CRIME
Anambra Mother Of 11 Arrested For Attempting To Trade Sons For N1.8 million
The Anambra State Government, through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare, has apprehended a 38-year-old woman identified as Chinyere Chukwu for attempting to sell her two sons. Chukwu, who hails from Okija in the Ihiala Local Government Area of the state, was said to have connived with her 17-year-old daughter, identified as Joy, to sell off her two sons...
EFCC Expose Religious Body Laundering Money For Terrorists – Chairman
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that the anti-graft agency uncovered how a religious sect in Nigeria is laundering money for terrorists. This was as he also revealed that another religious body was found to be protecting a money launderer after some money suspected to have been laundered was traced to the...
Man Impersonating Customs CG Arrested Over Employment Scam
The Nigeria Customs Service has arrested one Abdul-Rahman Ibrahim, in his fifties, for his involvement in fraudulent activities and impersonation of the Comptroller-General of Customs and other high-ranking government officials. This was disclosed in a statement posted on the official X handle of the NCS on Wednesday. According to the statement, the NCS spokesperson, CSC Abdullahi Maiwada, on Monday, revealed that...
22-Year-Old Arrested For Buying Car With Fake Bank Alert In Ondo
One Bakare Ayobami has been arrested for allegedly purchasing a car with a bogus bank transaction, the police in Ondo State have said. The 22-year-old committed the crime in Owo local government area of the state last October. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, disclosed in a statement on Wednesday in Akure, the state capital. He said the cybercrime case was...
EFCC Links Laundered N7bn To Religious Organisation’s Account
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that the anti-graft agency traced the sum of N7 billion suspected to be proceeds of money laundering, to a religious organisation. Speaking during a public engagement on youth, religion, and the fight against corruption, as well as the launch of the fraud risk assessment project for...
Tension Grips Abuja Residents As Kidnappers Strike Near Military Facility
Bandits, on Thursday, abducted a director in Federal Housing Authority, Federal Capital Territory, identified as Aondo Ver, from his home, during an attack about 200 metres close to a military base in Pambara in the Bwari Area Council of Abuja. The bandits who struck around 12.30am on Thursday, shot indiscriminately, causing panic in the area, before escaping through the bushes...
Lagos Police Arraigned Suspected Cultist With Pistol, Cartridges
The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested a suspected cult leader, whose gang attempted to forcefully take over a tricycle (Keke Maruwa) park in Fadeyi area. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s Public Relations Officer, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Thursday in Lagos. Hundeyin said that the suspect was arrested on Wednesday by operatives attached to Onipanu...
Criminals Panic As Abia CP Onwuemelie Talks Tough, Says Greater Security Improvement In The Way
Criminal elements in Abia are currently in a panic mood as the State Commissioner of Police, Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, says going forward, the state will witness greater and more appreciable improvements in security. This follows recent security measures the state government put in place, which will give undesirable elements a bloody nose. CP Kenechukwu Onwuemelie disclosed this Friday while briefing newsmen on...
Rivers: Pregnant Lady Arrested For Murdering Mother Over Plantain
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a pregnant woman identified as Blessing Godday for allegedly stabbing another woman, Mrs Imeran Idema, to death over a bunch of plantain allegedly stolen by the former in Adada community in the Abua/Odual Local Government Area of the state. Blessing, 32, who is a mother of nine, reportedly stabbed Idema for trying to...
Details Emerge On How GIGM, ABC Buses Travelling From Abia Were Hijacked By Gunmen In Kogi
Suspected armed bandits have hijacked two transport buses travelling to Abuja, kidnapping no less than 14 passengers on board, ABN TV has learned. The vehicles, belonging to the ABC and God Is Good Motors (GIGM) transport companies, were travelling from Abia State en route from Kogi to Abuja. The incident came exactly a week after gunmen ambushed a school bus in...
