CRIME
US Court To Sentence Hushpuppi On Valentine’s Day Over Money Laundering
The United States Attorney’s Office at the Central District of California says that Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi, will be sentenced on February 14, 2022. The court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek, said Hushpuppi has been scheduled for sentencing on Valentine’s Day, according to BBC Pidgin. Mrozek was, however, yet to respond to an email inquiry by The PUNCH (not ABN TV) as...
Oil Theft: Navy Hands Over Vessel, Crew to EFCC
MV Gratitude, a bunkered vessel and its crew of six, intercepted on January 9, 2020 by officers of the Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, were today January 22, 2020 handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for further investigation and possible prosecution. The Commanding Officer, Forward Operating Base, Commodore Suleiman Ibrahim, while handing over...
Delta Police Nab Two Over Murder Of 10-Year-Old Girl
Two suspects have been taken into custody by the Delta State Police Command in relation to the murder of a 10-year-old girl. This was disclosed in a statement released on Monday by the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, via his account on X (formerly Twitter). Accompanying a video of the suspects’ interrogation, Edafe wrote: “The boyfriend of...
Kano Vigilante Nabs 4 For Stealing Dog, Ducks
Vigilantes in Gurungawa town in Kumbotso LGA of Kano State have arrested four men for allegedly stealing ducks and a dog. The vigilante commandant of the town, Abdulhamid Dan-Azumi, said that his men noticed the movement of the suspects around 3 am when dogs were barking, noting that the suspects killed one of the dogs. He listed the suspects as Sunusi...
Hasten Efforts Before Boko Haram Moves Students Across Border – Sani Tells FG
Shehu Sani, the former Kaduna lawmaker, has warned the federal government to step up its effort in rescuing kidnapped students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. Sani said this following the statement by Boko Haram leader, Shekau claiming responsibility for the abduction of the schoolboys The former lawmaker asked the government to step up efforts to secure the release...
ISWAP Terrorists Attack Babangida Town In Yobe
A large column of ISWAP insurgents is currently attacking Babangida town in Yobe State, Northeast Nigeria, according to HumAngle. Located about 42 km from Damaturu, the state capital, Babangida had also been attacked in August 2021. ISWAP is a militant group and the administrative division of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a Salafi jihadist militant group and...
Governor Otti Sets Up Panel To Recover Government Properties, Funds
The Abia State Government will on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, inaugurate a Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the Recovery of Government Properties and Funds belonging to the state. This is contained in a statement on Monday signed by the governor's chief press secretary, Kazie Uko. He said the panel, approved by the state governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has five members. Hon Justice...
Nigeria’s Unrest Caused By Foreign Forces – Muhammadu Buhari
Nigeria's insecurity issue, according to President Muhammadu Buhari, results from powerful nations determined to destroy Nigeria. After touring the state to commission projects under Governor Ganduje's administration, Buhari made the claim on Monday at a presidential lunch in Kano. "One can clearly see how these foreign countries took on our weaker part of Nigeria, the Lake Chad, where we have crude...
Woman Connives With Eight Men To Rape Friend
ADAMAWA State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old woman, Zainab Jafaru, said to be a member of a nine-man rape gang that violated her 33-year-old friend in Yola, the state capital. Zainab allegedly deceived the victim into the rapists’ den. The police said they have arrested five members of the gang, while four others are on the run. Police spokesman Suleiman Nguroje,...
Goods Seized By Apapa Customs Worth N22.8bn In 2023 – Comptroller
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Command, said it made 54 seizures with a duty-paid value of N22.8 billion in 2023. The Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Babajide Jaiyeoba, said this in a statement on Friday in Lagos. The statement was signed by CSC Abubakar Usman, Public Relations Officer of the command. Jaiyeoba said the seizures comprise prohibited goods, foreign...
