CRIME
Kidnappers Gun Down Six Kano Residents, Abduct Village Head
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed six persons in a village in Takai Local Government Area of Kano state. Takai LGA in Kano south is about 80 kilometres from Kano metropolis, and it shares a border with several towns of Jigawa state. The g...
EFCC Arrests Cubana Chief Priest
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC has arrested popular celebrity barman, Pascal Okechukwu aka Cubana Chief Priest on charges bordering on money laundering and tax fraud, officials familiar with the matter said. Chief priest was arrested at the Lagos airport on Thursday, but anti-graft officials hushed the development amidst pressure from his associates and family, who said the matter...
Families Of Abuja-Kaduna Train Attack Victims Protest At Transportation Ministry (PHOTOS)
The families of the train victims picketed the Ministry of Transportation on Monday to protest against the continued stay of their loved ones in the terrorists’ den. This came after the terrorists released a video where the male victims were being ...
Six Persons Confirmed Dead In Abuja Military Plane Crash (VIDEO)
Six persons were feared dead when a military jet crashed in Abuja on Sunday, ABN TV reports. According to officials of the Federal Ministry of Aviation, the jet owned by the Nigeria Air Force reported an engine failure at about 10.39am before the crash. The incident was also confirmed by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, who identified the military aircraft...
Ex-Banker Nwosu Bags 18 Years Imprisonment for Fraud
A former Relationship Manager with Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, GTB in Enugu, Onyekachi Nwosu was on Thursday, February 27, 2020 convicted and sentenced to Eighteen (18) years imprisonment by Justice D.V. Agishi of Federal High Court, Enugu on a six (6) amended count charge bordering on forgery, altering and giving a loan with defective collateral brought against him by...
Count Me Out Of Alleged Plan To Attack Sen. Kalu’s Home — Chukwuma Obidike
A UK-based lawyer, Barr. Chukwuma Obidike has dissociated himself from an online publication in which his name was mentioned in relation to a planned attack in Igbere, home of Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, Chief Whip of the Senate. The name Chukwuma Obidike was in the said publication referred to as a member of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB...
‘Criminal Court 2’ In Edo Gave Order For Comedian Broda Mike’s Remand Till July 7 — Lawyer
The comedian and vlogger, Chukwu Emeka, popularly known on social media as Broda Mike, who was arrested by the Department of State Services on June 14, in Benin City, Edo State, is to be detained till July 7, 2022. The lawyer to the comedian identi...
EFCC To Arraign Okorocha, Anyim Nyerere, Others Tuesday Over Alleged N2.9bn Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will on Tuesday, arraign a former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, before the Federal High Court in Abuja over his alleged complicity in a N2...
FG Vows To Investigate Sokoto Airstrike That Killed Many Locals
The Federal Government will conduct a thorough investigation into Wednesday’s accidental bombing that killed 10 people in the Gidan Bisa and Runtuwa villages of Silame Local Government Area. This was disclosed in a statement on Friday by the Press Secretary to Sokoto State Governor, Ahmad Aliyu. He said the Minister of State, Defence, Bello Matawalle, gave this indication while on a...
EFCC Arraigns Ex-Taraba Governor Ishaku, Perm Sec For Alleged N27b Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, September 30, 2024, arraigned former governor of Taraba State, Darius Dickson Ishaku and former permanent secretary, Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Bello Yero, before Justice S. C Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja for fraud. Both are being prosecuted on a 15-count...
