CRIME
EFCC arraign Benue Assembly Clerk over alleged N220m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday said it arrested the Clerk of the Benue State House of Assembly, Torese Agena, over alleged N220 million fraud. The Publicity Head of the anti-graft agency in Benue State, Nwanyinma Okeanu, who disclosed this in a press statement made available to our correspondent in Makurdi, said the commission also handed the suspect’s...
Amnesty For Bandits Way Out, Northern Group Insists
Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has urged the Federal Government to support Sheikh Ahmed Gumi’s initiative by granting amnesty to bandits terrorising the region. Spokesperson of the coalition, AbdulAzeez Suleiman, in a statement yesterday, called on Fulani herdsmen living in the southern part of the country to relocate if their safety could not be guaranteed in their host communities. According to...
FG Charges Binance With Tax Evasion & Others
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has filed criminal charges against Binance, a leading cryptocurrency exchange platform. The lawsuit, filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja under case number FHC/ABJ/CR/115/2024, accuses Binance of four separate tax offenses. They include non-payment of Value Added Tax (VAT); failure to file tax returns; non-payment of Company Income Tax (CIT) evasion and “aiding customer tax evasion”. In...
Terrorists Release Pictures Of Captives From Kaduna Train Attack
Suspected Terrorists have allegedly released pictures of some kidnap victims who were abducted during the kaduna train attack incident last month. In the first photograph, which seems to have been taken with an Infinix Ai Camera, atleast 17 men could...
Search For NAF Missing Aircraft Continues As PDP, Ndume Express Worry
The search for the missing Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet entered its fourth day on Saturday with no sign of the wreckage of the aircraft. It was gathered that more troops and air assets had been deployed in the ongoing search of the jet which was believed to have crashed with two crew members, Flt Lts. John Abolarinwa and Ebiakpo...
Gunmen Kill Ex-Benue Governor’s Brother, Aide In Benue
Gunmen have killed Terkula Suswam, the elder brother of immediate past Benue Governor, Senator Gabriel Suswam, ABN TV learnt. He was killed with his aide in Anyiin, Gaambetiev, Logo local government area in Benue state. The incident occurred around 8:46 pm. An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, told our correspondent on phone the late Suswam, was carrying out minor works on his gate house...
Police Arrest Child Traffickers In Anambra, Rescue Eight Stolen Kids (Photos)
The police in Anambra state have arrested five members of a child stealing/trafficking syndicate operating in the state and rescued eight stolen children suspected to have been stolen from different states including a fifteen-year-old pregnant girl. In a statement, Haruna Mohammed, the spokesperson of the state police command, said on Sunday, September 13, police detectives attached to Onitsha Area Command...
Gov Udom Spent N1.4bn State Funds Defending Election Victory At Tribunal – EFCC Witness
A witness presented by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has told a federal high court in Lagos that Udom Emmanuel, governor of Akwa Ibom, spent N1.4 billion from the state’s treasury to settle legal fees at the election tribunal where his victory was challenged in 2015. Abdulraman Arabo, an investigating officer of the EFCC, was speaking at the...
Our Recent Operations Reduced Robbery, Kidnapping, Child Trafficking, Others In Abia – CP Onwuemelie (Photos, Video)
Abia State police command has taken a drastic measure to curtail the activities of criminal elements in the state with massive breakthroughs recorded in recent times. Parading eight suspects at the command's headquarters in Umuahia on Friday, spokesperson of the command, ASP Maureen Chioma Chinaka said at least 162 Suspects were also arrested across the state and currently undergoing prosecution. Their...
Biafra: DSS Moves Chiwetalu Agu To Abuja, Family Members Denied Access To Him
The Department of State Services has flown veteran actor, Chiwetalu Agu, to Abuja as part of investigations for promoting Biafra and allegedly inciting members of the public. Agu was first arrested by the Nigerian Army on October 7, 2021, around Upper Iweka in Onitsha, Anambra State, for wearing a Biafra outfit while distributing bread and other items to the poor. The...
