CRIME
Mompha Faces Another ₦157 Million Fraud Charge
Nigerian Internet sensation Ismaila Mustapha alias Mompha, has been named as a defendant in the amended N157.1million fraud charge filed against an auto dealer, Sarumi Babafemi, alias 606. Mompha alongside his company, Ismalob Ventures is currently standing trial over an alleged N32.9 billion internet fraud. In the amended nine-count charge of January 22, 2021, brought against Babafemi and Mompha before Justice...
Police Finally Charge Commissioner For Raping, Brutalising Lady Over Facebook Post
Nigeria Police Force has charged to court Mr Abdulmumuni Danga, Kogi State Commissioner for Water Resources, for assaulting and raping a lady named Elizabeth over a Facebook post. This is coming five months after the event took place and three months after the commissioner was first invited for questioning by the police. Danga was charged on a seven-count charge including rape...
NDLEA Nabs 21 Suspected Drug Dealers In Rivers
A suspected drug kingpin, Damion Onuoha, has been arrested during a raid at Elele Alimini town in Emuoha Local Government Area of Rivers State, The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has disclosed. The Rivers State NDLEA Commander, Ahmed Mamuda, made the disclosure in a statement issued on Tuesday and made available to journalists in Port Harcourt. According to the statement, the...
Hoodlums Burn INEC Office In Ogun (PHOTOS)
Suspected hoodlums have set on fire an office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at Iyana, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. ABN TV reports that the hoodlums, numbering about eight, had scaled the perimeter fence, jumped into the premises and set the INEC building on fire from the back. They were said to have soaked loaves of bread with...
Gunmen Attack Bende Police Station In Abia, Raze Down Building (Photos, Video)
Unidentified gunmen on Wednesday night attacked Bende Divisional Headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force, Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, razing down the entire building, ABN TV reports. ABN TV gathered that two police officers were injured as a result of gunfire during the attack. https://youtu.be/UhttinsYdS0 This is about the fourth public facility that has come under attack in the state...
Fire Guts Army Headquarters Complex In Abuja
The Nigerian Army has reported a fire outbreak at its Headquarters complex in Abuja. It attributed the cause of the inferno to faulty electrical installations. According to a statement by the Director Army Public Relations Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima: “Electrical fault sparked a minor fire incident at the Army Headquarters Complex, Abuja, Tuesday morning. “The incident which happened at about 10.15am was...
Declare State Of Emergency On Insecurity, Senate Tells Buhari
The Senate has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency over escalating insecurity across the nation, ABN TV reports. It made the call following kidnap of students and teachers of Government Science Secondary School, Kagara, Niger State by gunmen on Wednesday morning. The lawmakers further called on the President Buhari-led administration to implement the various recommendations of...
Nigeria’s Security Situation Better Than In 2015, Says Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government on Monday said although the country was facing security challenges, the current situation is better than what the present regime met at its inception in 2015. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this while answering questions at a press conference in Abuja. He was joined at the briefing by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. “I...
45 Suspects Arrested For Internet Fraud In Enugu (Photos)
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Command on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, arrested 45 suspected internet fraudsters from different locations at Trans Ekulu, Enugu. The suspects are: Michael Chidiebere, Ogbu Chekwube, Edeh Peter, Nweze Ifeanyi, Emeka Nwankwo, John Chibuike, Paschal Tochukwu, Eze ifeanyi, Raphael Chukwuemeka .P, Kennwth Akwozo, Chukwuebuka Ogbonna, Chunedu Ephraim.N, Emmanuel Nnaji, Ychenna...
Kano Vigilante Nabs 4 For Stealing Dog, Ducks
Vigilantes in Gurungawa town in Kumbotso LGA of Kano State have arrested four men for allegedly stealing ducks and a dog. The vigilante commandant of the town, Abdulhamid Dan-Azumi, said that his men noticed the movement of the suspects around 3 am when dogs were barking, noting that the suspects killed one of the dogs. He listed the suspects as Sunusi...
