CRIME
14 Brigade Nigerian Army Ohafia To Conduct Field Training ‘Exercise Golden Dawn II’
The Headquarters 14 Brigade Nigerian Army, Ebem Ohafia Abia State says it will be conducting a Field Training Exercise nicknamed Exercise GOLDEN DAWN II from 2 October-23 December 2022. This it says is to train the troops on the security of innocent and law-abiding citizens in Abia State especially during the yuletide season it is also aimed at practicing the...
Court Jails Mama BoKo Haram, 3 Others 7 Years
The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of Aisha Alkali Wakil, (a.k.a Mama Boko Haram) alongside Tahiru Alhaji, Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyode. Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, sentenced them on Thursday, September 29, 2022 to seven years imprisonment each, for the offences...
NSCDC Recovers 21,600 Litres Of Stolen Petrol In Lagos
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State Command has recovered 21,600 litres of Premium Motor Spirit otherwise known as petrol from suspected oil vandals in the Badagry area of the state. According to the report, the anti-vandal and marine team of the Badagry division was on a surveillance patrol on Tuesday around 11 pm when it intercepted 720 kegs...
No Going Back On Community Policing, IGP Vows
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, on Thursday, said the force would not discard community policing system arrangements already put in place to checkmate various crimes at local levels. Baba also disclosed that the force had upgraded its Police Training curriculum to cater for knowledge that will be practically used in carrying out responsibilities in line with the principle of...
South East Group Condemns Killing Of Soldiers In Anambra By Gunmen
The Igbo People of Nigeria (IPN) has condemned the ambush and subsequent murder of soldiers on a routine patrol at Umunze in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. A statement by Anayo Mbakwe on Wednesday night described the incident as a national tragedy, barbaric and unacceptable. Mbakwe said the people of the southeast are known to be loving, welcoming...
No Place For Fraudsters In The Kingdom Of God – EFCC Boss Bawa
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa has appealed to Nigerians to shun fraud and the likes. The senior police officer counselled youths in particular to avoid internet fraud and join the EFCC to combat monetary crimes. Bawa gave the advise in his speech on “Inherent risks on Cyber/Internet fraud” at the Mountain of Fire and Miracles...
2023: We’re Committed To Peaceful Election, Police Assure Nigerians
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, says the police and other security agencies will ensure that the 2023 general elections are peaceful. He spoke in Abuja on Wednesday at a security policy dialogue entitled: ‘2022 General Election: Insecurity as a Threat to Constitutional Succession.’ The dialogue was organised by CLEEN Foundation, in partnership with Ford Foundation. The IGP, represented by DCP Basil...
Two Feared Dead As Gunmen Attack Army Checkpoint In Enugu
There was tension in Enugu as gunmen, yesterday, attacked an Army checkpoint at Obeagu-Amodu Road in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State. It was gathered that the hoodlums stormed the checkpoint in two Lexus SUVs and one Toyota Sienna around 7:25 a.m., and reportedly opened fire on the combined team of Police and military. A source confirmed that there...
Ex-Aide Of Ogun State Governor Bags Five Years Imprisonment In US
A District Court in Western Tacoma, Washington, United States, has sentenced Abidemi Rufai, the suspended aide of the Ogun State Governor, Dayo Abiodun, to five years imprisonment for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. This was confirmed in a statement by the United States Attorney’s Office, Western District of Washington, on Monday. The statement said in part that Rufai, “A 45-year-old...
We’ll Arm Amotekun With Sophisticated Weapons — Akeredolu
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, yesterday, insisted that state security outfits in the country, backed by law must have access to sophisticated weapons to combat insecurity. Akeredolu said this during the Passing-Out Parade of Courses 3 and 4 of the State Amotekun Corps in Akure. His words: “State Security outfits backed by law whether in Western Nigeria, Katsina, Borno, Benue...
