CRIME
BREAKING: Gunshots In Kubwa As Hoodlums Invade NYSC Camp, Cart Away Mattresses, Others [VIDEO]
There is tension around the National Youth Service Corps NYSC Orientation Camp in the Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Abuja, on Tuesday morning, following the invasion of the place by hoodlums, ABN TV reports. The thugs armed with knives and other sharp objects blocked the road and ordered motorists to turn back. They were seen coming out of...
UNICAL Undergraduate Bags Jail Term For Internet Fraud
An undergraduate from the University of Calabar, Peter Againpriye, has been sentenced to three years in prison for internet fraud by a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The EFCC, in a statement by its spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, on Tuesday, listed the charges as impersonation, obtaining money by false pretence and possession of fraudulent documents. The convict, who pleaded guilty...
Cultists Invade Police Station To Free Robbery Suspects, Two Dead
The Delta State Police command has confirmed the death of two persons yesterday at the Jesse Police Station in Jesse, Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State after they were alleged to have stormed the police formation at the early hours of Wednesday in an attempt to free some robbery suspects. The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Onome...
Emulate Lagos, Establish Anti-Corruption Agency — COSEYL Advises Ikpeazu, Abia Assembly
The umbrella body of all the youth organizations in the South East geopolitical zone, Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has advised governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State to take a cue from his Lagos state counterpart, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and establish an anti-corruption agency to to curb corruption for the betterment of Abians. The group says this advise came...
Extraditing Nnamdi Kanu Was A Favour To Him, We Would Have Eliminated Him If We Wanted — Buhari
A former Special Adviser to former President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says Buhari’s government did a favour to the leader of the outlawed and cessationist group – Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, by extraditing him to Nigeria. Kanu, formerly a fugitive was extradited to Nigeria in June 2021 after serially breaching bail conditions by...
Police Arrest 31 Suspects, Recover N1bn In Stolen Items In Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory's (FCT) Police Command reported that it had apprehended 31 suspects and retrieved more than N1 billion worth of public property in Abuja. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the FCT, Mr. Olatunji Disu, said this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. He said 16 of the suspects had been charged to court for...
Troops Retrieve Weapons, Ammo, Destroy Bandit Hideouts In Taraba
Soldiers from the 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army/Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have retrieved weapons and ammunition and demolished bandit hideouts in Taraba State. Captain Olubodunde Oni, Acting Assistant Director, 6 Brigade Army Public Relations, in a statement, said the troops working under the leadership of Brigadier General Kingsley Chidiebere Uwa engaged the bandits in a fierce firefight,...
FENRAD Alleges Over N150m Fraud In Abia Govt, Fingers Governor’s Relative
An environmental rights and democracy advocacy group, Foundation for Environmental Rights Advocacy and Development, FENRAD has alleged fraud of about N150m in Abia State government, saying it is linked to a high profile relative of the governor. According to FENRAD in a statement signed by Barr. Olusegun Bamgbose, Head legal Team, funds totalling N200m mapped out for Abia State Small...
Police Threaten Hard Times Against Southern Kaduna Attackers
The Kaduna State Police Command has said that all culprits in connection with the renewed attack in Southern Kaduna will be decisively dealt with in accordance with the law. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Muhammad Jalige, told newsmen in Kaduna, the state capital that it was true that gunmen attacked the southern part of the state in the early...
Court Orders Interim Seizure Of NOK University, Other Properties linked to a Former DFA, Hassan
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, ordered the interim forfeiture of every asset of NOK University, based in Kaduna. The University, built by a former Director of Finance and Accounts, DFA, in the Federal Ministry of H...
