CRIME
Wike Threatens To Declare Council Chairmen Security Risk For Abandoning Monthly Security Meetings
Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has berated council chairmen who have abandoned monthly security meetings. Wike, who spoke at a town hall meeting in the Abuja Municipal Area Council(AMAC), said henceforth any of the council chairman who failed to host the meeting would be declared a security threat. “How will you say you are not holding a monthly...
Lagos Pastor Who Raped Assistant Gets Life Imprisonment
The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Friday, sentenced Bishop of I Reign Christian Ministry, Lagos, Feyiropo Daniels, to life imprisonment for raping his 23-year-old assistant. He was also jailed 3 years for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old member of the church. Justice Rahman Oshodi held that the cleric should spend the rest of his life at the Kirikiri custodial...
Ogun Missing Banker Finally Found Alive In Niger State
A staff member of a Microfinance bank at Kemta Oloko, Abeokuta, Mr Olumide Openaike, who has been missing since Wednesday, January 17, has been found in Mokwa, Niger State. The wife of the banker, who also works at a microfinance bank in Onikolobo, Abeokuta, Temitope, broke the news to our correspondent on Thursday . She said, “I am happy to tell...
Police Nabs Another Kidnapper In Abuja
The FCT Police Command said on Wednesday it had arrested another suspected kidnapper as its Special Intervention Squad takes more steps to protect residents. The Commissioner of Police in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Haruna Garba, made this known while briefing newsmen in Abuja. He said that the suspect was arrested in Sauka village on Jan. 21, and...
FCT Police Command Speaks On Maitama Explosion
The police authorities on Wednesday said the explosion in the Maitama area of Abuja, the nation’s capital, was caused by an overheated metal refuse bin. Reports had emerged of a bomb explosion in the area creating panic and confusion among residents of the nation’s capital. In a statement, the FCT Police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said the situation and preliminary findings indicate...
Gunmen Kill Anambra Couple, Dump Bodies In Their Vehicle Boot
Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have killed two persons suspected to be husband and wife and dumped their corpses in a car boot of their vehicle, a Toyota Camry with the registration number: EE-621-EU. The two fresh blood-dripping corpses were seen by passers-by at a lonely place along the Tempo Junction, Umunya axis of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway in the early hours of...
kidnapping, killings: Wike Orders Profiling Of Vigilance Groups In Abuja
Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Minister, Nyesom Wike on Wednesday, January 24, ordered full profiling of vigilance groups assisting security operatives in the nation’s capital. Wike directed the six Area Council Chairmen to setup the process and ensure that each member of the group is profiled. Speaking during a strategic security meeting with members of the FCT Council of Chiefs and...
Abia Former Chief Of Staff, ACB Agbazuere Arrested
The Abia State Police Command has arrested Prof ACB Agbazuere, Former Chief of Staff and candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for Isiala Ngwa North and South Federal Constituency in the 2023 General Election. He is presently being held at the CP's Office Bende Road Umuahia. He was arrested while preparing to honour the Panel on Recovery of Government Properties...
Man Arrested For Allegedly Selling Company’s Car To Fund Relocation
The police in Lagos State have arrested a man who attempted to sell his company’s car to raise money to relocate his family to Ghana. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to NAN on Tuesday. Hundeyin said that the State Criminal Investigation Department got information on January 16, at about 1 pm concerning a Toyota Hilux...
Police Arrest Officers Who Extorted $3000 As Arrangement For Orderly Room Trial Continues
The Rivers State Police Command has said that three of its officers who kidnapped and extorted the sum of $3,000 from two men would face an orderly room trial and query respectively. The spokesperson for the command, Grace Iringe-Koko, who disclosed this while parading the suspects before newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday, said the action is part of internal...
