CRIME
Justice Odili House Invasion: I Work For Malami – Suspect, AGF Reacts
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), has refuted a confessional statement of a suspect arrested in connection with the raid on the home of Mary Odili, a justice of the supreme court. The police, on Thursday, paraded 14 persons in connection with the invasion. Frank Mba, force public relations officer, said the suspects include a fake chief superintendent of police...
Judge Orders DSS To Arraign Ex-CBN Governor, Emefiele In One-Week
Justice Hamza Muazu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, has issued a one-week ultimatum to the Department of State Services, DSS, to either charge the detained suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele to court or set him free. The Judge issued the order on Thursday while delivering ruling in a...
Evans: You Must Show Seriousness Or… Court Warns Prosecutors
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday expressed concern over the delay in the trial of kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a. Evans. This followed the absence of prosecution witnesses in the two cases before her court which stalled the trial of the alleged kidnap kingpin. Evans is being tried alongside a dismissed soldier, Victor Aduba. The defendants are...
“We’re Ready To Set Up Our Own Security Operation Which Will Be Everywhere” – Miyetti Allah
A socio-cultural organisation, Miyetti Allah Kautel Horeh, has revealed that its group is ready to set up its own security operation in the country. The group noted that if that happens, no one can control it because it will be everywhere. Speaking through its National President, Abdullahi Bodejo , in an interview with the Sun, the organization also declared that Nigeria’s...
Nigerians React As Buhari Travels To Liberia To Deliver Lecture On Peace, Security
Nigerians have expressed their reactions as President Muhammadu Buhari left for Monrovia, the capital of Liberia today to deliver a lecture on peace and security. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu disclosed on Monday that “the trip signifies the ...
Gunmen Attack Enugu Police Checkpoint, 2 Feared Killed
There is palpable tension in Enugu State capital as gunmen reportedly attacked a police checkpoint and allegedly killed two officers on duty and others. The incident which happened on Thursday morning was said to have occurred at Gariki, MTD area in ...
Kidnappers Release Former NFA Secretary-General, Ahmed Toro
A former Secretary-General of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA), Alhaji Ahmed Sani Toro, who was kidnapped on Saturday night, has regained freedom. Speaking to Daily Trust, one of his sons, Nasiru Toro, said his father was released on Monday nig...
IGP Launches Special Squad To Tackle Incessant Kidnappings In FCT
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, on Wednesday, launched a special team tagged the ‘Special Intervention Squad’ to reduce the spate of kidnappings in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). At the launch of the special squad in Abuja, the police boss said the team comprised specially trained mobile police officers who are expected to provide rapid response to...
A Security Man In Ebonyi Allegedly Beats Pupil to Death
One of the security men drafted to work on the construction site of Ebonyi International Airport, at Onueke, in the Ezza South Local Government Area of the state, identified as Chukwuma Anyigor (aka Ite Igwe), has allegedly beaten a 17-year-old pupil, Miss Nwuka Nwafor, to death. PUNCH Metro reports that the victim was a Senior Secondary School (class one) pupil...
General Overseer, Theology Students Nabbed Over Drug Trafficking
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested the founder and General Overseer of Seraphic and Sabbath Assembly, Lagos, High Priest Nnodu Azuka Kenrick; a student of Emmanuel College of Theology, Samanta, Ibadan, Udezuka Udoka and their freight agent, Oyoyo Mary Obasi. They were apprehended over an attempt to export methamphetamine and skunk consignments concealed in kegs...
