CRIME
Court Remands Company Executive Over Alleged N72m Fraud In Delta
The Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, May 6, 2022, arraigned one Richman Pere and his company, Rich Oil Delta West Africa Limited, before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Warr...
Inmates Allegedly Escape From Agbor Correctional Centre
On Monday evening, scores of convicts reportedly escaped from the Correctional Centre in Agbor, Ika South Local Council of Delta State, after the prison wall collapsed. According to sources, the wall fell after the wind ripped off part of the roof ow...
EFCC Nabs Owner Of ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ School In Abuja, 16 ‘Students’
Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested one Afolabi Samad, the owner of a ‘Yahoo-Yahoo Academy’ in Abuja. The 24-year-old was arrested on Thursday in a sting operation alongside 1...
I8-Year-Old Opens Fire In A Supermarket In New York , Kills 10
A heavily armed 18-year-old white man shot 10 people dead on Saturday at a Buffalo, New York grocery store in a “racially motivated” attack that he live-streamed on camera, authorities said. The gunman, who was wearing body armor and a helmet, wa...
Gunmen Set Ablaze Court, Local Government Secretariat In Anambra
Suspected gunmen have set ablaze the Idemili North Local Government Secretariat in Ogidi and a Magistrates’ court located. Sources said the arsonists entered the premises on Sunday night to carry out the act. They were said to burn down all files, ...
Gunmen Kidnap Anambra Lawmaker
A member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Dr. Okechukwu Okoye, has been kidnapped. The lawmaker, popularly known as “Okey Di Okey” was kidnapped late Sunday. Okoye is representing the Aguata North constituency, the same community as the go...
Alleged Blasphemy: We’re Pained, Saddened By Deborah’s Death, Parents Weep
The parents of the late Deborah Samuel of Shagari College of Education Sokoto, Sokoto State have described the death of their daughter as sad and painful, saying they have left her killers to God. Recall that the remains of Deborah were laid to rest ...
Alleged Blasphemy: Arrested Suspects Remanded In Prison Over Deborah’s Murder
The Police have arraigned two suspects in connection with the murder of the 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel, who was accused of blasphemy. The suspects – Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunchi – who are...
Court Slams Life Imprisonment On Lagos School Bus Driver Over Sexual Assault
A Lagos State Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court has sentenced a school bus driver, Tony Akpan, to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a five-year-old pupil. Justice Abiola Soladoye in her judgement, held that the prosecution had prese...
Many Feared Dead As Explosion Rocks Kano
Many persons have been feared dead in an explosion on Aba road in the Sabon Gari area of Kano. Several others, including school children, were also injured. Details of the blast and its cause are still sketchy as of the time of filing this report but...
