CRIME
Man Stabbed To Death After Winning N15 Million Bet (Photos)
A 27-year-old man identified as Prince Mieyebi was stabbed to death by three armed men in Warri, Delta State after he reportedly won N15 million in a betting game. It was gathered that the young man was killed while closing a shop belonging to his Aunt at the popular Ogbe-Ijoh market in Warri South Local Government Area of the State...
#ZabarmariMassacre: 38 More Corpses Recovered On Monday, Army Stopped Us From Taking Photos — Eyewitness
About thirty-eight more corpses were on Monday recovered from the scene of Saturday’s onslaught on farmers by Boko Haram Insurgents in Borno State, sources told SaharaReporters. The deceased were slaughtered at a rice plantation in Kwashabe village, about 20 kilometres north of Maiduguri. The insurgents were also said to have destroyed the rice plantation after killing the farmers. The Defence Headquarters...
Ex-Pension Boss, Maina Arrested In Niger Republic
Operatives of intelligence service in a collaboration with men of anti-corruption agency in Nigeria on Monday evening, arrested Mr Abdulrasheed Maina, in town Niger Republic. A top intelligence officer told PRNigeria that the arrest was made possible due to an existing mutual relationship and security agreement between the two neighbouring countries.Maina, a former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team...
Gov. Umahi After My Life, Pius Anyim Alleged
Former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim on Monday petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari, Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu, and the Department of State Services (DSS) over an alleged plot to kill him for not defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He alleged that Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi was behind the plot. Anyim said Umahi...
Court Rejects EFCC’s Document In Ex-NNPC GMD Yakubu’s Trial
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, refused to admit as exhibit a document tendered by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the ongoing trial of a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Andrew Yakubu. Yakubu is being prosecuted by the EFCC on charges bordering on the cash sums of $9,772, 800, and £74,000...
EFCC Arraigns Comptroller Of Prisons For Employment Scam
Abubakar Mohammed Sani, a serving Deputy Comptroller of Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, was today arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before Justice Hadiza Sabi’u Shagari of the Federal High Court Katsina on a six-count charge of conspiracy and obtaining by false pretense. The defendant allegedly used his position as an officer of the Katsina Command of the...
Gunmen Kill Prominent Traditional Ruler In Ondo
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Thursday afternoon shot dead the First Class traditional ruler of Ifon, the Olufon of Ifon in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, Oba Israel Adeusi. The traditional ruler, who was returning to Ifon from Akure after a meeting, ran into the barricade of the kidnappers along Elegbeka area when the incident happened. It was...
Gunmen Kidnap Popular Fast Food Owner In Abia
Yet-to-be-identified gunmen have reportedly kidnapped the owner of a popular eatery along the Aba axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. The owner who was simply identified as Obinna was kidnapped about 8 pm Wednesday while he was about entering his compound. Unconfirmed reports have it that a Toyota Venza SUV belonging to the victim which the hoodlums drove him away with...
End Is Near For Banditry, Insurgency – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters, Thursday, said the menace of banditry and insurgency will soon come to an end, following the stepping up of both kinetic and non-kinetic operations. It said with the ongoing operations, the days of the bandits and terrorists are numbered, adding that the various operations against the criminals have continued to “progress satisfactorily”. Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Major General...
55-Year-Old Man Arrested With 4 Human Skulls, Other Body Parts In Ogun
Men of the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police have arrested a 55-year-old man, Yesiru Salisu for being in possession of four human skulls, two dry human hands, and three jaws. The suspect, Yesiru Salisu resides at No. 7, Odenusi Street, Ijebu Igbo was apprehended on Monday 23rd of November 2020. A statement by the command spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi,...
