CRIME
Asset Declaration: Court Rejects George Turnah’s Record of Service At NDDC
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 rejected the records of service of George Turnah, former Special Adviser to Mr. Dan Abia, erstwhile Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, while serving as an aide at the Commission. Justice T. Mohammed, after listening to the testimony of defence witness, Silas Anyanwu,...
EFCC Charges State House Of Assembly Speaker Over Fraud Allegation
The Ondo State House of Assembly speaker, Bamidele Oleyelogun was threatened to be sent to prison after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) dragged him to the state High Court sitting at the Olokuta Correctional Centre, Akure, the state capital. Together with several members of the House, Oleyelogun was to be charged in court on charges of seminar fraud...
Two Ritualists Arrested With Human Head In Kwara
The Police Command in Kwara has arrested two suspected ritualists, Femi Adeniji and Shittu Abdulmalik, with fresh human head in Amuyo Area, Offa. This is contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), SP Ajayi Okasanmi, on Monday in Ilorin. The statement said that the first suspect (Adeniji), kidnapped one Rianat Yusuf of the same area and...
Kaduna Police Declare Manhunt For Killer Of Corps Member
The Kaduna State Police Command, on Thursday, confirmed the brutal murder of a member of the National Youth Service Corps member, Grace Chalya Silas, by yet-to-be-identified assailants in the state. The Command’s spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan, told our correspondent that the state Police Commissioner, CP Musa Yusuf Garba, has directed a manhunt for the killers of the Corps member. Chalya Silas,...
Court Sentences Man To Death For Killing Father Over Landed Property
Akwa Ibom State High court sitting in Etinan Local Government Area of the State has sentenced one Moses Abdon Edo, aged 37, to death by hanging for killing his father, Abdon Peter Edo. The Court presided over by Justice Ezekiel Enang held that the convict, an indigene of Ikot Ukobo in Nsit Ubium LGA had confessed in his statement that...
Pastor Killed, Worshippers Kidnapped As Terrorists Strike During Church Service In Kwara (VIDEO)
Bandits have attacked Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke Isegun in Eruku, Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, shooting the pastor and abducting many worshippers. The attack, which happened on Tuesday evening, sparked tension in the community which shares border with Kogi State. https://youtu.be/IB_JWfrWqeY In a video of the incident seen by our reporter, the worshippers gathered for an ongoing service when...
Tension As Soldiers Kill 28-Year-Old Man In Abia Community, Pregnant Wife Faints (Graphic Photos, Video)
Soldiers have allegedly killed a 28-year-old man identified as Chinonso Nwachukwu in Ovim community, Isuikwuato local government area of Abia State. This is even as the pregnant wife of the victim whose name could not be ascertained as at the moment of this report fainted upon hearing the death of her husband. Sources who spoke with ABN TV on the condition...
Anglican Knight Arrested For Allegedly Scamming Bishop, Others Of N20m
The Nigeria Police Anambra State Command has arrested and paraded a man who allegedly defrauded his Bishop, Archbishop Alexander Ibezim and others of monies running into N20 million. The man identified as High Chief Izuchukwu Nwabueze in Ukpo community in Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra State is a knight of the Anglican communion. Nwabueze was alleged to have obtained N1...
P&ID Scam: Grace Taiga Received $4969, $5000 through Her Daughter’s Account – Witness
The trial of a former Director, Legal Services of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Grace Taiga, for alleged fraud in the case involving Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID) before Justice O.A Adeniyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court Abuja continued today, January 10, 2022 with the EFCC presenting its fourth prosecution witness. At the commencement of hearing,...
Gov Emmanuel Donates N60m To Families Of Slain Policemen
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has announced the donation of the sum of sixty million naira for the bereaved families of Police officers who were killed during recent attacks by gunmen while on duty. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Ini Ememobong who disclosed this to newsmen said, the governor announced the donation when he visited the...
