CRIME
NDLEA Uncovers N4.2bn In Abba Kyari’s Co-Accused Persons’ Accounts
Fresh facts have emerged on how suspended super cop and former Commander of the Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari; as well as his deputy, ACP Sunday Ubua, allegedly received a combined N4.2bn from their separate bank accounts. The details are part of a report sent to the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, by the NDLEA. According to the drug...
American Journalist Shot Dead In Ukraine, Another Wounded
Award-winning American journalist, Brent Renaud was killed by Russian forces in Irpin, Ukraine, according to Kyiv region police in social media posts yesterday. Kyiv police said another American journalist was wounded by Russian troops. In a tweet, Kyiv region police named the 50-year-old American journalist, who was killed as Brent Renaud. Police posted a photo of his body and his...
Hushpuppi: I Didn’t Exonerate Abba Kyari, I Only Demand Further Probe – AGF Malami
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Sunday, faulted reports that he had conclusively exonerated the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari who is facing trial before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja on charges of the illegal drug business. Malami said this in a statement issued by his Special...
Hushpuppi: AGF Malami Says No Evidence Of Money Laundering Against Abba Kyari
A new twist into the $1.1million hushpuppi internet scam involving suspended Commander of the Police Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari and fraudster, Ramon Abass aka Hushpuppi and other accomplices emerged at the weekend with the office of the Attorney General issuing new legal advice exonerating Kyari from money laundering allegations. The office of the AGF which in its first...
Police Nab Injured Robbery Gang Member Who Invaded Students’ Hostel In Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a member of a robbery gang that invaded a students’ hostel in the Ipara Remo, in the Remo-North Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Saturday, gave the name of the suspect as Sodiq Yahaya, adding that he was...
Court Orders BRT Driver’s Remand For 30 Days Over Bamise’s Death
A Magistrate Court at the Yaba area of Lagos has ordered the remand of a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Mr. Andrew Nice, over his alleged involvement in the death of his passenger, Oluwabamise Ayanwola. Magistrate Omobola Salawu ordered the remand for 30 days following an application by the Police. The officer in charge of legal, Yetunde Cardoso, who represented the...
Nigerian Man, Obi 33-Year-Old Dies After Ex-Lover Set Him Ablaze Along With Girlfriend In Australia
A Nigerian man, Stanley Obi, and his girlfriend have been set ablaze by his former partner and mother of his kids at his home in New Beith, Brisbane's southern suburbs of Australia. Police are unravelling the troubled history of a former couple involved in a Logan house fire that has left both of them dead. Stanley Obi, 33, a Nigerian died...
Security Vote For Governors Justified, We Spend More On Police Than FG — Fayemi
The Chairman of Nigeria Governor’s Forum and Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Thursday, declared that the states give more funding to the Police than the Federal Government. Fayemi said this while commenting on security vote at a panel discussion organised by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) in partnership with the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD). Security vote which...
Over 30,000 Insurgents, Families Have Surrendered In North East, Says Boss Mustapha
Over 30,000 insurgents and their families have so far surrendered in the ongoing fight against terrorists in the North-East, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha in Kaduna said. This was contained in a keynote address read on behalf of Mustapha by the Director, Special Service, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, David...
Man Bags 20 Years Jail Term In Gombe Over Fake Tony Elumelu Foundation Grant
A Gombe State High Court presided over by Justice Daurabo S. Sikkam on March 3, 2022, convicted and sentenced one Wadaji Umar Lawan to fifteen (15) months imprisonment on two counts of forgery and attempt to commit an offence, contrary to Sections 95 and 362 and punishable under Section 364 of the Penal Code Law. Lawan, sometime in February 2021...
