CRIME
26% Of FIFA 2022 World Cup’s Budget Allocated For Tournament Prize Money
Thirteen persons including seven mobile policemen and six civilians have been killed at a mining site in Ajata-Aboki in Gurmana Ward of Shiroro Local Government Area, Niger State. The mobile policemen were attached to the mining site to provide secur...
Terrorists Kill Policemen, Workers, Abduct 4 Chinese On Niger Mining Site
No fewer than 17 lives were reportedly lost and several others severely injured when terrorists attacked a mining site managed by the Chinese Nationals at Ajata-Aboki in Gurmana Ward of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The attack was rep...
Gunmen Attack Enugu Police Checkpoint, 2 Feared Killed
There is palpable tension in Enugu State capital as gunmen reportedly attacked a police checkpoint and allegedly killed two officers on duty and others. The incident which happened on Thursday morning was said to have occurred at Gariki, MTD area in ...
Gunmen Kill JTF Commander, Abduct Medical Doctor, 16 Others In Kaduna
A joint task force commander and a resident of Sabon Gero community, New Millennium City Settlement, in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State were killed when bandits stormed the area on Tuesday. The invasion of the bandits in the communit...
Singer R. Kelly Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison Over Sexual Abuse
R&B singer, R Kelly, has been sentenced to 30 years imprisonment after being found guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering involving women, girls, and boys. The jail sentence was handed down to Kelly in the trial that has lasted for several years....
Fraudster Bags 235 Years Jail Term In Uyo Over N525m Scam
Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court, Uyo has convicted and sentenced a notorious international fraudster, Scales Olatunji, to 235years imprisonment for internet fraud and money laundering. Olatunji was arraigned on July 2, 2019 on 45-count...
President Buhari Led Government Supporting Fulanis To Take Over Nigeria – Gov Ortom
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has accused President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government of actively supporting Fulanis to take over Nigeria. Ortom, who appeared on Arise TV on Wednesday morning, said this while speaking on the insecurity i...
Army Set To Engage Retired Officers To End Insecurity
The Nigerian Army will continue to engage the services of its retired personnel in tackling insecurity in the country, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya has said. Yahaya said at this on Tuesday night at a ”Regimented Dinner ” ...
Man, 60 Collapses, Dies After Unauthorised Withdrawal Of 700k From His Account
The family of a 60-year-old man, Isak Wahab, has been thrown into mourning after he reportedly died from shock after an unauthorised withdrawal of N700,000 from his bank account. His wife, Monsurat, accused his friend, identified only as Ola, of maki...
Two Persons Appear In Court Over Alleged N3.1m Fraud In Maiduguri
The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, June 27, 2022, arraigned one Peter Ennemakwu Agbenyo before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court on one count charge of cheating to the tune...
