CRIME
Bandits Invade Hostels, Abduct Zamfara University Students
Bandits on Friday morning abducted an unspecified number of students from the Federal University of Gusau (FUGUS). The bandits in large numbers were also said to have invaded the Sabon-Gida community of the Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State. ABN TV gathered that three students’ hostels were attacked and all the students were carted away by the bandits during the...
Missing NOUN Student Found Dead In Abuja
A university student, Blessing Karami, who was declared missing on September 11, has been found dead, police authorities said on Thursday. It was gathered that the 26-year-old Blessing, a student of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), was declared missing after leaving her place of work in Garki, Abuja. In a statement, the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh,...
Poland Halts Supply Of Weapons To Ukraine Over Grain Deal
Polish authorities have stopped the shipment of weapons to Ukraine, instead focusing on arming itself instead, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Wednesday, arising from a dispute over the exports of Kyiv's agricultural produce. “We are no longer transferring weapons to Ukraine, because we are now arming Poland with more modern weapons,” Morawiecki said in an appearance on Polish television...
Internet Fraudster Bags Prison Sentence In Abuja For Impersonation
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Gwagwalada, on Tuesday sentenced a man, Jeffrey Umahon, to one year imprisonment for internet fraud when he pretended to be a Chinese American businessman. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) docked Umahon (a.k.a Shengxin Lu) for attempting to cheat by impersonation. He pleaded guilty to the charge and begged the court for leniency. Delivering judgment,...
Gov. Abiodun Considers Death Sentence For Cultism
Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, Tuesday said that his administration would soon enact a law that will pronounce the death penalty as a punishment for cultism in the state. This followed the killings of about 20 youths in a renewed supremacy battle between rival cult groups in Sagamu between Friday and Sunday. Abiodun visited the Paramount Ruler of Remoland, Oba Babatunde...
31-Year-Old Abia Man Remanded For Allegedly Raping 11-Year-Old Girl (Photos)
One Mr. Akachi Isiocha of Umuezu Nvosi in Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of Abia State has been remanded at the Afara Correctional center, Umuahia for allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl. He committed the crime allegedly with the connivance of his friend identified as, Chisom Anyanwu currently at large When Mr. Isiocha appeared in court, he pleaded not guilty to...
Gov. Uzodimma Visits Scene Of Attack On Security Forces (PHOTOS)
Governor Hope Uzodimma on Tuesday visited the scene of an attack on security operatives in the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, hours after the incident. The governor also commiserated with the families of the deceased, assuring Imo indigenes of the government’s efforts in combating criminality in the state. No less than five members of a joint security task...
Gunmen Kill 8 Soldiers, Policemen, NSCDC Members In Imo
Gunmen has killed eight security personnel, including soldiers, police officers, and members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Imo State. The tragedy, which occurred on Tuesday morning in Umualumaku village, Ehime Mbano Local Government locals, has caused concern in the community. The assailants ambushed and set fire to the combined security task force team in two...
Troops Neutralise Biafra National Guards In Abia Forest, Recover Weapons, Charms (PHOTOS)
Troops of the Nigerian Army have carried out an operation at Igboro forest a boundary between Ohafia and Arochukwu in Abia State where at least three operatives of Biafra National Guards (BNG) were killed in a gun duel. The operations conducted by the 14 Brigade Nigerian Army in the early hours of Monday 18 September 2023 also saw undisclosed number...
Insecurity: Gov. Bala Mohammed Says Informants Worse Than Bandits
Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has said informants of gunmen terrorising communities in the state are worse than the bandits perpetrating the act. The governor said this when he visited his native Gajin-Duguri community, Alkaleri local government area after a combined security team rescued 33 kidnap victims. “They (bandits) have fertile ground with the people that are around. I want to...
