EFCC Arrest Former Nigerian Minister Over Allege N3.6 Billion Fraud

The former Nigerian Minister of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry from July 2007 to October 2008, Charles Chukwuemeka Ugwuh has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged conspiracy and loan fraud to the tune of N3.6 billion. The Head of Media and Publicity of the commission, Dele Oyewale in a statement on Monday, said the ex-minister was arrested with Chief Geoffrey Ekenma on January 11, 2024, at No. 2,...

Anambra Police Cracks 4-Man Armed Gang in Major Raid

Police also Arrested Three, Recovered Barreta Pistol, Dagger Police Officers attached to Anambra State Police Command have smashed an armed gang at Igboukwu in Aguata LGA. In a release signed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga “the gang which boarded a commercial bus from Nnewi today, Sunday 14th January, 2024 arrived Police Checkpoint and were stopped for a search. One of the hoodlums alighted, pulled a baretta pistol and was gunned...

Gunmen Abducts Over 20 Abuja Residents

Gunmen  who operates from the Kuyeri Forest in Kaduna State have launched fresh attack on an Abuja community and whisked away with at least twenty three persons on Thursday. The abducted victims were from the Kawu community in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Abdulmumini Zakari, Councilor representing the area who confirmed the incident to newsmen, said the gunmen invaded the community after divided themselves into groups. He disclosed that the bandits...

Court Sentence 55-year-old To Life Imprisonment For Raping Minor

A Magistrate court in Minna Niger State has sentenced one Yau Ibrahim, a 55-year-old of Angwa- Daji area of Minna, the state capital to life imprisonment for raping a 6-year-old girl. The convict who raped the minor on August 23, 2023, also infected the victim with “incurable venereal disease.” Senior Magistrate, Hafsat Abdullahi Bawa Wuse, who sentenced the rapist, rejected the plea for leniency by the convict, “because of the magnitude of the offense, as...

We Arrested About 30 Criminal Suspects In December – Anambra Police CP

“11 Vehicles, 12 Firearms also recovered” The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State, Mr Aderemi Adeoye says the command arrested about 30 criminal suspects and made other recoveries between December 1, 2023 and today, Monday, January 8, 2024. The Police Commissioner made the revelation in a press briefing at the police headquarters in Awka today. According to the Commissioner, of the number, 12 were kidnap suspects, nine armed robbery suspects, six suspected cult members, and three...

Sexual Harassment: Court remands suspended UNICAL don pending bail application

Professor Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), be remanded at the Kuje Centre of the Nigerian Correctional Service pending the conclusion of his bail application, as ordered by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) had on Monday, arraigned Ndifon in court on four counts of alleged sexual misconduct against some of his students....

Gunmen kill 17, abduct 36 in Kaduna villages

Gunmen attacked Kunkurai, Dokan Karji and Angwan Sako villages in Kauru LGA of Kaduna State, killing 17 persons and abducting 36 others. The attack spanned for six hours from Tuesday night (2 Jan.) to the early hours of Wednesday (3 Jan.) with no aid coming from the security agents. Locals had to rally themselves and defend their homes, rescuing 22 of the total 58 persons taken hostage. The Governor of Kaduna State, Uba Sani confirmed...

NAF airstrike hunts down terrorists in Borno

The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, recorded a remarkable success in the fight against terrorists on 5 January when it bombed a logistics base of Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State’s Parisu area, near the infamous Sambisa Forest. The destruction of the camp, NAF spokesman Edward Gabkwet said on Sunday, followed a series of secret surveillance that indicated a swathe of terrorists moving about the area with weapons and ammunition. Troops of ‘Operation Hadin Kai’ quickly...

Security Agents Arrest Three Suspects For Cyber-stalking, Threat To Life

Three persons have been arrested by the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Center in connection with a case of conspiracy, cyberstalking, and threat to life. The suspects are Adebukola Kolapo, Nnedum Micheal Somtomchukwu, and Isaac Akpokighe, all males of ages 27, 25, and 30 respectively are members of a syndicate called the Gistlover family. Muyiwa Adejobi, the Force Police Public Relations Officer in a statement in Abuja said the force received a petition from one...

Plateau Police Commence Investigation Over Burning Of District Head’s Palace

The Plateau State Police Command has commenced an investigation into the burning of the District Head of Bokkos Saf Adanchin Palace in Bokkos town in Bokkos Local Government Area of the state during a protest in the community. Alabo Alfred, spokesperson for the command said the situation is now as peace had been restored in the area as investigation is ongoing to unravel what led to the uproar. Alfred added that the command was working...

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