius Anyim has finally revealed reasons why the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC arrested and detained him. Anyim, in a statement via his media spokesman, Sam Nwaobasi, revealed that he came to the commission on his own volition to clear his name after he was fingered in a corruption case. “Anyim had been inundated with inquiries from friends, associates, PDP...
