CRIME
Gunmen Abduct Nine Travellers In Edo State
Suspected kidnappers on Monday abducted nine persons from a luxurious bus, in Okpella, in Edo North area of the State. The State Police Command Spokesman, SP Kontongs Bello, disclosed this in a statement Monday evening. He disclosed that the bus was traveling from one of the states to Abuja, when it was intercepted by the hoodlums at Okpella. The victims were however...
Two Feared Dead, Vehicles Razed As Unknown Gunmen Strike In Enugu [PHOTOS]
Gunmen invaded security office at Central Body Neighbourhood Watch, Ogrute, Enugu-Ezike, Igbo–Eze North LGA, Enugu State around 1am this morning. Two security personnel including their former Commander were killed, others were injured. Patrol vehicles and office burnt. The entire South-East region has been engulfed in a security crisis for several months now. Several high profile assassinations have occurred with the latest...
Give Us N60m To Release Abducted Niger Perm Sec — Kidnappers Demand
Abductors of Niger State Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Dr. Ibrahim Musa Garba, have demanded N60m ransom from his family. Dr. Garba was kidnapped alongside his three year-old-son, on Friday at a wedding ceremony holding at his residence in Zungeru, Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger State. A family source told our correspondent in confidence that the abductors called on Sunday...
‘Buhari’s Pardon To Nnamdi Kanu Will End Insecurity In South East’
A group, Youth Advocate for Peace, Justice and Empowerment Network (YAPJEN), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to end insecurity in the Southeast by granting a presidential pardon to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. It blamed Buhari for what it termed creating the hitherto unknown Mazi Kanu and making him a hero by detaining...
Army Launches New Military Operation In South East, Vows To End Insecurity
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, has stated that emerging security threats over the continued existence of the country are real, necessitating the operation, Golden Dawn, in the South East. Speaking in Enugu, Monday, while flagging off the joint military exercise for Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states, he stressed that the army would do all...
Woman Beheads Her Husband Over Cheating
Men of the Ghanaian Police have arrested a 27-year-old woman, Rachel Tetteh for allegedly beheading her husband in Eastern Region, Ghana. It was gathered that the incident happened at Tei Glover, a farming Community near Akyem Bosuso in the Fanteakwa South District on Sunday, October 3, 2021. The headless body of her husband, Lartey Daniel, 35, has been deposited at the...
Two Convicted For Bitcoin Scam In Kaduna
The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today October 4, 2021 secured the conviction and sentencing of one Anthony Celestine on a one count charge of possession of fraudulent document before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna. The charge reads, “that you Anthony Celestine, on or about the 22nd of May,...
EFCC Arrests Man For Allegedly Defrauding Chinese National Of N82.8m
The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Abraham Adeniji for allegedly obtaining goods under false pretence and diversion of funds to the tune of N82, 803,550.00. He was arrested following a petition received by the Commission from one Gao Shu Quin, a Chinese national. The petitioner alleged that she met the suspect sometime...
Army Launches ‘Exercise Golden Dawn’ In Anambra To Crush IPOB, ESN
Determined to restore security in Anambra State, the 302 Artillery Regiment General Support, has lunched ‘Exercise Golden Dawn’, to provide security in the state. Exercise Golden Dawn, according the Commander 302 Artillery Regiment (General Support) Col. Abdulkarim .B. Usman, in the welcome address he presented at the flag off ceremony at Igbariam, Anambra East Local Government Area, is apart from...
Police Arrest Two Kidnappers While Receiving Ransom
Operatives of the Ogun State Police command have arrested two kidnappers while they were trying to receive the ransom for a seven year-old boy. The suspects, Muhammed Abubakar, 42, and Clinton Niche, 18 were nabbed on Sunday according to the command’s spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement on Monday. Stephen Ajibili father of the abducted seven-year old boy, Daniel Ajibili reported...
