CRIME
Kuje Jailbreak Update: 3 Inmates, Officer Killed, 443 Prisoners Still Missing
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has given an update on the attack at Kuje Medium Security facility in Abuja on Tuesday night. ABN TV had reported how gunmen invaded the prison, releasing inmates, including high-profile suspects. In a statemen...
Man To Die By Hanging For Culpable Homicide In Kebbi
A High Court in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday, sentenced a Nigerien, Sulaman Idris, 25, to death by hanging, for culpable homicide. The State Counsel charged Suleiman with two counts bordering on culpable homicide, punishable with death under Section 191...
EFCC Arrests 18 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Abuja
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 18 suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja. The suspects were identified as ThankGod Oche, Joshua Olohja, Adamu Abdulkadir, David Bruno Bidemi, Emmanuel Avoh, Micheal Oche...
Over 600 Inmates Escape From Kuje Prison Abuja
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, has said over 600 of the inmates fled the prisons when it came under attack late Tuesday night. Belgore stated that those behind the attack were Boko Haram terrorists who came sp...
DCP Abba Kyari, Ex-Gov Dariye, Nyame ‘Missing’ After Attack On Kuje Facility
Some high profile inmates at the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja may have escaped Tuesday night’s attacks on the facility by some gunmen. The attacks, which lasted some hours, were said to have been resisted by military personnel and prison guards ...
EFCC Arrests Man With 41 ATM Cards, POS Machine (Photos)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested a 27 years old suspect and indigene of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nwamannah Chuks Ifeanyi, for alleged ATM card fraud. He was picked up on Wednesday, June 29, 20...
Abia New NSCDC Commandant, Muhammad Sanyinna Vows To Give Vandals A Bloody Nose
A new Commandant, Muhammad Sanyinna, Tuesday, took over the Abia State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps. In his inaugural address, Sanyinna vowed to fight crimes in the state to a standstill, assuring full implementation of the...
EFCC Arraigns Fake FBI Director
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a fake Director of the American Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, Adamu Yahaya Jiyaba before...
Bandits Bomb Kuje Prison, Abuja
Kuje Medium Prison on Tuesday night came under heavy bombardments by unknown terrorists, throwing the entire area Council into confusion. The first explosion, a high capacity bomb, went off around 10.25pm. It was followed by second and third blast an...
Bandits Kill Assistant Commissioner Of Police, Aminu Umar In Katsina
An Assistant Commissioner of Police, Aminu Umar Dayi, in charge of Dutsinma Area Command in Katsina State, was ambushed and killed by bandits in a fierce gun battle on Tuesday. According to one of the reports, the late Aminu, on Monday, led a police ...
