CRIME
Ogun Man Allegedly Beat Neighbour To Death Over N4,500
One Wasiu Oyekan has reportedly beaten one of his neighbours to death over N4,500 in Abeokuta, Ogun State. It was gathered that the neighbour, Ibrahim Lateef, died when the suspect allegedly punched him in the neck hence he fell, hitting his head on the ground. The incident happened around Kobiti Central Mosque, Kobiti, Abeokuta. Oyekan who resides at Ile-Elewe Family in Kobiti...
Court Gives Godwin Emefiele Ultimatum To Appear Over $53m Debt
A Federal High Court in Abuja has given former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, until Jan. 25 to appear in court to explain circumstances surrounding the 53 million dollar-judgment debt arising from the Pars Club refund. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a short ruling on Tuesday, gave Emefiele another opportunity to appear in court in person or...
JTF Nabs Vessel With 300,000 Litres Of Illegally Refined Diesel In Rivers
The Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) has arrested an MV Mother Mary, vessel with 300,000 litres of illegally refined AGO(Diesel) as well as two of its crew members in Rivers state. OPDS seized the vessel at the Federal Ocean Terminal in Onne, Eleme Council Area of Rivers on the Bonny River. Addressing journalists in Port Harcourt on Thursday, the...
Plateau Killing Suspect Apprehended In Lagos
Troops of Operation Safe Haven have arrested a suspect in connection with the killing of a Fulani leader in Plateau. The acting spokesman of the 3 Division, Maxwell Khobe Cantonment, Rukuba, Lt. Col. Ishaku Takwa, said the suspect was arrested in Lagos. According to him, “The main mastermind behind the murder of the slain Alhaji Adamu Idris Gabdo, the Ardo of...
NDLEA Arrests Physically Challenged Person On Wheelchair Who Deals On Drugs In Edo
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a notorious drug dealer, 45-year-old Godwin Emuneyin who is physically challenged and uses his wheelchair as cover to deal in illicit substances such as methamphetamine and cannabis in Afuze, headquarters of Owan East local government area of Edo state. Operatives arrested the suspect on Tuesday 7th November at his base in...
Anambra Man Detained For Defiling, Impregnating Teenager
The Anambra State Ministry of Women and Social Welfare, through the Anambra State Police Command, has apprehended a 31-year-old man identified as James Rich, for impregnating a 14-year-old girl, who resides in Awka, the state capital. Rich is said to be an indigene of Cross River State, but a resident in Awka, and also a yardman at St. Michaels and...
VIDEO: Court Sends Ex-CBN Governor, Emefiele To Kuje Prison
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of Godwin Emefiele, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to Kuje Correctional facility pending ruling on his bail application. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned the former bank chief on a six-count amended charge. Emefiele was arraigned before Justice Hamza Muazu. Mathew Burkaa, SAN, his counsel,...
Former LG Chairman, 50 Others Arraigned Over Alleged Murder Of Rivers DPO
Following the September 8 gruesome murder of SP Bako Angbashim, a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ahoada Division in Rivers State, some suspects in custody were arraigned at the State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the state capital on Friday. Among those arraigned were the former chairman of Ahoada East Local Government Area, Mr Cassidy Ikegbidi, and over 50...
Man Who Kidnapped Himself To Raise Fund In Abia Arrested (Video)
Abia State Police Command has announced the arrest of one John, a resident of Amachara Umuahia for allegedly kidnapping himself on 13th of November 2023 and demanding a N3m ransom, a money he intended to use in settling debt. The PPRO of the command, ASP Maureen Chinaka who announced this in a statement on Saturday said John claimed to have...
Prime Suspect Who Allegedly Beheaded Rivers DPO Arrested
Police operatives in Bayelsa State have nabbed one of the suspected killers of SP Bako Angbashim, a former Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada Division, Rivers State. Angbashim was beheaded by suspected cultists in September. Spokesman for Bayelsa Police Command, Asinim Butswat, confirmed this in a statement yesterday. He said: “The suspect, one Mr Onyekachi Ikowa’,43 years, and second in command to TuBaba...
