CRIME
How 3 Brothers Murdered An Abuja-Based Widow Lured Through Facebook
Three brothers have been arrested over the abduction of Janet Nnenna Ogbonnaya, a 55-year-old widow who was murdered after honouring the invitation of one of them who was her friend on Facebook. Police operatives attached to the intelligence response unit of the inspector-general of police arrested them in Imo state where they reportedly fled to after the woman was killed...
Gunmen Slay Husband, Abduct Wife In Plateau
A middle-aged man, Sule Gwamnati, has been shot dead by gunmen who attacked his family house in the early hours of Friday in the Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. It was learnt that after shooting Gwamnati, the attackers suspected to be kidnappers went away with his wife, Blessing. Sources said that Gwamnati, who was immediately rushed to a hospital...
1,400 Boko Haram Suspects Pardoned And Released
The Borno State Government has said about 1,400 repentant Boko Haram suspects have been released by the military and rehabilitated into society. The Borno State Commissioner for Information, Babakura Jato, said during an interview on Monday that 1, 400 had been released in three tranches since the ‘Operation Safe Corridor’ programme began. It has been reported that although the programme began...
Trouble Makers In South East Will Face Hard Times, Army Talks Tough
The General Officer Commanding, GOC, 82 Division Nigeria Army, Maj. Gen. T. A Lagbaja, has promised “hard times for trouble makers” in the South East geopolitical zone. Gen. Lagbaja who read the riot act at the closing ceremony of 82 Division Inter-Brigade Combat Proficiency Competition yesterday at the 14 Brigade Ohafia, Abia State, said that the army and other security...
Fake EFCC Staff Arrested, Charged to Court in Abia
The Enugu Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Ikechukwu Prospect Onyeka, before Justice Onuoha A.K. Ogwe, of the Abia State High Court, Umuahia, on a two count charge of impersonation and obtaining by false pretence. Onyeka was alleged to have posed as a staff of EFCC, offering to help a complainant bring an...
Buhari Condemns Killing Of 40 Vigilante Operatives In Katsina, Commiserates With Families
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the attack on at least 40 vigilante personnel at Yargoje forest in the Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State. On Friday, terrorists ambushed a convoy of vigilantes in the forest as they went to recover stolen cows and killed over 40. Most of the victims were volunteers from neighbouring Bakori Local Government Area of the...
Senator Kalu Condemns Attack On Bende Police Station, NDLEA Office In Abia
Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has described the attack on Bende Divisional Headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force by unidentified hoodlums as cruel and wicked. According to Kalu, the perpetrators of the barbaric act must be identified in a bid to bring them to book. READ ALSO: Gunmen Attack Bende Police...
NSCDC Destroys Eight Illegal Refineries In Abia
The Abia command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has destroyed eight illegal modular refineries in the oil-bearing Ukwa West Local Government Area. The State Commandant of the corps, Ayinla Olowo, told newsmen in his office in Umuahia on that the feat was achieved following the sustained efforts by the command to rid the state of illegal dealings...
Hushpuppi: We’ve Been Contacted By FBI To Arrest Super Cop Abba Kyari – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC says it has been contacted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to arrest DCP Abba Kyari, over his connection with a serial internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas aka Hushpuppi, Newspremises reports. A top source in the EFCC who spoke with SaharaReporters however said no arrest can be made by the agency since Kyari...
28-Year-Old Man Dumps Victim In A Pit After Raping Her To Coma
A 28-year-old man, Godday Robinson, has been arrested by the men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl into a state of unconsciousness and throwing her into a pit. Robinson was reported to have dragged his victim into the bush, while she was returning home from work and raped her for rebuffing his love advances. Also...
