CRIME
DSS Reportedly Takes Over CBN Governor’s Office
The operatives of the Department of State Security, DSS, have taken over the office of Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, at the headquarters of the apex bank. The embattled CBN governor has been having a running battle with DSS over alleged terrorism financing. DSS had earlier sought a court order to arrest Emefiele who has been...
Four To Die By Hanging In Osun Over Abduction, Murder
An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo on Monday sentenced four men to death by hanging for offences bordering on armed robbery and murder of one Victor Akinbile, said to be a relative of the immediate past Osun State Deputy Governor, Mr. Benedict Alabi. The convicts, Hammed Rafiu, 37; Rasidi Waidi, 39; Kayode Sunday, 29; and Owolabi Bashiru, 54;...
NSCDC Arrests Man With Fake Foreign Currencies In Jigawa
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Jigawa State, have arrested a 37-year-old man for being in possession of 26 pieces of 1,000 fake CFA francs. The NSCDC Public Relations Officer in the state, Adamu Shehu, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse, the state capital, on Tuesday. Shehu said that the suspect...
Police, Military Outfits Intercepted By Lagos Airport Customs Weeks To 2023 General Election
Hard drugs, military, and police hardware, and other items have been seized by the Murtala Muhammed Airport Command (MMAC) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Lagos State. The shipment was found in the domestic wing's cargo area, operated by Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO). At a Tuesday media event, Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Sambo Dangaladima announced the interception. 162 boxes of...
Suspect Reveals How Abba Kyari Offered Him N10m, Visa To Implicate Saraki In Offa Deadly Bank Robbery
One of the principal suspects in the trial of the Offa bank robbery incident at a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, Mr Ayoade Akinrinbosun, yesterday, told the court how the former Commander, IRT squad, Abba Kyari, offered him N10 million to implicate former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, in the armed robbery case. He further told the court...
I Only Found The Skulls In Drainage, Man Tells Police In Lagos
A man, identified simply as Rasaq, has been arrested over alleged possession of three suspected human skulls in the Ayobo area of Lagos State. Rasaq was taking the skulls to a destination when some policemen on stop and search accosted him. The policemen, who saw Rasaq carrying a black nylon bag, demanded what was in the bag but he gave no...
School children In Nasarawa Kidnapped By Bandits
The early-morning Friday kidnapping of several students from LGEA Primary School, Alwaza, Alwaza village, Doma local government area of the state, has been confirmed by the Nasarawa State Police Command. The state police public relations officer, DSP Rahman Nansel, verified the event and stated that a joint team of police, military, and vigilante personnel had already been mobilized and sent...
Imo Gunmen Abduct Ideato LG chairman, Two Others
Chris Ohizu, the chairman of Ideato North Local Government Area in Imo State, and the local government's APC chairman were both abducted by gunmen on Friday. One unnamed person was also taken hostage by the gunmen. According to Chubuzor Nnamdi, a local, the assailants also set fire to the APC Chairman's home before robbing him and leaving him with leg wounds. Nothing...
Unknown Gunmen Kill Two APC Members In Ebonyi
Report reaching ABN TV has it that unknown gunmen, Friday struck in a community in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State and killed two persons suspected to be members of the All Progressive Congress, APC in the State. It was gathered that the incident took place during an APC meeting in the affected community last Friday night, when the...
EFCC Detains Tompolo’s Director Of Operations, Captain Enisuouh
The Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, TSSNL, has raised the alarm that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has illegally detained its Executive Director of Operations and Technical, Captain Warredi Enisuouh. TSSNL, a security surveillance company, operated by ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, said Enisuoh, who was coordinating an operation in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, to burst a top oil...
