CRIME
Court Sentences Popular Singer Shallipopi, Others To 2 Years Imprisonment For Internet Fraud
The Kaduna Zonal Command of the EFCC has secured the conviction of singer and TikTok music celebrity, Crown Uzama & 5 others before Justice A.A Isiaka on separate one count charge bordering on criminal impersonation, offences contrary to Sections 142 (1) , 57 & 308 of the Kaduna Penal Code Law, 2017 & punishable under Section 309 of the...
Ag. IGP Egbetokun Considers Establishment Of Quick Intervention Squad
The Acting Inspector-General of Police (I-G P), Mr Olukayode Egbetokun said the Nigeria Police will establish a Quick Intervention Squad to tackle the menace of crimes and criminality. Egbetokun said this on Friday in Abuja during his inaugural conference with Strategic Police Managers, consisting of officers from the rank of Commissioners of Police and above. “The Nigeria Police Force under my...
Two Suspects Arrested In Ekiti For Stealing Fuel From Govt Generator
Operatives of Rapid Response Squad, Ekiti State Police Command, have arrested two suspects involved in siphoning diesel from the generating plants used in powering street lights in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. The Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, said on Thursday that the two suspects, Danjuma and Idowu, were arrested on Wednesday by men of the RRS along NTA...
Adamawa Man Strangles, Beheads Brother, Dismembers Body
A man suffering from epilepsy, Amos Christopher, has been apprehended by the Adamawa State Police Command for allegedly beating his four-year-old brother, Thyson, to death. Amos, a 24-year-old who lives in Dobi village in Ga’anda District, Gombi Local Government Area, allegedly committed the act in one of the apartments in their home on June 19, 2023. A statement by the Adamawa...
Police Arrest 11 Kidnap, Robbery Suspects In Bayelsa
11 suspected kidnappers and armed robbers wreaking havoc in different parts of Bayelsa state have been arrested. Commissioner of Police in Bayelsa State, Mr. Romokere Ibani, made this known on Tuesday. Speaking while parading the suspects at the police headquarters in Yenagoa, Ibani said the command strategies have helped in achieving results in fighting crime in the state. He said the commendable successes in...
EFCC Frees Ex-Gov Ortom After 10 Hours Grill
After spending over 10 hours at the Makurdi office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, former Governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom has been released by the anti graft agency. The Governor had Tuesday morning at about 10am reported at the Zonal Office of the Commission following an invitation from the office. It was gathered that the former Governor...
I Feel Like A Lion To Devour Enemies Of Nigeria — Ag. IGP Egbetokun
Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, says he is feeling like a lion that is ready to devour Nigeria’s enemies. He said this shortly after Vice-President Kashim Shettima decorated him in presence of his wife, Mrs Egbetokun, at a brief ceremony which took place at Vice President’s Conference Hall. The ceremony was attended by the outgoing IGP, Usman Alkali...
NDLEA Secures Conviction Of 5,147 Drug Offenders, 35 Barons In Two Years — Marwa
Chairman National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Buba Marwa has said 5, 147 drug offenders, including 35 drug barons, have been successfully prosecuted and convicted in the past two and half years. This was even as he disclosed that within the period, 31, 675 were also arrested for drug-related offenses. Marwa, represented by the Agency’s Secretary, Shedrack Haruna, made the disclosure...
Former GM Umuahia Capital Development Authority, Nwokonta Dies In Auto Crash
The immediate past General Manager of the Umuahia Capital Development Authority (UCDA), Abia state, Chief Enyinnaya Nwokonta had died, ABN TV reports. He died in a ghastly road accident involving his private vehicle while on his way to Umuahia in the early hours of Monday. Popularly known as Pocket, he was said to have had a head-on collision with an articulated...
Ex-Governor Okorocha Escapes Assassination
Former Governor of Imo State, Sen. Rochas Okorocha escaped assassination on Friday after unidentified hoodlums launched an attack on his convoy, leaving a security aid killed. The attack took place along Ihube community on the Okigwe- Enugu expressway. The axis had in recent times become a hotbed of kidnapping for ransom as gunmen operate freely, causing residents to flee from...
