CRIME
AEDC Staff, Others Nabbed For Stealing Transformer In Abuja
Police authorities in the Federal Capital Territory have arrested six suspects including a staff of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) for vandalising and stealing a transformer in the Mpape area of the FCT. The FCT Police Command spokesperson Josephine Adeh said the arrest was made late Thursday. “The operatives of the FCT police command, on April 11, 2024, at about...
Gunmen Abduct Channels TV Reporter In Rivers State, Place N30m Ransom
Gunmen kidnapped a journalist and reporter with Channels Television, Mr Joshua Rogers, at his residence in Rumuosi in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State on Thursday night. Rogers, who covers the Rivers State Government House for his organisation, was reportedly trailed after he closed from work to his residence. The miscreants accosted him before he alighted from his car, pointed...
Court Sentences Bobrisky To 6 Months In Prison
A Federal High Court in Lagos has jailed cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, better known as Bobrisky, with no option of fine. Justice Abimbola Awogboro handed down a six-month sentence to Okuneye, who has been in detention since his arrest last week. ABN TV reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned him on a six-count charge. Two of the charges...
Police Recover $100,000 Fake Notes In Abuja, Arrest Suspect
The Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Center (NPF-NCCC) has apprehended one Mr. Muhammed Zenabdin for criminal conspiracy and possession of suspected counterfeit currency amounting to one hundred thousand United States Dollars ($100,000.00). This is contained in a statement on Tuesday signed by Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi who said the successful operation by NPF-NCCC is in line with...
Court Sends Emefiele To EFCC Custody Over Abuse Of Office
The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered the remand of the former Central Bank Bank (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Rahman Oshodi gave the remand order over alleged abuse of office and and $5.5 billion and N2.8 billion fraud. Meanwhile, the judge ordered that Emefiele’s co-defendant, Henry...
Court Sends Binance Executive To Kuje Prison
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has remanded a Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, in Kuje Correctional Centre, pending the determination of his bail application. The trial judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, gave the order after Gambaryan pleaded not guilty to the money laundering charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday. The judge subsequently adjourned the matter...
‘Kidnap Kingpin’ Wadume Arrested By Abba Kyari Receives Rousing After Release From Prison
A large crowd welcomed “kidnap kingpin”, Hamisu Bala, better known as Wadume, to his hometown in Ibbi Taraba State, on Sunday. Wadume, who was arrested by men of the Intelligence Response Team of Inspector-General of Police, in 2019 led by Abba Kyari was released from Kuje Prison in Abuja, on Friday, according to sources. Prison sources said he had concluded his...
Another Tragedy: Colonel, Six Soldiers Feared Dead In Borno Boko Haram Ambush
A Lieutenant Colonel and six soldiers have lost their lives in an ambush along Biu-Buni Yadi road, Borno state. The soldiers died exactly a week after the military personnel who were murdered while on a peace mission in Delta State were laid to rest at National Military Cemetery in Abuja. Boko Haram insurgent ambushed the soldiers at Kamuya, a village close...
Ex-Defence Minister, Kwankwaso Says Military Can End Insecurity If…
Sen. Musa Kwankwaso, a former Minister of Defence, says the military can end the current security challenge facing the country, given the necessary motivation. Kwankwaso, also the National Leader of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) stated this when he spoke with newsmen shortly after the NNPP National Executive Committee meeting in Abuja. He said that although it was the responsibility of...
Troops Rescue Kidnap Victims In Nasarawa
Troops of the Nigerian Army intercepted and prevented a kidnapping incident along the busy Nasarawa-Kefi Road on Thursday. The suspected kidnappers had attacked the victim and abducted him. However, following distress calls from residents of the area, the troops embarked on a rescue operation along the route. A statement by the Nigerian Army on Friday on its X handle said the troops...