CRIME
Losing Officers Has Increased Our Problems ― Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented the loss of officers at a time the country is battling security problems, saying that last Friday fatal air crash has increased the country’s problems. He made the assertion, on Monday, when he received a delegation from the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) who came to the presidential villa, Abuja to condole with him on the...
Ex-Banker Nwosu Bags 18 Years Imprisonment for Fraud
A former Relationship Manager with Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, GTB in Enugu, Onyekachi Nwosu was on Thursday, February 27, 2020 convicted and sentenced to Eighteen (18) years imprisonment by Justice D.V. Agishi of Federal High Court, Enugu on a six (6) amended count charge bordering on forgery, altering and giving a loan with defective collateral brought against him by...
NBA, Obono-Obla Tackle Gov Ayade For Backing The Military’s Reprisal On Cross River Communities
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and former presidential aide, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, have condemned Governor Ben Ayade’s call to the Nigerian Army to sustain reprisal action on Nko and Onyedama communities in Cross River State, where its full mi...
How Bandits Attacked Intending Pilgrims In Sokoto
Bandits on Monday attacked intending pilgrims who were coming to Sokoto from Isa Local Government Area. The pilgrims were due for take-off to the Holy Land today, Tuesday by 7:30am. The bandits were said to have attacked their convoy along Gundumi fo...
Patent Medicine Dealers Confess Injecting Man To Death To Steal His ‘Keke’ In Adamawa
Two medicine vendors, Habu Badiru and Auwal Lawan, have confessed to injecting and strangling a commercial tricycle rider, Algoni Goni, in Adamawa State. Badiru, 27, and Lawan, 26, stated that they injected Goni with an overdose of pentazocine, more commonly referred to as pento, in order to steal his new tricycle. Pentazocine can slow or stop breathing. Misuse of the drug...
How Troops Launched Special Operations In Sambisa Forest, Killed Boko Haram Commander, 31 Others
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), in collaboration with Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), have neutralised a Boko Haram commander and 31 other terrorists in Konduga Council of Borno State. The commander, Abu Iliya, was killed on Saturday when troops raided the terrorists’ hideout in the Kayamari-Habasha-Yuwe axis of Sambisa Forest. A counter-insurgency expert in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama,...
Police Bow To Pressure, Release Kogi Commissioner Who Assaulted, Raped Lady Over Facebook Post
The police have released Mr Abdulmumuni Danga, Kogi State Commissioner for Water Resources, who assaulted and raped a lady over a Facebook post after pressure from Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi. The police would, however, be charging Danga to court within three weeks. SaharaReporters had earlier reported that Danga was interrogated at the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Gender...
Alleged Fraud: More Troubles For Shehu Sani As EFCC Presents 2 Witnesses Against Him
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, presented two witnesses before Justice I.E Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja against the former senator, representing Kaduna North Senatorial District, Senator Shehu Sani. In a statement signed by the Acting Head, Media and Publicity of the Commission, Tony Orilade and made available to ABN TV, the...
EFCC Slams 21-count Charges On Two Female Bankers Over N197.2m Thievery
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has preferred a 21-count charge against two female bankers, Olawunmi Audu and Glory Michael Sado, before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, for allegedly stealing about N197.2 million from the account of a customer. Vanguard reports that the anti-graft agency alleged that the Defendants conspired and transferred the sum of N197.2...
Lifeless Baby In Polythene Bag Discovered In Umuahia Street (Graphic Photos)
Barely a week after the lifeless body of a woman was found wrapped in a sack bag dumped near Amachara general hospital, opposite Assemblies Of God Church Umuokpara in Umuahia South local government area of Abia state, another dead body of a baby boy has emerged. The lifeless baby was packed in a black polythene bag and abandoned around Crowther...
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