CRIME
ICPC Arrests Ex-JAMB Registrar, Prof Ojerinde Over N900m Fraud
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC has arrested a former Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde, for allegedly misappropriating N900 million. Ojerinde, who was arrested on 15th March, 2021 in Abuja by operatives of ICPC, is alleged to have committed multiple frauds while heading JAMB and...
Evans: You Must Show Seriousness Or… Court Warns Prosecutors
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday expressed concern over the delay in the trial of kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a. Evans. This followed the absence of prosecution witnesses in the two cases before her court which stalled the trial of the alleged kidnap kingpin. Evans is being tried alongside a dismissed soldier, Victor Aduba. The defendants are...
ESN Receives Funds From Members In 120 Countries – IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB said on Monday that there was enough money to fund its security arm known as the Eastern Security Network (ESN). The group’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, stated this in a press statement, adding that ESN was funded by IPOB members resident in 120 countries. Powerful was reacting to a statement credited to the Imo...
6 Members Of Same Family Shot Dead As Gunmen Invade Village In Osun
No fewer than six persons were reportedly killed by yet to be identified gunmen at Wasinmi, an adjourning village to Ikire of Irewole local government area of Osun State. Investigations revealed that the gunmen invaded the home of a family in the village and shot them to death while asleep on the midnight of Sunday. As at the time of filing...
307 Students Rescued As Bandits Invade Another Kaduna School
The Kaduna State Government says bandits attacked Government Science Secondary School, Ikara in Kara Local Government Area of the state in an attempt to kidnap students of the school. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the attack. He said “307 students were rescued unhurt” by troops who foiled the attempted kidnap. The attack, according to...
Suspected Criminal Gang Who Robbed, Killed PoS Operators In Aba Nabbed (Photos, Video)
Seven members of a gang that allegedly specialises in robbery and kidnapping in Abia State are cooling off their heels in the custody of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team. The suspects, Basil Macdonald, Emeka Uche, Godwin Rafael, Uzoma Samuel, Sunday Chibuike, Godwin Kalu and Abraham Thompson, were apprehended in their various hideouts in Aba town. ABN TV learnt that...
Police Nab 80-Year-Old Woman For Trafficking, Torture In Anambra
Anambra State Police Command, on Thursday, paraded an eighty-year-old woman, Mrs Chidi Felicia Nwafor, and thirty-nine-year-old Madam Rejoice Raymond, who are natives of Umunya in Oyi LGA of Anambra State for child trafficking and torture. The duo according to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, CSP, Haruna Mohammed (CSP), were, however, nabbed at the Federal Housing Estate,...
Man Who Lures Victims From Social Media, Drug, Rape Them Arrested In Rivers
The police in Rivers State have arrested a father of four, Favour Ibama, for allegedly raping and stealing from some women in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. A spokesperson for the state police command, SP Nnamdi Omoni, disclosed this while parading the suspect at the command’s headquarters in Port Harcourt on Thursday. Omoni claimed that the suspect lured his victims with promises...
Bandits Approach Edo State, Kidnap Teachers And Students
An unspecified number of teachers and students of the National Institute of Construction Technology, Uromi, Edo State, have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen. It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the institute on Wednesday night and abducted the victims. The development has heightened tension among residents in the locality. As at the time of filing this report, parents of the kidnapped victims...
Nigeria Yet To Defeat Insecurity Because Criminals Are United — Sen. Okorocha
Senator representing Imo West, Sen. Rochas Okorocha has attributed the inability of the country's security forces to defeat insecurity, particularly banditry and kidnapping to the unity of purpose that exists among the criminal elements. He, therefore, lamented that division among Nigerians has hampered the fight against insecurity. Wondering why estimated 50,000 criminals have held over 200m Nigerians by the jugular for...
