CRIME
EFCC Arrests 400 Yahoo Boys In Three Months – Bawa
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa today April 1, 2021 disclosed that the Commission arrested more than 400 young Nigerians for internet related fraud in the first three months of the year. He made the disclosure in his office while receiving a delegation from the University of Abuja led by the Vice Chancellor,...
Nike Wins Lawsuit Over ‘Satan Shoes’ With Human Blood
Nike has won its lawsuit against Brooklyn art collective MSCHF over their controversial 'Satan Shoes' that contains a drop of real human blood in the soles. The $1,018 (£740) trainers are modified Nike Air Max 97s that feature an inverted cross, a pentagram, and the words "Luke 10:18". MSCHF produced the shoes in collaboration with rapper Lil Nas X. It said only...
We Now Bear Arms To Defend Ourselves From Ikwuano People — Akwa Ibom Community
The people of Nkari in Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on Wednesday said an incessant boundary crisis led them to bear arms to farms. The community has been engaged in a long-drawn communal war with Usaka Ukwu in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State. Chairman of Ini LGA, Mr Israel Idaisin, said his people have resorted to...
Man Who Beat Wife To Death For Serving Him Akamu To Appear In Court
Man who allegedly beat his wife to death following a breakfast misunderstanding has been taken into police custody in Niger State, to appear in court upon completion of investigation. Lawal Danladi, 20, reportedly fell out with his wife after she presented him a bowl of pap. The suspect told police that he did not like how his wife Zulai prepared the...
Attack On Soludo: Ohanaeze Decries Insecurity In South East, Seeks Decentralisation Of Police
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, on Thursday, condemned the attack by gunmen on former Central Bank Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo. Ohanaeze National Publicity Secretary, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH, described the insecurity situation in the South-East as worsening, adding that people in the zone now live in raw fear after over 23...
Easter: NSCDC Assures Abians Adequate Security, Deploys 2,500 Officers
Ahead of Easter celebration this weekend, the Abia Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC has deployed no fewer than 2,500 personnel across the state, even as it assures residents to go about their normal businesses without fear of molestation. The Command also reiterated its readiness to continue to collaborate with sister security agencies in the State to...
Insecurity: Nobody Takes Buhari Seriously, Even Service Chiefs – Sen. Abaribe
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe stated this on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “Why would we take him (President Muhammadu Buhari) seriously? Just the day after he had said we would no longer accept all these kidnappings, this would be the last, they kidnapped the last day,” he said. “And those people are still there; those innocent Nigerians are...
Insecurity: I Meant Recruitment Of 50,000 Youths Into Army Not 50 million — Tinubu
Former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that he made an error while calling for more youths to be drafted into the Nigerian Army in a bid to adequately tackle the nation’s security challenges. In a communique by his media aide Tunde Rahman, Tinubu stated on Tuesday that contrary to comments made at the colloquium in Kano...
Tell Nnamdi Kanu We Can Enter Any Community In Igboland And Attack, Fulani Herdsmen Reportedly Boast
Killer Fulani herdsmen have reportedly challenged the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB and his Eastern Security Network, ESN to do their worst, insisting that they can launch an attack in any Igbo community of their choice. Recall that the militia group had on Monday invaded Obeagu community in the Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State and killed...
Umahi Weeps As Fulani Herdsmen Kill 22 In Ebonyi Community
Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Monday invaded Obeagu community in the Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State and killed 16 persons who were between the ages of 18 and 56. Our correspondent, who visited the scene of the incident, observed that about 10 motorcycles and a vehicle, whose owners were killed, were set ablaze. One of the eyewitnesses, who escaped the...
