CRIME
Gunmen Kidnap Accord Rivers Assembly Candidate
Gunmen have kidnapped the Accord Party candidate for the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area Constituency 2 in the Rivers State House of Assembly for the March 18 election, Chukwudi Ogbonna. Mr. Ogbonna was reportedly kidnaped while driving in his car at Rumuigbo, near Port Harcourt on Monday night when the gunmen forced him to stop and whisked him away with his...
Troops Dislodge Suspected IPOB/ESN In Anambra Hideout, Recover Arms, Other Dangerous Weapons
Troops of 82 Division Nigerian Army (NA) conducting clearance operations along Anambra/Imo States border communities today dislodged a criminal hideout used by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate; Eastern Security Network ( ESN) in Orsumoghu, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. In a statement military spokesman, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, explained that the notorious groups...
Court Sentenced Nigerian Man To Death By Hanging For Killing Bricklayer
A middle-aged man, Joseph Abayomi, was on Monday sentenced to death for hacking his neighbour, Thomas Oluwole, to death in Ondo State. AbnTV reports that Abayomi was sentenced by an Ondo State High Court, sitting in Akure after he was found guilty of killing Oluwole in 2021 at the Ijoka area of Akure, the state capital. The convict was said to have...
Youths Burn Police Station In Anambra Over Shooting Of Motorcycle Rider
Some irate youths have burnt down Igboukwu police station, Aguata local government area of Anambra state, following the shooting of motorcycle rider by police in the area. Daily Trust gathered that there were some altercations between police operatives and motorcycle riders over some impounded motorcycles as a result of the recent restriction on movement of motorcycles beyond 9:pm in the...
Three Suspects Arrested Over Alleged Murder Of Okada Rider In Kwara
The Kwara Police have said that they have recovered the severed head of Rafiu Akano, a commercial motorcyclist who was killed in Asunlere village in the state on Sunday. The 34-year-old Rafiu, who recently purchased a new motorcycle for commercial purposes, was allegedly killed by three men: Peter Samuel, Jeremiah Tiozinda, and Sunday Agbenke, who have been apprehended by the...
22-Year-Old Arrested For Buying Car With Fake Bank Alert In Ondo
One Bakare Ayobami has been arrested for allegedly purchasing a car with a bogus bank transaction, the police in Ondo State have said. The 22-year-old committed the crime in Owo local government area of the state last October. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, disclosed in a statement on Wednesday in Akure, the state capital. He said the cybercrime case was...
Couple & Two Others Caught With Human Skull (Photos)
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested four persons for unlawfully been in possession of a human skull in Odogbolu, Odogbolu local government area of the state. The command Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this to newsmen in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, said the suspects were arrested on Thursday 24th September 2020. The suspects, according...
BREAKING: Kaduna State Violated Chocolate City CEO’s Right — Appeal Court Rules
The Court of Appeal Abuja division on Friday affirmed the judgment of Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, finding the Kaduna state government guilty of abducting the CEO Chocolate City, Audu Maikori, a music promoter from Lagos to Kaduna. Audu Maikori is a lawyer and entrepreneur from Southern Kaduna was said to have been abducted from Lagos on the instruction...
How Suspected Fraudsters Hacked Bank Account, Transferred N523m To 225 Customers
Suspected fraudsters, during a three-day cyber-attack, have hacked a customer’s account domiciled in an old generation bank and fraudulently transferred N523,337,100 from the account to 18 different accounts in the same bank. The spokesperson for the Police Special Fraud Unit in Ikoyi, Lagos State, SP Eyitayo Johnson, in a statement on Wednesday, said the suspects subsequently transferred the money from...
How Explosion Killed Masquerade In Kogi, Injures Many
An explosion on Thursday evening claimed two lives including a masquerader leaving many others injured in Idoji area of Okene local government council of Kogi State. The incident occurred at the Idoji part of the local government where the Echeane fe...
