CRIME
NSCDC Sets Up Special Squad To Protect Schools
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps( NSCDC) has created a special squad to protect schools across the country against attacks. The Commandant General of the Corps, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, disclosed this while making his keynote address at the opening session of the capacity-building courses for safe school administrators and managers held at the national headquarters of the NSCDC...
Man Arrested For Defiling 7-Year-Old Stepdaughter
The Ekiti State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, have arrested a man identified as Onilearo Sogo, for defiling his 7-year-old stepdaughter. The 29-year-old was paraded at the weekend alongside two persons, Iliya Surajudeen, 24; Femi Musa, 20, for alleged conspiracy, assault, housebreaking, and stealing. The command Public Relations Officer, PRO, Afolabi Tolulope, said Surajudeen and Musa...
We Can’t Trade Blames With Suspect, EFCC Replies Matawalle Over $2m Bribe Claim
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Friday night said it would not be drawn into a mud fight with Zamfara State Governor, Bello Muhammed Matawalle, following investigation on alleged corruption and unconscionable pillage of the resources of the State. Reacting to the governor’s interview with BBC Hausa Service in which he made bribery allegations against EFCC Executive Chairman, Abdulrasheed...
EFCC Chairman Bawa Demanded $2m Bribe From Me – Gov Matawalle
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has accused the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, of demanding $2 million bribe from him. He made the allegation amid the growing rift between the governor and the anti-graft agency. In a statement on Wednesday, Matawalle called for Bawa’s resignation, saying he had questions to answer on corruption. READ ALSO: Prove...
Two Suspects Arrested Over US Consulate Convoy Attack In Anambra
The Police Command In Anambra State has said that two suspects have been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s attack on the US Consulate Convoy in Ogbaru Local Government Area. Preliminary investigations conducted by the police revealed that seven persons were killed in the assault. Of the seven, three were US Consulate officials and four were Mobile Police escorts. Speaking on the...
Court Orders Immediate Arrest Of Buhari’s Ex-Minister Rotimi Amaechi
A bench warrant has been issued by a high court in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital, against former Governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi, and Tonye Cole, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the state. Justice Chinwendu Nwogu also issued a bench warrant against Sahara Energy Resources Limited, Chamberlain Peterside, NG powers HPS Limited, and Cenpropsaroten Management Limited...
Court Sentences Three To Death For Stealing Powerbank, Charger, and Sandals In Ekiti
An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced three persons to death by hanging for conspiracy and armed robbery. The defendants, Omotayo Deji (23), Chidiebere Ifeanyin (25) and Bolaji Usman (28), were arraigned before Justice Bamidele Omotoso on January 21, 2020, on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy and armed robbery. The charge reads that the defendants on “May...
Police Break Silence On Why Seun Kuti Was Handcuffed
Son of music legend, late Fela Kuti, Seun Kuti, who turned himself in at the Lagos State Police Headquarters, Ikeja, yesterday, has been detained at the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department, SCIID, Yaba, Lagos, former Panti. Seun arrived the Police State Command about 8a.m. He was taken into custody and hand-cuffed. He spent about two hours at the command...
Man Electrocuted While Reconnecting Electricity In Abia (Photos, Video)
Chinwendu Samuel Mark, a 26-year-old man, has died of electrocution while reportedly trying to illegally reconnect electricity disconnected by operatives of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) Plc in Umuahia, Abia State, ABN TV reports. Chinwendu Mark, popularly known as Oku Na Wire Mark died on Saturday at Warri Street in Umuahia while performing the task. ABN TV gathered that the...
Amotekun Operatives Torture Ogun Teenager To Death Over N500
Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency otherwise known as the Amotekun Corps have allegedly tortured a 14-year-old boy identified as Ayomide Adeghalu to death. The incident happened at Ondo town in Ondo West Local Government Area of the state. ABN TV gathered that Ayomide, who was living with his stepmother in the Ogbonkowo area of Odojomu in Ondo town,...
