CRIME
Undergraduate Arrested By Police For Faking Own Death
Imo State University student Jesse Chidebere, 17, has been arrested by the Imo Police Command for pretending to be kidnapped and killed. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement issued in Owerri and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday. Okoye noted that the hoax caused significant distress to...
Gunmen Attack Reps Spokesperson, Ben Kalu’s Constituency Office In Uzuakoli (Photos)
Undisclosed number of gunmen on Friday night attacked the constituency office of the member representing Bende federal constituency of Abia State, Rep. Benjamin Kalu, destroying office furniture, billboards and other valuables. An eye witness who spoke on the condition of anonymity told ABN TV that the incident happened in Uzuakoli when majority of the locals had already closed their...
AEDC Staff, Others Nabbed For Stealing Transformer In Abuja
Police authorities in the Federal Capital Territory have arrested six suspects including a staff of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) for vandalising and stealing a transformer in the Mpape area of the FCT. The FCT Police Command spokesperson Josephine Adeh said the arrest was made late Thursday. “The operatives of the FCT police command, on April 11, 2024, at about...
EFCC Arrests Accountant General Of The Federation Over ‘N80bn Fraud’
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arrested serving Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris in connection with diversion of funds and money laundering activities to the tune of N80billion. According to the...
Thief Falls Asleep Inside Victim’s Car During Operation [Photos]
A thief fell asleep in the middle of his operation after breaking into a TV presenter's house in Tanzania. Confirming the incident in an interview with East Africa Radio, ITV Zanzibar presenter, Farouk Karim said the thief entered his compound by scaling the fence. The journalist added that the thief stole shoes and clothes before setting his sights on the car's...
Court Convicts 3 In Anambra Over Internet Fraud
The Enugu Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of three Internet fraudsters. According to a statement released by the EFCC, the convicts were first arraigned on September 29, 2023, before Justice Nnadi O. Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State on one-count separate charges bordering on impersonation and attempt...
UK To Return £4.2m James Ibori Loot
The United Kingdom (UK) is set to return £4.2m (N2.2bn) seized from convicted former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, and his associates. The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, said this while delivering his speech on Tuesday at the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between Nigeria and the government of the UK regarding the return and management of...
[UPDATE] Ex-Bank PHP MD, Francis Atuche To Spend 6 Years In Prison, Begs For Mercy
Former Managing director of Bank PHP, Francis Atuche has been sentenced to 6 years in prison for stealing over N25 billion naira from the bank. In an Ikeja High Court on Wednesday night, Atuche, a former Managing Director (MD) of Bank PHB, begged Justice Lateefa Okunnu not to send him to prison following his conviction for defrauding the bank of...
Youths Nab Man Who Ran To Ohafia After Snatching Keke From Umuahia (Photos)
The youths of Amaekpu in Ohafia LGA area of Abia state have apprehended a man whose identity could not be ascertained for allegedly snatching a tricycle popularly known as Keke NAPEP in Umuahia and ran to the community for a cover, ABN TV reports. The youths led by one Stormy Stainless on Monday apprehended the suspect following a tip-off by...
Akwa Ibom Teenager Reveals Why She Buried Her Newborn Baby Alive
A teenage girl identified simply as Bright, buried her newborn baby alive in a shallow grave she dug in a garden inside a compound a few minutes after delivery in Ifa Ikot Okpon community, Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state. The 18-year-old girl, who did not want the baby after giving birth, was said to have committed the...
