CRIME
“Good For Her” – Facebook User Reacts To UNIBEN Student’s Death
Nigerian man who goes by the name Livinus Elem has given more insider details about the rape and murder of the 100 level UNIBEN student Uwa Vera Uwaila. Mr Elem made a comment on Facebook where he stated that the late Uwa deserves what she got because she was dating two roommates. He has however deleted his Facebook account after Nigerians...
FG To Upgrade Borno Dam To Checkmate Flooding
The Federal Government of the Federation has declared that the Alau Dam in Maiduguri, Borno State, will be upgraded immediately. This was disclosed in a press statement signed by the Director, Information and Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation, Funmi Imuetinyan on Thursday. The statement noted that the move is aimed at tackling the persistent challenges...
Abia Govt, FG Have Failed, FENRAD Reacts To Abduction Of Methodist Prelate Kanu, Others
Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy and Development, FENRAD a pro-democracy and environmental rights advocacy group has condemned the kidnap of a Methodist Church Prelate, His Eminence Dr. Samuel Chukwuemeka Kanu-Uche, Rt. Rev. Dennis Mark ...
Reps Backs Senate’s Call To Declare Bandits, Sponsors As Terrorists
The House of Representatives on Thursday joined the Senate in calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits and their sponsors as terrorists. Adopting a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by the Chairman of the Committee on Defence, Babajimi Benson, members of the House unanimously said it was important to support the position of the Senate on the issue...
Gunmen Attack Ugwunagbo Police Station Aba (Photos)
Unidentified gunmen have attacked Ugwunagbo Divisional police station in Aba, Abia State, ABN TV reports. The attack which happened in the early hours of Thursday was confirmed by the police PRO of Abia State command, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna. It is not clear the level of damage done on the facility or if there was any casualty. READ ALSO: Enugu Labour Party Senatorial...
Navy Arrests Fake Officials In Lagos
The Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft, on Tuesday, paraded three personnel of a security outfit, Gallantry Intelligence Corps of Nigeria, at the Isolo area of Lagos State. The Commander, NNS Beecroft, Commodore Kolawole Oguntuga, while parading the suspects, said they were arrested after receiving reports of their alleged fraudulent activities. Oguntuga said the agency was notified of the activities of the men...
Bandits Kill 3 Zamfara Traders After Collecting N6m Ransom (Photos)
Bandits have killed three Zamfara traders and released nine others after payment of N6m and three brand new motorbikes as a ransom payment. The 13 traders from the Dansadau community were kidnapped three weeks ago while travelling in an 18-seater bus at Mashayar Zaki along Gusau-Dansadau road, 82 km north of Gusau, the state capital. It was gathered that the Bandits...
EFCC Places Ex-Governor Yahaya Bello On INTERPOL Watch List
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has placed the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello on INTERPOL’s watch list in three North African countries of Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria. Recall that the ex-governor had earlier been put on the watch list of Egypt, Libya, and Sudan. The anti-graft commission said the recent action followed an intelligence that the Bello may...
Police Arrests 5 Relatives That Fake Kidnap
The police in Ekiti State have arrested five persons in connection with the kidnapping of the children and sister of their relative. The command spokesman, DSP Sunday Abutu, explained that on October 4, they received a complaint from one Adelana Oyetuyi, that his twin sister, Odeyemi Kehinde, and his three children, aged one, two, and three, had been kidnapped on...
‘My Mother Is Stingy, I Faked My Kidnap To Get Money From Her’ – Abia SS3 Student Confesses [VIDEO]
A Senior Secondary School 3 (SS3) student in an undisclosed school in Abia State, Obinna Nwatu has been arrested by operatives of Abia State police command for stage-managing his own kidnap with intent to extort money from his mother, Mrs. Rose Nwatu whom he claims is stingy, ABN TV reports. The suspect, a native of Obikabia in Isiala Ngwa North...
