CRIME
DSS Doesn’t Need Buhari’s Permission To Arrest Sowore – Presidency
The Presidency has said that the Publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, planned to cause trouble in the country and disappear like the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. The Presidency said this in reaction to the insinuations in the media about the rearrest by the Department of State Services (DSS) of Sowore. Garba Shehu, President Muhammadu Buhari’s...
Insecurity: Give Our Military More Time And Support, Buhari Pleads With Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Nigerians to give the military more time and support to fight insecurity in the nation. “I plead with fellow compatriots to give our military and other security agencies more time, cooperation, and support by volunteering credible intelligence/information on activities of armed bandits, insurgents, and other criminal elements within their communities in order to put an...
Ex-Aide Of Ogun State Governor Bags Five Years Imprisonment In US
A District Court in Western Tacoma, Washington, United States, has sentenced Abidemi Rufai, the suspended aide of the Ogun State Governor, Dayo Abiodun, to five years imprisonment for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. This was confirmed in a statement by the United States Attorney’s Office, Western District of Washington, on Monday. The statement said in part that Rufai, “A 45-year-old...
Rivers Govt Mourns Member Of Taskforce Who Was Attacked At Demolished Hotel, Converts Site To Primary School
The Rivers State Government Wednesday announced the death of a member of its Taskforce on COVID-19 attacked by hoodlums at the demolished Prodest Hotel in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, who though did not mention the name of the victim, said he died from injuries he sustained during the incident. Nsirim, who...
Again Abba Kyari And Others Linked To Nigerian billionaire Arrested By NDLEA Over N3bn Tramadol.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the arrest of a Nigerian “billionaire drug baron”. The suspect is Chief Afam Mallinson Emmanuel Ukatu, Chairman of Mallinson Group. A statement on Monday by NDLEA Media Director, Femi...
Three Nabbed By NSCDC For Kidnapping, Raping 15-Year-Old Girl In Sokoto
Three suspects have been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Sokoto State Command, in relation to the kidnapping and gang rape of 15-year-old Amina Abdullahi in Gantsare village, which is located in the state's Wammako Local Government Area. This is according to a press statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday by the command’s spokesman, DSC Mohammad...
Alleged Organ Harvesting: UK Court Grants Beatrice Ekweremadu Bail
Beatrice Ekweremadu was granted bail by a London court on Monday, over a month after she was held by the UK police on charges of human trafficking and organ harvesting. Mrs Ekweremadu was arrested alongside her husband Ike on June 23 by the police, ...
FCT Police Command Speaks On Maitama Explosion
The police authorities on Wednesday said the explosion in the Maitama area of Abuja, the nation’s capital, was caused by an overheated metal refuse bin. Reports had emerged of a bomb explosion in the area creating panic and confusion among residents of the nation’s capital. In a statement, the FCT Police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said the situation and preliminary findings indicate...
Fire Guts Corporate Affairs Commission Headquarters In Abuja [VIDEO]
Headquarters of Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in Maitama, Abuja, was this morning gutted by fire. This is coming exactly one week after Treasury House, headquarters of Accountant General of the Federation (OAFF) was similarly consumed by fire. The fire, according to some eyewitnesses, occurred on Wednesday morning and was, however, put under control by men of the Federal Fire Service were...
Bowen Varsity Sets Up Panel To Unmask Student’s Killers
The management of Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, sets up a three-member committee to assist police in unmasking the assailants involved in the recent killing of a student of the institution. Earlier, the Osun State Police Command said its detectives had commenced an investigation to unravel the identities of those who stabbed to death the 200-level student of Bowen University,...
