CRIME
EFCC Releases Obi Cubana After Three Nights In Their Custody
Three days after he was detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged money laundering, popular socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cubana, has been released The Anambra-born club owner, who was arrested on Monday, breathed the air of freedom on Thursday evening. The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed to our correspondent that Cubana had been released. During his...
Taraba Govt Shut Down Boarding Houses Over Kidnappings
Following the insecurity challenges in the country, the Taraba State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas has directed all private and public schools to close all hostels and revert to day schooling. This also came as the Catholic Diocese of Wukari tasked the federal government to take proactive action over resurgence of killings and sacking of communities in Southern Taraba. In a statement,...
Man Appears In Court For Having Sex With Pig
A 22- year-old man, Ayokunbi Olaniyi, on Tuesday appeared in an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly having sex with a pig. The police charged Olaniyi, who resides in Eleti – Odo area, Iwo Road, Ibadan, with one count of unnatural offence. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Opeyemi Olagunju, told the court that on April 2, at about 4 p.m. at Elewi...
Company guard killed while rescuing robbery victim
Residents of Adelabu Street in the Surulere area of Lagos State were thrown into confusion on Tuesday when the lifeless body of a security guard with the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria was found on the road. It was gathered that the guard, identified simply as Sule, was stabbed to death by suspected robbers. Our correspondent was told that Sule...
Service Chiefs Won’t Be Sacked So Far As Buhari Is Satisfied With Them – Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu, a presidential spokesman, says the nation’s service chiefs will remain in office as far as President Muhammadu Buhari is satisfied with their performance. Shehu, who featured during an Arise TV programme on Monday night, said the calls for the sack of the service chiefs are “out of place”. Parts of the country have seen a rise in attacks in...
Vehicle Loaded With Deadly Explosives, Weapons Intercepted By Police In Kano
The Kano State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has intercepted a vehicle loaded with deadly explosive devices and sophisticated weapons in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa made this known in...
Owo Church Killings: ‘Enough Of Condolences, We Need Action’ CAN Protests Killing Of Worshippers, Demands Justice
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has protested the killing of worshippers by gunmen at Saint Francis Catholic Church in Owo, headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. Scores of Christians were killed at the church during m...
Six Sentenced To Prison For Internet Fraud, Impersonation In Kwara
Six individuals have been convicted and sentenced for fraud-related offences by Justices Haleema Saleeman and Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission revealed this in a statement on its official X handle, @officialEFCC, on Saturday. The convicts include Akingbehin Temitope Oluwaseyi, Ajayi Elijah Olaoluwa, Samson Babatunde Ilesanmi, Quadri Olamilekan Lamidi, Kolawole Kehinde...
Two Nigerians Arrested By INTERPOL For N6.6 Billion COVID-19 Scam (Photos)
Two Nigerian suspects have been arrested for alledgedly defrauding a Germany company of €14.7 million in a COVID-19-related scale, Nigerian police said on Sunday. 50-year-old Babatunde Adesanya and Akinpelu Hassan Abass, who is 41years old, were accused of cloning the corporate website of ILBN Holdings BV, Holland, to defraud one Freiherr Fredrick Von Hahn, a representative of the German State...
Imo-Based Lawyer Murdered By Gunmen
Gunmen have reportedly murdered Victor Onwubiko, a legal practitioner based in Imo state and resident of Uturu in Abia state. The incident reportedly occurred on Saturday night while the lawyer was returning to Abia State University, Uturu, where he resides. According to a source, the tragic event occurred along the Okigwe/Uturu road between 8 and 9 pm on Saturday, February 10, during a...
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