CRIME
Recruitment: Otti Worried Over Apathy, Begs Abians To Join Police
Worried by the reluctance of youths to participate in the ongoing police recruitment exercise, Abia State Government has directed all 17 Mayors, traditional rulers and Presidents-General of communities in the state to quickly embark on mass mobilisation of their youths to fill the state’s quota. Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, in a statement, regretted that the state’s allocation “in...
Wike May Be Summoned By Senate As Insecurity Persists In FCT — Sen. Kingibe
Senator Ireti Kingibe says the Senate will summon the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike and security agencies over the spike in crimes in the nation’s capital. While Abuja has been in the news owing to the rising rate of insecurity in the area, the lawmaker who represents the FCT said upon resumption later in the month,...
NAF Air Strike Kills Notorious Kidnapper Janari In Kaduna
The Nigerian Air Force says air strikes undertaken by the air component of Operation WHIRL PUNCH, on Thursday, neutralized a well-known terrorist and kidnap kingpin popularly known as Janari and several members of his syndicate. Janari and his cohorts have been responsible for several attacks and abductions within Kaduna State as well as along the Abuja-Kaduna highway, a statement by...
Extraditing Nnamdi Kanu Was A Favour To Him, We Would Have Eliminated Him If We Wanted — Buhari
A former Special Adviser to former President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says Buhari’s government did a favour to the leader of the outlawed and cessationist group – Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, by extraditing him to Nigeria. Kanu, formerly a fugitive was extradited to Nigeria in June 2021 after serially breaching bail conditions by...
Abuja Insecurity: How Military, Police Rescued Najeebah’s Sisters, Others
Following the relentless raids of the Federal Capital Territory by the Police Command Anti-Kidnapping squad in conjunction with troops of the Nigerian Army, the joint security team on Saturday night rescued several kidnapped persons abducted at the Zuma 1 area of Bwari Area Council on January 2. The FCT Police Command in a statement signed by SP Josephine Adeh said,...
Girl, 26 Arrested For Stabbing Man Friend To Death Over Sex Demand In Port Harcourt
Twenty-six-year-old Sarah Nwankpo is now cooling her heels in the custody of the Rivers State Criminal Investigation Department. It was for the murder of her male friend, Igbodike Anthony, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. She admitted to having stabbed the deceased during an argument over more sex, in his apartment Obiri-Ikwerre area residence. During interrogation, it was discovered that she had...
FG Reviews Guidelines For Recruitment Into Paramilitary Agencies
The Federal Government has announced the review of the guidelines for recruitment into the Civil Defence, Fire, Correctional, and Immigration Services, saying henceforth 35 per cent of recruitment into the services would be allocated to women. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this on Friday in Abuja at the end of the meeting of the Board of the Civil...
Wike Says Some Informants Of Bandits Have Been Captured
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Friday, said arrests have been made of some persons in connection with feeding bandits with information in the area. The minister disclosed this during a town hall meeting with the Gwagwalada area council chairman, traditional rulers, security operatives, and residents of Gwagwalada area council in Gwagwalada, Abuja. Though he didn’t state...
EFCC Investigators Are Taking Bribes – Chairman Olukoyede
Ola Olukoyede, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) has alleged that some of the commission’s investigators are taking bribes, noting that he had a process in motion to fish them out. Olukoyede made this known on Thursday, January 18, in his New Year address to staff members of the anti-graft agency at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. The...
Wike Requests That CP Create More Police Divisions In Gwagwalada Over Insecurity
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has asked the Police Commissioner, FCT Command, to establish two additional Police Divisions in Gwagwalada Area Council of the territory. Wike gave the directive during a security town hall with relevant stakeholders on Friday in Gwagwalada, to find lasting solutions to security challenges affecting the federal capital. The order was...
