CRIME
NDLEA Uncovers 442 Parcels Of Mkpuru Mmiri Hidden In Head Of Smoked Fish (VIDEO)
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have uncovered 442 parcels of Crystal Methamphetamine (Mkpuru Mmiri) concealed in heads of fishes packed in cartons for export to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) through the SAHCO shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos. The 11.90kg consignment was brought to the SAHCO export shed of the airport...
Buhari Vows To Rescue Abducted Kaduna Train Passengers Held Captive By Bandits
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday vowed to rescue 31 hostages taken in a train attack and return them “safe and unhurt”, his office said, five months after their abduction. Gangs of Bandits with no ideological or religious motives are known to kidnap for ransom in northwest and central Nigeria. On March 28, armed men blew up a train travelling between Abuja...
Driver Of BRT Arrested After Murder Of Passenger, Oluwabamise Ayanwole
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command on Monday have arrested the driver of a Bus Rapid Transit who drove murdered 22-year-old Oluwabamise Ayanwole. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Adekunle Ajisebutu, made this known in a chat, even as he confirmed that the dead body of the lady has been found. He also said the killers of Ayanwole,...
NSCDC Arrests, Hands Over Four Drug Suspects To NDLEA In Abuja
According to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), operatives of the corps on Thursday arrested and turned over suspected drug dealers to NDLEA officials in the Federal Capital Territory. In a statement released on Friday, ASC Okomanyi Comfort, the corps’ public relations officer, stated that Dr. Peter Maigari, the corps’ FCT commandant, had turned over four (4) suspected...
We’ve Not Received Any N1.2bn Donation From Buhari, Says Niger Republic
Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum’s government has denied receiving N1.2 billion from President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime, contradicting a statement by Nigeria’s minister of finance, Zainab Ahmed. Ms Ahmed had confirmed that Mr Buhari’s regime disbursed N1.2 billion to the Niger Republic on August 3. The Nigerien government insisted that was not true though its troops continue to protect Nigerians from armed...
EFCC Secures Conviction Of 11 Cybercriminals in Ibadan (Photos)
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on August 3 and 4, 2022 secured the conviction of eleven (11) cybercriminals on separate charges of fraudulent imperonation before Justices Olusola Adetujoye and Bayo Tai...
Insecurity: Sack Monguno As NSA Now, Northern Group Tells Buhari
A Northern group, Arewa Youth Assembly, has given President Muhammadu Buhari an ultimatum of Wednesday to sack the National Security Adviser, Major-General Babagana Mongonu (retd.), or face mass action. The group said the failure of the President to sack the NSA before Wednesday, they would occupy the Presidential Villa until Monguno was sacked. The group had written to the Presidency, the...
Customs Intercepts 234 Tonnes Of Fertiliser On Cameroon Border
The Nigeria Customs service (NCS), Adamawa-Taraba Area Command yesterday sadi it seized 234.5 tonnes of fertiliser and other contraband about to be smuggled into Cameroon Republic. The NCS said it had recorded 69 seizures along Nigeria–Cameroon border with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N232.11 million between January and June, 2022, Comptroller of Customs Adeboyega Ganiyu, in charge of the Command...
Lagos General Overseer Arrested For Sexual Molestation Of Minors
A team of policemen from Elemoro Division of the Lagos State Police Command, weekend, stormed the Peculiar Generation Assembly at Eputu London in Awoyaya, Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos, arresting the General Overseer, Bishop Chris Omosekpa. His arrest wa...
Kaduna Fuel Clerk Convicted One Year For Fraud
The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction and sentencing of one Jumbo Owoidihe Otu before Justice Darius Khobo of the State High court sitting in Kaduna on a one count charge of cheating. Jumbo, a clerk in charge of diesel and fuel in a construction company, Ronchess Global Resources Plc, defrauded...
