CRIME
My Brother And His “Colleagues” Brought Money To My House, Gave Me Some – Ex-DSS Official Arrested For Bullion Van Robbery In Abia (VIDEO)
Abia State Police Command on Monday paraded a dismissed official of the Department of State Services, DSS, Prosper Israel, his younger brother Chinwendu Israel along with eight others for robbing a billion van loaded with cash. In his confessional statement, Mr. Prosper Israel said he was dismissed from DSS in 2007 after his service at Government House Abia State ended...
Abuja Married Man Who Killed Girlfriend For Committing Abortion Appears In Court
A 29-year-old married man, Douglas Tamunokopo, is standing trial before Justice C.O Agbaza at the High Court, Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, Abuja, for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Udo Abigail, for committing an abortion without his consent. The deceased was in a romantic relationship with Tamunokopo when she got pregnant. Abigail later found out that the defendant already had a family with...
Abia Bullion Van Robbery: I Only Move The Arms For Operation, I Never Shot A Gun Before — Suspect (Video)
One of the suspects connected with a bullion van robbery along Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway near Ntigha Juntion in Isiala Ngwa North L.G.A of Abia State on 26 July 2022, Nwachukwu Albert aka White has said his only assignment in the gang is to drive the van containing the ammunitions and "wait for call for the guys", ABN TV reports. According...
Police Arrest Two Suspected Kidnappers, Recover Weapons In Jigawa
The Police in Jigawa, in collaboration with a local vigilance group, have arrested two suspected kidnappers in Taura Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the arrest in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse. Shiisu said the suspects, aged between 35 and 40, were arrested on Sunday following reliable...
Jealous Lover Cuts Man’s Wrist In Nasarawa Over Girlfriend
A 21-year-old man, Usman Danladi, has been arrested by men of the Nasarawa State Police Command for allegedly using a machete to cut off the wrist of one Jibrin Abdullahi, in Auta Balefi community, in the Karu Local Government Area of the state. Danladi allegedly perpetrated the crime while fighting with Abdullahi, whom he accused of assaulting his girlfriend, one...
Bandits Who Adopted 45 Persons In Southern Kaduna Church Demand N200m Ransom
Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, SOKAPU, has said there was still no breathing space for communities in Southern Kaduna, as terrorists, jihadists, bandits and armed herdsmen have continued to plunder and wreak communities in the southern part of the state. SOKAPU President, Awemi Dio Maisamari, said in a statement, yesterday, that the latest was the mass abductions on September 12 and...
Dismissed DSS Official, 9 Others Paraded For Robbing Bullion Van In Abia, N10m Recovered (Photos Video)
Abia State Police command on Monday paraded a dismissed official of the Department of State Services, DSS Prosper Israel, his younger brother Chinwendu Israel along with with eight others for robbing a billion van loaded with cash, ABN TV reports. In his confessional statement, Mr. Prosper Israel said he was dismissed from DSS in 2007 after his service at Government...
Evans, Accomplice Jailed 21 Years
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced the convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans and his accomplice, Victor Aduba to 21 years imprisonment to life imprisonment for kidnapping a businessman Slyvanus Ahamonou and collecting N$420,000 as ransom from his family. Justice Hakeem Oshodi handed out the sentence to the trio on Friday after convicting them on two counts...
Gunmen Kill One, Abduct Travelers In Kaduna
Rampaging terrorists in the Kurgi community in the western part of Birnin-Gwari general area in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have killed a motorcyclist and abducted scores of travellers along the Birnin-Gwari, Funtua road. The terrorists were said to have blocked the road where no fewer than 30 vehicles were trapped and passengers’ loads were carted away. The captive...
NDLEA Intercepts 18 Guns, 2,300 Cartridges In Kogi
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on patrol along Okene-Abuja expressway, on Saturday, September 17, intercepted a J5 vehicle coming from Onitsha en-route Kaduna-Zaria with 18 pieces of pump action rifles and 1,300 cartridges. While the two suspects conveying the arms and ammunition, Chukwudi Aronu, 51, and Shuaibu Gambo, 23, were arrested, another suspect, Anthony Agada, 37, conveying...
