CRIME
Presidency Reacts To Terrorists’ Threat, Says Security Forces Not Clueless
The Presidency has reacted to a video of terrorists threatening to wreak havoc on the nation, saying security and defense forces were not “clueless or helpless”. The terrorists had released a video where they threatened to kidnap President Muhamm...
I Didn’t Beg To Be Turbaned, Says Bandit Honoured With Chieftaincy Title In Zamfara
The notorious bandit, Ado Aleiro, who was recently turbaned as Sarkin Fulani in Yantodo Emirate of Zamfara State, has said he did not request for the title. The bandit, who has been accused of terrorising some parts of the North West, stated this in ...
104 Inmates Granted Bail As Enugu CJ Pardons 32
No fewer than 104 inmates of the three custodial centres in Enugu State have been granted bail by Chief Judge, Justice Raymond Ozoemena. The CJ, who was on a jail delivery exercise at the weekend, also discharged and acquitted 32 inmates from jail. O...
Soldier Arrested In Adamawa For Raping 4-Year-Old Minor
A soldier identified as Bulama Salish has been arrested for allegedly raping a minor. Salish is attached to 23 Brigade SP BN in the Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa State. He was nabbed for allegedly defiling a four-year-old girl who is said to...
Terrorists Talk Tough, Threaten To Kidnap Buhari, El-Rufai
Few weeks after the convoy of President Muhammadu Buhari was attacked in Katsina State, terrorists have threatened to abduct Nigeria’s number one citizen. The convoy of an advance team of the president was attacked on its way to Buhari’s hometown...
Gunmen Kill PDP Lawmaker In Adamawa
He was a member of the PDP. A gang of armed men stormed the lawmaker’s residence in his hometown, Bannga, in the early hours of Saturday, shooting his son and whisking him away before killing him a few hours after. The Police Public Relations Offic...
UN Indicts Nigeria, Kenya For Torture, Arbitrary Detention Of Nnamdi Kanu, Demands Immediate Release
The United Nations, UN Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, has indicted both Nigeria and Kenya Governments for the arrest and extraordinary rendition, torture and continued detention of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Bi...
Woman Who Killed Husband In Osun After Setting Him Ablaze Commits Suicide
Ifeoluwa, wife of Bolu Bamidele who died after the woman set him ablaze on Tuesday in Osogbo, Osun State, for allegedly having a child out of wedlock, has died by suicide. Ifeoluwa, whose remains have been deposited in the mortuary of the Our Lady ...
Court Sends Ex-AGF Idris, Others To Kuje Prison Over N109bn Scam (PHOTOS)
Justice Adeyemi Ajayi of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on Friday remanded a former Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, and two others in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Kuje. Justice Ajayi ordered that...
Billionaire Linked With Abba Kyari’s Drug Deal For Trial Oct 6
The Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed October 6 for the trial of a billionaire industrialist Afamefuna Mallinson Ukatu and his worker, Sunday Ifeanyi Ibekwute, on a banned drug charge. Ukatu is the Managing Director of Mallinson & Partners Ltd, w...
