CRIME
Wike Meets With Heads Of Security Agencies As Insecurity Escalates In FCT
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has assured residents of the FCT that there is no need to panic, adding that he and the security agencies are not sleeping, and are aware of the security challenges in the territory. This is even as the Minister on Tuesday, summoned an emergency closed-door meeting with heads of security agencies...
Hunger Responsible For Escalating Kidnappings In Nigeria — Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has blamed the escalating kidnappings and insecurity in the country on what he described as worsening poverty and hunger in the land. On January 5, gunmen abducted six young girls in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja, a situation that has generated public outcry. Last Sunday, the abductors killed Nabeeha, one...
Ajaokuta Steel Company To Commence Manufacturing Of Military Hardwares
The Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Audu, on Monday, said the Federal Government plans to start the production of military hardware in Ajaokuta Steel Mill. The minister said he has been working closely with his counterparts in the Ministries of Defence and Works to perfect plans for the steel plant which has been moribund for many years to start...
EFCC Arrests Former Minister For Alleged N3.6b Loan Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Charles Chukwuemeka Ugwuh, for alleged conspiracy and loan fraud of about N3.6 billion. According to a statement by the Head of Media and Publicity of the commission, Dele Oyewale, the ex-minister was arrested with Chief Geoffrey Ekenma on January 11, 2024, at No.2, Musa...
After All My Efforts, Security Agencies Not Using NIN-SIM Linkage To Track Terrorists — Pantami
A former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami said he is frustrated that Nigerian security agencies are not using the National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) linkage policy to track terrorists in the country. Pantami disclosed this in a statement via his official X handle on Monday. The former minister stated that he tested...
Abducted Girls: Police Deploy Tactical Units, Comb Forests, Shanties
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have continued to comb bushes and shanties in border areas between the FCT, Niger, Kaduna, and Nasarawa States, in a bid to rescue the remaining 23 victims that were abducted by bandits in the Bwari area of Abuja on January 3. Our correspondent gathered that the FCT Commissioner of Police, Haruna Garba,...
Abuja Kidnappers Kill 3 Of Ten Victims, Raise Ransom To N700m
Kidnappers who abducted 10 persons from an estate, Sagwari Layout, Dutse, Abuja, on January 7 reportedly killed three of their victims to send a strong warning to their relatives negotiating ransom payment. The development came even as it was gathered that the bandits have now increased their demand from the initial N60 million per person to N100 million, now totaling...
Bandits Told Us To Come For A ‘Message’ But We Found Nabeeha’s Corpse – Uncle
Sherifdeen Al-Kadriyar, one of the uncles of the murdered victim of last week’s kidnap in Abuja, has narrated how the family was informed of Nabeeha’s death. ABNTV had reported that bandits, who kidnapped Alhaji Mansoor Al-Kadriyar and his six children, have killed one of the abducted persons, Nabeeha. Al-Kadriyar, who spoke with Daily Trust revealed how the bandits were infuriated when they...
Police Kill Hoodlum, Foil Robbery Attack In Anambra
Police in Anambra state have killed a robbery suspect in a gun duel in Ubiahuikwem, Ihiala local government area of the state. Police spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga who confirmed this in a statement on Monday, January 15, said the suspect was neutalized while attempting to rob a middle-aged man of his vehicle at Ubiahuikwem, Ihiala. He said an Automatic Pump Action gun and two...
EFCC Revives Abia, Kano, Rivers, Other 10 Ex-govs’ N772bn Fraud Cases
…reopens cases against Theodore Orji, Fayose, Kwankwaso, Nnamani, Lamido, Sylva, and others •Diezani, other ex-ministers listed as agency vows not to spare politically exposed persons The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reopened money laundering cases against 13 former governors and some former ministers, with the amounts involved running into over N853.8bn. According to PUNCH the amount at stake in the...
