CRIME
Gowon Denies Looting Half Of CBN Describes Allegations As “Rubbish”
Yakubu Gowon, a former military head of state, has described allegations that he looted half of the Central Bank of Nigeria as “rubbish”. Tom Tugendhat, a member of the United Kingdom parliament, had accused Gowon of looting Nigeria’s treasury when he left office. Speaking at the UK parliament committee debate on a petition on the #EndSARS crisis, Tugendhat had urged the...
SAD!! Catholic Seminarian, Nnadi Michael Kidnapped Found Dead
The last of the four seminarians recently kidnapped from Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Kaduna, has been found dead. He is identified as Brother Nnadi Michael. Recall that the other three were released on Friday. The four Seminarians were kidnapped from the Seminary premises in Kakau, along Kaduna-Abuja express way on the 8th January, 2020 by gun bearing kidnappers. The Seminary Registrar, Rev. Fr....
Soldiers Killed Five Innocent People In Orlu, Ran Away When They Saw ESN Operatives — IPOB
The Nigerian army has been accused of killing innocent residents of Okporo in Orlu LGA of Imo state, following a clash with the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB’s security force called, Eastern Security Network, ESN. Since last Friday, there has been a crisis in Orlu after a clash between ESN officers and soldiers resulted in the deaths of people. The security...
Police Killed My Sister A Day Before Her NYSC Passing Out Parade, Lady Tells Panel
It was a tearful day as more petitioners in Abuja gave various testimonies at the Independent Investigation Panel set up to look into the allegations of brutality and highhandedness by personnel of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). While the session is ongoing in some states, that of the nation’s capital continued for the second day on Thursday at the...
Bandits On Rampage In Kaduna, Sack Ten Villages
Bandits have displaced 10 communities in Kidandan area under Giwa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. Giwa is one of the LGAs that has been badly hit in the ongoing wave of insecurity in the North West. Some of the residents were forced to relocate to Kidandan main town and other safer communities in the LGA, Daily Trust reports. The affected...
BREAKING: FORMER PRESIDENT SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to death on charges of high treason and subverting the constitution. Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup and later ruled as president, is expected to challenge the order. “Pervez Musharraf has been found guilty of Article 6 for violation of the constitution of Pakistan,” Reuters quotes a government...
Gunmen Kill 4 In Fresh Plateau Strikes
A 50-year-old farmer in Plateau State, Gawan Zhwe, has been killed by gunmen.It was gathered that Zhwe was killed in his house alongside two others in Nkienzha village, Bassa Local Government Area of the state on Sunday. A community leader in the area, Nuhu Bitrus, confirmed this to our correspondent in Jos on Monday. Bitrus said before the deaths of the...
NDLEA Arrests Blind Man, Leper With Drugs
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a blind 67-year-old man, Aliyu Adebiyi, in whose house they found 234kg of Indian hemp at the Sokoto village, Owena Ijesa in Atakumosa East LGA of Osun State. Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this on Sunday in Abuja, explained that the suspect, in his statement, said...
Navy Breaks Silence On Arrest Of Comedian Cute Abiola, Says He Violated Social Media Policy
The Nigerian Navy has confirmed that popular Instagram skit maker, Ahmed Gafar, well known as Cute Abiola, is in detention for violating its social media policy. The popular skit maker was earlier on Tuesday declared missing by his relatives. “The young man was found to have breached the social media policy while he was on leave. So he was recalled, asked...
Alleged Drug Deal: Court Refuses Abba Kyari, ACP Ubua Bail
A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the application for bail filed by suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari and Assistant Commissioner of Police, Sunday J. Ubua. They are charged with five others in relation to offences of unlawful drug dealings. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling on Monday morning, held that the prosecution has placed sufficient materials...
