CRIME
Court Orders Immediate Arrest Of Buhari’s Ex-Minister Rotimi Amaechi
A bench warrant has been issued by a high court in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital, against former Governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi, and Tonye Cole, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the state. Justice Chinwendu Nwogu also issued a bench warrant against Sahara Energy Resources Limited, Chamberlain Peterside, NG powers HPS Limited, and Cenpropsaroten Management Limited...
EFCC Chairman Bawa Demanded $2m Bribe From Me – Gov Matawalle
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has accused the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, of demanding $2 million bribe from him. He made the allegation amid the growing rift between the governor and the anti-graft agency. In a statement on Wednesday, Matawalle called for Bawa’s resignation, saying he had questions to answer on corruption. READ ALSO: Prove...
We Can’t Trade Blames With Suspect, EFCC Replies Matawalle Over $2m Bribe Claim
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Friday night said it would not be drawn into a mud fight with Zamfara State Governor, Bello Muhammed Matawalle, following investigation on alleged corruption and unconscionable pillage of the resources of the State. Reacting to the governor’s interview with BBC Hausa Service in which he made bribery allegations against EFCC Executive Chairman, Abdulrasheed...
Man Arrested For Defiling 7-Year-Old Stepdaughter
The Ekiti State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, have arrested a man identified as Onilearo Sogo, for defiling his 7-year-old stepdaughter. The 29-year-old was paraded at the weekend alongside two persons, Iliya Surajudeen, 24; Femi Musa, 20, for alleged conspiracy, assault, housebreaking, and stealing. The command Public Relations Officer, PRO, Afolabi Tolulope, said Surajudeen and Musa...
National Assembly Quizzes Malami Over Alleged $2.4bn Illegal Sale Of Crude
The House of Representatives is currently grilling the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), over the alleged illegal sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil in China valued at over $2.4bn. Malami, in company with the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice/Solicitor-General of the Federation, Beatrice Jedy-Agba, is appearing before the House’ Ad Hoc Committee...
Man Defiles 7-Year-Old Girl In Bauchi
One Ibrahim Abdullahi, 27, has been apprehended for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl (name withheld) in Itas Gadau Local Government Area of Bauchi state, the police in the North East state has said. The victim, according to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in charge of the state police command, Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, was deceitfully lured into a toilet at Central...
Robbers Attack Hausa Bizman In Ogun, Cart Away $11m
A four-man robbery gang stole $11 million from a trader in the Oke-Sokori district of Abeokuta, in the Abeokuta North Local Government district of Ogun State, in a three-minute operation on Friday. The perpetrators fled the scene with the $11 million in two 'Ghana-Must-Go' bags after demobilizing the automobile of their victim, a Hausa trader who arrived in a Toyota...
Man, 33 Held In Bauchi For Allegedly Raping 10-Year-Old Minor
A 33-year-old man has been arrested for raping a girl, 10, in Nasaru Village in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. He was arrested by detectives attached to the Ningi Divisional Headquarters. The suspect was said to have lured the minor with a lemon drink which is believed to have been mixed with an intoxicant. She was said to have been...
Man Who Claimed To Have Stolen Only 18 Phones From Different People Arrested In Osun
A driver based in Ibadan, Oyo State, Saheed Abioye, also known as Anini, has been arrested by the Anti-Cultism Squad of the Osun State Police Command. The suspect was reported to be returning home after a failed attempt to steal mobile phones at a church in Osogbo in Osun state when he was caught. The father of one told City Round...
I Was Offered ₦71M To Withdraw The Case – Timothy Adegoke’s Wife
Bolatito, the widow of the Master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile – Ife, Timothy Adegoke, who was murdered at Hilton Hotel in Ile-Ife, Osun State, has revealed how much she was offered to withdraw the case. The young widow said she was offered N71 million to withdraw the case against her husband’s murderer, but she rejected it. Bolatito disclosed this...
