CRIME
Ex-Niger Perm Sec Allegedly Killed By 18-Year-Old Panel Beater
On Sunday, the Niger State Police Command confirmed that Fatiyah Abdulhakeem, a panel beater, had been arrested for the alleged murder of Adamu Jagaba, a former Permanent Secretary of the State Government. Abdulhakeem, 18, was alleged to have stabbed the victim in the head and made away with his car. Jagaba, who retired from the State Ministry of Environment and Climate...
62-year-old man arraigned for allegedly defrauding sister of N2.4m
A 62-year-old man, Fatai Omopariola, who allegedly swindled his sister of N2. 4 million on Friday, on appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The police charged Omopariola, who resides in Mushin, Lagos, with three counts of breach of peace, theft and obtaining money under false pretences. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Aondohemba Koti, told the...
Uzuakoli Police Station Attackers Reminding Us Pains Of Civil War, Ben Kalu Weeps
Member representing Bende Federal Constituency, Hon. Benjamin Kalu has expressed grief and sadness over the Monday marauding attack on Uzuakoli police station in his constituency in which police formation was torched and vehicles worth millions of Naira burnt. Reacting to the development in a statement, the House of Representatives Spokesperson stated that those who masterminded the attack are reminding the...
You Will Be Safe With Bandits If You Develop Relationship With Them – Gumi Tells Nigerians
Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, a self-appointed mediator for the brigands that have been wreaking havoc in many northern states, says his interaction with the bandits have been easy because he always “go(es) through the door.” “I go through the door, not the window. If you go through the door, you will go in and come back safely,” Mr Gumi said while...
Alleged N163.9m bribe: EFCC rearraigns ex-Plateau REC, 1 other
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday, re-arraigned two former INEC officials on amended N163.9 million charge bordering on conspiracy and bribery. EFCC on March 8, 2018, arraigned Dr Godwin Kwanga, former INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Plateau, and Jonathan Azi-Nyako, a retired INEC staff. The two were charged alongside late Usman Baba-Bukar, former INEC Administrative Secretary in Plateau before a High Court...
NSCDC Arrest Suspected Kidnapper In Gombe
A 25-year-old suspected kidnapper from Shongom Local Government Area of Gombe State has been nabbed by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for an alleged attempt to kidnap a 70-year-old Usman Mohammed in Koburga, a border town between Billir...
FG Disagrees With Reps, Senate On Proposed Security Summit
The federal government has refuted claims made by members of the House of Representatives that Boko Haram insurgents are better armed than the Nigerian military. Speaking during a ministerial briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, Minister of Defence Mohammed Badaru said:“Yesterday (Tuesday), the House of Representatives said terrorists have better weapons than us. That is absolutely not true. We have much...
Abducted Plateau Monarch Regains Freedom
The District Head of Panyam in Mangu local government area of Plateau State, His Royal Highness, Aminu Derwan, who was abducted in his palace on Monday by gunmen has regained freedom. Palace sources told our correspondent on Thursday that the traditi...
How I Killed Lucky Igbinedion’s Mother With Stool – Housemaid
A 25-year-old housemaid, Dominion Okoro, on Tuesday in Benin revealed that she killed Madam Maria Oredola Igbinedion, 85, the mother of a former Governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion. Narrating how she carried out the nefarious act on December 2, Okoro, who was arrested in her hometown, Calabar, said she hit her late boss with a stool while sleeping...
How Ogun Celestial Church Pastor Shot Worshipper At Church Entrance
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a pastor, Peter Omope, over allegation of attempted murder and unlawful possession of a prohibited firearm. Omope, who is the pastor in charge of Celestial Church of Christ, Jesu Yan Parish, at Olambe junction, Akute, Ogun State, was arrested for allegedly shooting a female guest worshiper, Kemi Johnson, at the entrance...
