CRIME
Gunmen Kill One, Abduct Travelers In Kaduna
Rampaging terrorists in the Kurgi community in the western part of Birnin-Gwari general area in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have killed a motorcyclist and abducted scores of travellers along the Birnin-Gwari, Funtua road. The terrorists were said to have blocked the road where no fewer than 30 vehicles were trapped and passengers’ loads were carted away. The captive...
Evans, Accomplice Jailed 21 Years
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced the convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans and his accomplice, Victor Aduba to 21 years imprisonment to life imprisonment for kidnapping a businessman Slyvanus Ahamonou and collecting N$420,000 as ransom from his family. Justice Hakeem Oshodi handed out the sentence to the trio on Friday after convicting them on two counts...
Dismissed DSS Official, 9 Others Paraded For Robbing Bullion Van In Abia, N10m Recovered (Photos Video)
Abia State Police command on Monday paraded a dismissed official of the Department of State Services, DSS Prosper Israel, his younger brother Chinwendu Israel along with with eight others for robbing a billion van loaded with cash, ABN TV reports. In his confessional statement, Mr. Prosper Israel said he was dismissed from DSS in 2007 after his service at Government...
Jealous Lover Cuts Man’s Wrist In Nasarawa Over Girlfriend
A 21-year-old man, Usman Danladi, has been arrested by men of the Nasarawa State Police Command for allegedly using a machete to cut off the wrist of one Jibrin Abdullahi, in Auta Balefi community, in the Karu Local Government Area of the state. Danladi allegedly perpetrated the crime while fighting with Abdullahi, whom he accused of assaulting his girlfriend, one...
Police Arrest Two Suspected Kidnappers, Recover Weapons In Jigawa
The Police in Jigawa, in collaboration with a local vigilance group, have arrested two suspected kidnappers in Taura Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the arrest in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse. Shiisu said the suspects, aged between 35 and 40, were arrested on Sunday following reliable...
Abia Bullion Van Robbery: I Only Move The Arms For Operation, I Never Shot A Gun Before — Suspect (Video)
One of the suspects connected with a bullion van robbery along Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway near Ntigha Juntion in Isiala Ngwa North L.G.A of Abia State on 26 July 2022, Nwachukwu Albert aka White has said his only assignment in the gang is to drive the van containing the ammunitions and "wait for call for the guys", ABN TV reports. According...
Abuja Married Man Who Killed Girlfriend For Committing Abortion Appears In Court
A 29-year-old married man, Douglas Tamunokopo, is standing trial before Justice C.O Agbaza at the High Court, Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, Abuja, for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Udo Abigail, for committing an abortion without his consent. The deceased was in a romantic relationship with Tamunokopo when she got pregnant. Abigail later found out that the defendant already had a family with...
My Brother And His “Colleagues” Brought Money To My House, Gave Me Some – Ex-DSS Official Arrested For Bullion Van Robbery In Abia (VIDEO)
Abia State Police Command on Monday paraded a dismissed official of the Department of State Services, DSS, Prosper Israel, his younger brother Chinwendu Israel along with eight others for robbing a billion van loaded with cash. In his confessional statement, Mr. Prosper Israel said he was dismissed from DSS in 2007 after his service at Government House Abia State ended...
Gunmen Attack Abia State CID, 3 Officers Critically Injured
An undisclosed number of gunmen on Wednesday evening attacked the Criminal Investigation Department office of the Abia State police command located in Umuagu in Umuahia, inflicting serious injury on three police officers, ABN TV reports. While one was seriously macheted, the rest two were shot but no casualty was recorded. The injured officers have since been rushed to the hospital for...
How Suspected Fraudsters Hacked Bank Account, Transferred N523m To 225 Customers
Suspected fraudsters, during a three-day cyber-attack, have hacked a customer’s account domiciled in an old generation bank and fraudulently transferred N523,337,100 from the account to 18 different accounts in the same bank. The spokesperson for the Police Special Fraud Unit in Ikoyi, Lagos State, SP Eyitayo Johnson, in a statement on Wednesday, said the suspects subsequently transferred the money from...
