CRIME
Terrorists Talk Tough, Threaten To Kidnap Buhari, El-Rufai
Few weeks after the convoy of President Muhammadu Buhari was attacked in Katsina State, terrorists have threatened to abduct Nigeria’s number one citizen. The convoy of an advance team of the president was attacked on its way to Buhari’s hometown...
Insecurity Around Gulf Of Guinea Gives Me Concern, Buhari Laments
President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented a surge in insecurity within African waterways, specifically within the Gulf of Guinea. Buhari noted that the development required collaborative efforts among stakeholders to tackle. He spoke at the Internation...
Chief of the Air Staff Charges Commanders To Crush Terrorists, Show No Mercy
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao has charged Nigerian Air Force (NAF) operational Commanders in the various theatres of operation across the country to ‘show no mercy’ and ensure they employ maximum firepower against ter...
Indian Businessman Arrested For Smuggling 134,700 Bottles Of Codeine Syrup Into Nigeria
An Indian businessman, Vyapak Nutal, has been taken into custody for interrogation by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, over the smuggling of 134,700 bottles of Codeine syrup into the country through the land border between Nigeria and the Niger Republic in Sokoto State. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday said the suspect had...
Police Arrest 3 Rail Track Vandals In Abia
Operatives of the Railway Command of the Nigerian Police Force is currently investigating three members of a syndicate that specialised in vandalising railway tracks in different parts of the country....
Court Sentences Man To Two Years Imprisonment For Vandalizing EEDC Property
A 24-year-old-man, identified as Idris Ibrahiim has been sentenced to two (2) years imprisonment. He was jailed by his Worship, Ojinnaka C of a Magistrate Court, sitting in Imo State, for vandalizing a distribution substation belonging to the Enugu Electricity Distribution PLC (EEDC), situated at Imo Housing, World Bank Estate, Owerri, Imo State and stealing electrical armoured cable. The offence is...
Residents Allege Mysterious Death Of Guests, Cases Of Missing Persons In Aba Hotel
Residents of the Ogbor-Hill area of Aba, Abia State have called on the State Commissioner of Police, CP Janet Agbede, state Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu and other relevant authorities to launch an investigation into cases of alleged deaths and missing pe...
FG Slams Homicide Charges Against Osinachi’s Husband
The Federal Government has filed 23-count charges against Peter Nwachukwu, husband of late popular gospel artist, Osinachi, who died on April 8 after he allegedly assaulted her. He was charged under sections 104 and 379 of the Administration of Crimi...
16-Year-Old Yahoo Boy Dies In Abia Hotel During Incantation (PHOTOS)
A teenager identified as Chinecherem Promise Albert, 16 has been reported dead. He died in the early hours of Monday while performing incantation along with his 19-year-old brother, Chimezie Joshua Albert, a suspected internet fraudster popularly kno...
Oyo State Governor’s Aide In Court Over Alleged Fraud
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on June 23, 2022 arraigned one Babawale Daniel Olayinka before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on five count charges which bor...
