CRIME
Fleeing Kuje Prison Inmate Who Murdered An Indian Re-arrested
Police Intelligence Response Squad (IRT) has paraded Abdulazak Isa, a 27-year-old Kuje Prison escapee who was serving life imprisonment for the murder of an Indian national. The suspect was paraded alongside the killers of a Divisional Police Officer in Bauchi by the Force Public Relations officer (FPRO), CSP Muyiwa Adejobi. Adejobi told newsmen during the briefing, which took place at the...
Court In US Confirms Conviction Of Hushpuppi, Silent On Extradition Of Abba Kyari
The United States Attorney’s Office for Central District of California, Los Angeles, says the September 21, 2022 sentence date for alleged international Internet fraudster Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi, remains unchanged. The court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek, made this known on Friday in response to an email inquiry by Channels Television. Since Hushpuppi’s conviction last year for alleged $1.1m fraud,...
Police Raid Suspected Terrorists’ Camp In Imo
Crack operatives of the Imo State Police Command have raided the camp of suspected terrorists in Izombe, Oguta Local Government Council of the state, killing five. According to a statement issued on Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Michael Abattam, and made available to The Guardian, four live tortoises, arms and ammunition, army and police uniforms among others...
Stop Flaunting Police Uniforms On Social Media, IGP Warns
The Nigeria Police Force have issued a strict warning on the misuse of police uniforms on social media, ABN TV reports. This is coming after the police suspended two supernumerary officers for violation of social media policy. The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, in a statement said the use of uniforms is only restricted to officers of the force. Part...
IGP Baba Suspends Female Police Officers For Violation Of Social Media Policy
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has suspended two Supernumerary Police Officers, with immediate effect, for breach of the provisions of the Police Act, 2020, and The Nigeria Police Guidelines for Recruitment/Promotion/Discipline of Supernumerary Police (SPY) 2013 by the Inspector-General of Police, as captured in a video posted by one of the officers in a viral video. The...
Anger As Abia Community Gives Widow Merciless Lashes Over Alleged Witchcraft, Hon. Chukwu Reacts (Photos, Video)
Condemnation has trailed the inhuman treatment meted to a widow, Mrs. Amarachi Okechi by her community, Umueghu in Amaegbuato autonomous community Nkpa Bende Local Government, Abia state. The woman according to reports, she was accused of being a witch and having a hand in the death of her husband. In a viral video, she was seen being whipped mercilessly...
Fake Soldier Posing As Modeling Agent Arrested In Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a fake soldier, Andy Edwards, for allegedly posing as a soldier and modelling agent to rob unsuspecting members of the public of their valuables in the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Sunday, said Edwards, after posing as a model agent, usually...
Court To Set To Rule On FG’s Extradition Suit Against Abba Kyari
A Federal High Court in Abuja will today deliver a judgment in a suit instituted by the Federal Government seeking to extradite the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police DCP, Abba Kyari to the United States of America. The Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, acting on behalf of the Federal Government filed the extradition charges against Kyari to pave the...
Court Rejects FG’s Suit Seeking Abba Kyari’s Extradition To US
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, dismissed an application the Federal Government filed for permission to extradite the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, to the United States of America, USA, to face trial over his alleged involvement with a notorious internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi. The court, in a judgement that...
Gunmen Kill 28-Year-Old NYSC Member
A 28-year-old National Youth Service member, NYSC, Samaila Awudu, was reportedly killed by gunmen that invaded their Yolde Pate corpers’ lodge in Yola South Local Government Area, Adamawa State, weekend. It was gathered that after he was inflicted with life-threatening wounds by the assailants, he was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Yola where he gave up the ghost. A...
