CRIME
National Assembly Quizzes Malami Over Alleged $2.4bn Illegal Sale Of Crude
The House of Representatives is currently grilling the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), over the alleged illegal sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil in China valued at over $2.4bn. Malami, in company with the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice/Solicitor-General of the Federation, Beatrice Jedy-Agba, is appearing before the House’ Ad Hoc Committee...
SAD!! Catholic Seminarian, Nnadi Michael Kidnapped Found Dead
The last of the four seminarians recently kidnapped from Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Kaduna, has been found dead. He is identified as Brother Nnadi Michael. Recall that the other three were released on Friday. The four Seminarians were kidnapped from the Seminary premises in Kakau, along Kaduna-Abuja express way on the 8th January, 2020 by gun bearing kidnappers. The Seminary Registrar, Rev. Fr....
Man Kills Mother With Pestle In Bauchi
Safiyanu Dalhatu, 20, was taken into custody by the Bauchi State Police Command on suspicion of violently killing his mother. This was disclosed in a press release issued on Tuesday by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil. He explained that, “On February 24, 2025, Peace and Security Committee members in the Abujan Kwata area of Bauchi reported an incident...
Lai Mohammed Downplays Abduction Threat Against Buhari, Says It’s Laughable
Lai Mohammed The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described the threat to abduct President Muhammadu Buhari as laughable. In a video released at the weekend, the abductors of train passengers in Kaduna threatened to kidna...
Buhari Saddened Over Killing Of Soldiers In Niger
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his anguish over the death of several soldiers killed in an ambush and a subsequent helicopter crash in Niger State. “I am saddened by the helicopter accident, following the tragic ambush in which we have lost our brave army personnel,” Buhari said on Saturday in a statement by his media aide, Garba Shehu. “My thoughts...
Nigerian Army To Face N1bn Lawsuit Over Shooting Of Student
A human rights lawyer, Tope Akinyode, is set to drag the Nigerian Army to court on behalf of Emmanuel Madubuezi, a polytechnic student in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, who was shot by personnel of the Nigerian Army. On September 14, 2017, stray bullets from operatives of the Nigerian Army hit the student, Madubuezi, who sat in a commercial tricycle on...
Alleged Cultist, ‘Black Jesus’ Nabbed For Assault, Arson In Ogun
Peter Falola, also known as "Black Jesus," is a suspected cultist who was arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly committing assault, arson, and vandalism against property worth over N1.4 million in the Agbado region of the state. The spokesperson for the command, Omolola Odutola, in a statement issued to PUNCH Online on Tuesday, stated that Falola was...
Mob Raids Warehouse In Mazamaza Reportedly Housing COVID-19 Palliatives [VIDEO]
Residents discover Covid-19 palliatives that should have been shared to the people stored away in a warehouse stored at Mazamaza community in Oriade Local Council Development Area of Lagos State https://youtu.be/MnT7xE6ywBY After the hoodlums gained entrance into the warehouse, they looted some COVID-19 palliatives, a resident who witnessed the event said. The warehouse is located on Benster Crescent, popularly called Monkey Village. The...
Police Begins Abducted Abuja Family Of Four’s Probe
An investigation has been opened by the Federal Capital Territory Police Command into the kidnapping of a family of four in the Bwari Area Council's Chikakore community. A security guard in the area, who spoke to our correspondent on the condition of anonymity, said four individuals had been confirmed kidnapped at the moment. The security personnel stated, “The attack happened this...
Witness Narrates how Gov Bala Moh’d’s Son Paid N224.7m for Abuja Apartments
A prosecution witness, Dr. Musa A. Musa, on Thursday, February 27, 2020 narrated before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja how Shamshudeen Bala, son of the former FCT minister and now Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, made payments for three units of four bedroom semi-detatched duplexes, located in Apo and Guzape areas of Abuja in the...
