CRIME
67-Year-Old Man Locked Up In Room For 20 Years In Kaduna Rescued
The Police Command Kaduna State, said it had invited five persons to assist them in their investigation over the locking up of a 67 year-old man for 20 years in Kaduna. The Command Public Relations Officers, DSP Mohammed Jalige, stated this at the scene of the alleged offence on Wednesday. The rescued man, Mr Ibrahim Ado, was allegedly locked up in...
AGF Okays Stella Oduah’s Arraignment For Alleged N7.9bn Fraud
Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF has finally issued a directive for the arraignment of Senator Stella Oduah, in the N7.9 billion money laundering charges brought against her by the Federal Government. The directive issued in a letter to the Federal High Court has therefore brought to an end the adjournments suffered by the arraignment for six...
Court Sentences Man Seven Months For Raping Sister
A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has sentenced a 21-year-old man, Chinedu Eziuzo, to a seven-month prison term for raping his 14-year-old sister in the Adazi-Enu Anaocha Local Government Area of the state. Eziuzo was said to have committed the crime in 2021 but was arrested on May 30, 2022. Delivering the judgment, the Presiding Judge, Dr Nnamdi...
It’ll Take Collective Will, Resolve Of All Nigerians To End Corruption — Dariye
A former governor of Plateau State Joshua Dariye says “with collective will and the resolve of every Nigerian”, corruption will be ended in the country. The ex-governor, who spoke on Channels Television’s NewsNight programme aired on Monday, said his conviction alongside a former governor of Taraba State Jolly Nyame for corruption charges has not in any way ended graft which...
Gunmen In Military Uniform Attack Security Vehicle, Kill Policemen
Gunmen have attacked a white security vehicle and allegedly shot two police officers along Akokwa/Arondiizogu/Ikpeora/Okigwe road in Imo state. An eyewitness who confirmed it said the incident happened last Saturday evening. He said the gunmen were in military uniforms in a Siena and Hilux vehicle with security sirens ash and black colour respectively. One of the reasons given by an eyewitness was...
Three Brothers, Friend Nabbed For Robbery On Ogun
Three brothers and their friend have been apprehended by the police “for carrying out series of robbery operations in Ijebu-Ode area of Ogun State.” The Ogun State police image maker, Abimbola Oyeyemi, identified the three brothers as Hammed Jagbojagbo, Idris Jagbojagbo and Tobi Jagbojagbo, while their accomplice was named Tosin Ogundeko. Their arrest, Oyeyemi said, followed a distress call received at...
FG Reportedly Releases 101 Boko Haram Terrorists In Exchange For Kaduna Train Attack Victims
No fewer than 101 suspected Boko Haram terrorists have been allegedly released from the Kirikiri Medium Security Prison, Lagos State in exchange for the freed 23 Abuja-Kaduna train attack victims. According to an online platform, Foundation for Investigative Journalism, wardens at the facility let them out as part of a swap deal for the release of travellers who were abducted...
Oil Theft: 42 More Tapping Points Uncovered In Two states
Ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, and security officials have discovered 42 more perforations on the nation’s oil pipelines. The tapping by crude oil bunkers seeking to divert the nation’s crude oil is uncovered in two states of Delta and Bayelsa This brings the total tappings to 58. The breakthrough came as bunkers, angry with the leader of the defunct Movement for...
Hoodlums Who Allegedly Raped, Robbed Kwara Students Arrested With 87 Phones
Police operatives from the Kwara State command on Sunday said they arrested three suspects who allegedly robbed and raped some female students of the Kwara State University, Malete, in the Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State. The suspects are Ridwan Abdulfatai (20); Ibrahim Akorede (25) and Aliyu Apalado (25), all from the Oke Fomo area, Ilorin. The state Police Public...
Suspected Internet Fraudsters Nabbed For Allegedly Killing 40-Year-Old Man In Ogun
Two suspected internet fraudsters otherwise known as yahoo boys, have reportedly butchered a 40-year-old man Abdullahi Azeez and used him for money making ritual. The suspects, Friday Odeh, 21, and Poso Idowu, 20, were arrested at their hideout in Owode-Egba, three months after they allegedly committed the crime . The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed...
