CRIME
Seven Arrested In Connection With Pre-Paid Metre Cloning
The Northwest zonal office of the Special Investigation and Prosecution Taskforce on Electricity Offences have announced the arrest of seven suspects in connection with pre-paid metre cloning, theft, metre vandalism and other related offences in Kaduna State and its environs. The Zonal Head of the Task Force, ASP Aliyu Bamalli, who paraded the suspects in Kaduna, also disclosed that two...
Alleged Fraud: ICPC Vows To Appeal High Court Judgment On Ex-JAMB Registrar, Ojerinde
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it will appeal the ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja on the civil rights claim filed by the former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Prof. Adedibu Ojerinde. ICPC said made the disclosure in a statement. The court had fined the ICPC N1 million damages and...
Court Restrains Kenyan Government From Deploying Police Officers To Haiti
A High Court has issued a restraining order against the government, halting the deployment of police officers to Haiti. This follows a suit by Thirdway Alliance against the government to block the move, arguing that it did not get parliamentary approval. Listed as respondents in the suit are Kenyan President, William Ruto, the National Security Council, Inspector-General of Police Japhet Koome,...
Ebonyi Woman Regains Freedom After Abduction From Suspected Herdsmen, Narrates Ordeal
A woman kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen in Ishiagu, Ivo Local Government area of Ebonyi State, last week, Mrs Nkechinyere Onachukwu, has been reportedly rescued. The woman was kidnapped on her farm in Amaonye community in Ishiagu last week Tuesday. She was released on Monday, following a manhunt by security agencies in conjunction with the council’s security led by...
Anambra Catholic Priest Who Allegedly Raped, Impregnated Teenager Remanded In Prison
Rev. Fr. Nwaigwe Stephen, a Catholic Priest in Anambra state, has been remanded for allegedly raping and impregnating a teenager. An Awka Chief Magistrates’ Court, otherwise known as the Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court , Anambra State remanded the priest in prison till December 6, 2023. The magistrate ordered the prosecutor to transmit the original case file to the office...
#EndSARS Protest: BRT Buses Burnt Down At Berger [VIDEO]
Suspected hoodlums have set BRT Buses on fire at rapid transport (BRT) terminal Berger, Lagos state. https://youtu.be/5gVEHm4KHe0
Gunmen Invade Abia Community, Destroy Cars, Houses [VIDEO]
Undisclosed number of gunmen at about 1pm on Monday invaded Okoko Item community in Bende local government area of Abia state, destroying cars, houses, and other valuables. ABN TV gathered that they went straight to the market square, Eke-Nta In Okoko Item, where they shot sporadically, a situation that caused tension among residents who fled for their lives. No casualty was...
Fish Out Perpetrators Of Owo Killings Now, Afenifere Tells Buhari
Pan-Yoruba Socio-Cultural Group, Afenifere has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and security agencies to fish out the perpetrators of the attack on worshippers of St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo and bring them to book. Afenifere stated this on Thurs...
Two Clerics Kidnapped By Gunmen In Jos
Jos – Gunmen on Wednesday night abducted two clerics at the Mararaba Jema’a area of Jos South local government area of Plateau State. The victims were travelling from Mangu Halle to Jos when they were ambushed and abducted at about 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Vanguard gathered that one of the victims identified as Pastor Nuhu Bakwa who resides in Abuja lost...
NDLEA Uncovers 442 Parcels Of Mkpuru Mmiri Hidden In Head Of Smoked Fish (VIDEO)
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have uncovered 442 parcels of Crystal Methamphetamine (Mkpuru Mmiri) concealed in heads of fishes packed in cartons for export to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) through the SAHCO shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos. The 11.90kg consignment was brought to the SAHCO export shed of the airport...
