CRIME
Days After Owo Attack, Gunmen Kill 6 In Ondo
No fewer than six persons were shot dead at Sabo Area of Ondo town, Ondo State on Wednesday night by some men suspected to be bandits. This came 72 hours after some terrorists attacked St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, killing about 40 people. Severa...
Court Remands 30-Year-Old Man For Alleged Attempt To Kill Father, Wife
A Magistrate’s Court in Ilorin remanded a 30-year-old farmer, Alli Hassan, on Wednesday for allegedly threatening to kill his biological father, Hassan Auta. The suspect was arrested by the Kwara State Police Command after he allegedly threatened t...
Kidnappers Release Former NFA Secretary-General, Ahmed Toro
A former Secretary-General of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA), Alhaji Ahmed Sani Toro, who was kidnapped on Saturday night, has regained freedom. Speaking to Daily Trust, one of his sons, Nasiru Toro, said his father was released on Monday nig...
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 Justice N.I. Afolabi of the Federal High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State. He was arraigned on a one- count charge bordering on cybercrime. The charge reads: “that you, Adamu Yayaha Jiyaba sometime in 2022 in Abuja...
Ike Ekweremadu’s Kidney ‘Donor’ 21 Not 15 – UK Court
The Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court in the United Kingdom hearing the case of alleged organ trafficking involving the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, was on Thursday told that the kidney donor, David Ukpo, is act...
Abuja Terrorist Attacks: President Buhari Rewarding Failure With Ambassadorial Appointments – Sheikh Gumi
Controversial Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has reacted to terrorist attacks on the Guards Brigade in Abuja. Gumi said insecurity should be expected because President Muhammadu Buhari rewards failure with an Ambassadorial appointment. He was rea...
EFCC Nabs Seven Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Abuja, Including Female
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, have arrested a syndicate of 7 suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja, including a female. The suspects, Nnonyelu Favour Chioma, Ajator Henry Sopulu, Ego Andy Seji, Okeke Ikechukwu Jude, Oshioriamite Perfect, Ego Akin and Okeke were arrested on Friday in a sting operation at Tunlapal Estate, Kurudu, Abuja. A statement by EFCC Spokesman, Wilson...
45 Suspects Arrested For Internet Fraud In Enugu (Photos)
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Command on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, arrested 45 suspected internet fraudsters from different locations at Trans Ekulu, Enugu. The suspects are: Michael Chidiebere, Ogbu Chekwube, Edeh Peter, Nweze Ifeanyi, Emeka Nwankwo, John Chibuike, Paschal Tochukwu, Eze ifeanyi, Raphael Chukwuemeka .P, Kennwth Akwozo, Chukwuebuka Ogbonna, Chunedu Ephraim.N, Emmanuel Nnaji, Ychenna...
Anger As Road Safety Official Allegedly Stabs Bus Driver To Death In Abia (Graphic Photos)
An unidentified official of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC has stabbed to death a driver around Umuikaa junction in Isialangwa South local government area of Abia State, ABN TV reports. Though the details of the incident is still sketchy, all efforts to reach the public relations officer of Abia State command of FRSC proved abortive. Meanwhile, the Executive Chairman,...
Education Suffers Huge Setback As Parents Withdraws Children From Schools Over Banditry In Zamfara
The banditry activities ravaging Zamfara State for over a decade have forced indigenes of the state to be suspicious of any strange face, especially in rural areas. Report had it that many people living in the Damba area of Gusau, the state capital, have been vacating the axis as it has become a bandits’ den, with terror attacks being unleashed...
