CRIME
Nigerian Police, UK National Crime Agency Strengthen Partnership To Combat Crime
In a bid to enhance crime prevention and security in Nigeria, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olukayode Egbetokun, hosted the Director General of the UK National Crime Agency, Mr. Graeme Biggar, at the Force Headquarters in Abuja. The meeting, which was also attended by top police officials, focused on strengthening the existing partnership between the Nigerian Police and the UK...
Internet Fraudster Bags Prison Sentence In Abuja For Impersonation
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Gwagwalada, on Tuesday sentenced a man, Jeffrey Umahon, to one year imprisonment for internet fraud when he pretended to be a Chinese American businessman. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) docked Umahon (a.k.a Shengxin Lu) for attempting to cheat by impersonation. He pleaded guilty to the charge and begged the court for leniency. Delivering judgment,...
Send Us Foodstuffs To Feed Your Children Or Hunger’ll Deal With Them, Bandits Warn Parents Of Abducted Kaduna Students
The abductors of the 121 students of Bethel Baptist Secondary school in Chikun local government area of Kaduna state have demanded for food items from their parents to enable them feed the children. The bandits warned that failure to do so will expose the children to impending starvation. The parents disclosed this on Saturday during their daily prayer sessions to seek...
EFCC Punishes Officer Behind Leaked Video Of Ex-Anambra Gov Obiano
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has meted out punishment on one of its officers responsible for recording and leaking a video of Ex-Anambra Governor, Willie Obiano in custody. Obiano trended on social media on Sunday after video footage of him clad in shirts and shorts in an EFCC detention facility emerged online. Below is a statement from the commission...
Buhari Yet To Deploy Tucano Jet To Fight Bandits Because He Doesn’t Want To Commit War Crimes — Presidency
The presidency says before the Tucano jets acquired from the United States can be deployed in the banditry-ravaged North West, the terms of agreement for the purchase of the aircraft need to be adhered to so that Nigeria will not be in the “black b...
Nurse Accused Of Stealing Baby After She Was Caught With Newborn Outside Hospital Premises (Video)
A nurse was caught carrying a newborn baby boy far from the hospital where she works and she was confronted by passersby who accused her of stealing the baby. ABN TV reports that the nurse was seen standing by the side of the road, carrying a newborn baby boy with the placenta still intact. She claimed she was waiting for...
Security: No Single Bank Robbery Case Since I Became Governor — Ikpeazu
Abia State governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has said his state has not witnessed a single case of bank robbery since he became governor in 2015. While attributing the success of his administration in the area of security to the deployment of gatekeepers in various communities whose job is intelligence gathering, the governor described Abia as one of the safest states...
Police Nabs 83 Suspects, Rescue 20 Abducted Victims In Enugu
The Police Command in Enugu State says it arrested 83 criminal suspects and rescued 20 kidnapped victims within the state from January 1, 2024, till date. The offences for which the suspects were arrested included abduction, kidnapping, armed robbery, murder, defilement, and vandalism, among other crimes committed within the state in the period under review. The state commissioner of police, CP...
Married Female Nursery Worker Who Had Baby For 13-Year-Old Boy, Jailed For 30 Months
The married female nursery worker who had sex with a 13-year-old boy and gave birth to his child has now been jailed for 30 months. The Married Female Nursery WorkerLeah Cordice, 20, from Windsor, Berkshire, who started sleeping with the boy when she was 17 at that time had initially denied the sexual activity and claimed that the teenager raped...
DSS Conducts Search On Bandit Negotiator, Tukur Mamu’s Home, Seizes Laptops, Documents
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) invaded the Kaduna residence of arrested terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, in the early hours of Thursday. The operatives came in about 20 vehicles in what a witness described as a commando-styled operation. “They ransacked the house and carted away documents, phones, and laptops. Those in the house were ordered to sign a document...
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