Gunmen abduct traditional ruler in Cross River

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGunmen abduct traditional ruler in Cross River

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 11, 2023

Unknown gunmen stormed the residence of the traditional ruler of Akpabuyo LGA of Cross River State, His Royal Highness Etinyin Lawrence Nya Edet, before dawn on Monday and abducted the king. The monarch’s son was shot dead while trying to block the gunmen from entering the house. CrossRiverWatch said the king was assisting security agencies with information on how to nab criminals in his terrain prior to his abduction. Police authorities in the state have...

CONTINUE READING
Bauchi woman jailed for blasphemy granted bail after 19 months

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaBauchi woman jailed for blasphemy granted bail after 19 months

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 11, 2023

Rhoda Adamu Jatau who was jailed in a Bauchi prison for allegedly insulting Prophet Mohammed has been freed. She was granted bail last Friday, 8 December, following intervention from Christian associations, civil society organisations and human rights activists. The mother of five was arrested in her hometown in the Warji LGA of Bauchi State on 20 May 2022 after sharing a video of a man condemning the mob lynching of a Christian college student, Deborah...

CONTINUE READING
Nigerian Air Force kills wanted terrorist, Yellow Jambros in Niger

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNigerian Air Force kills wanted terrorist, Yellow Jambros in Niger

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 11, 2023

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Sunday said its troop dubbed “Operation Whirl Punch” eliminated a dreaded terrorist leader named Yellow Jambros. Yellow Jambros, NAF spokesperson, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet said, was the mastermind behind several kidnappings and killings along the Abuja–Kaduna road and in several communities in Kaduna, Niger, Katsina and Zamfara States. The terrorist kingpin was killed alongside his gang members on their way to Wurukuvhi in Chikun LGA of Niger State for...

CONTINUE READING
NSCDC arrest armoured cable vandals in Anambra

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNSCDC arrest armoured cable vandals in Anambra

PilotnewsDecember 8, 2023

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State Command has arrested a syndicate of four persons who specialize in vandalising armoured cables and other electrical installations in and around Awka metropolis. A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the command, DSC Okadigbo Edwin, said the suspects were paraded at the Command’s Headquarters Awka on Friday. According to the statement, “Mr. Edwin Osuala said the arrest followed credible information received from a concerned citizen...

CONTINUE READING
Troops Rescue 44 from captivity, kill 80 terrorists – DHQ

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTroops Rescue 44 from captivity, kill 80 terrorists – DHQ

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 8, 2023

Joint security operations have led to the death of 80 terrorists, the arrest of 304 and the rescue of 44 kidnapped victims within the last two weeks, Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says. The Director, Defence Media Operations (DMO), Major General Edward Buba, who gave the figure on Thursday, while briefing journalists on military and security agency operations across the country also said 152 oil thieves were also captured in the Niger Delta region of the country....

CONTINUE READING
Alleged Rape: Medical director tells A’Court to quash his life imprisonment sentencing 

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAlleged Rape: Medical director tells A’Court to quash his life imprisonment sentencing 

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)December 6, 2023

Dr Olufemi Olaleye, the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation has asked the Court of Appeal to set aside his conviction by the lower court over alleged rape of minor. Olaleye, in a notice of appeal filed by his lawyer, Dr Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, said that the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court was wrong to have relied on the evidence presented by the prosecution against him. It would be recalled that the...

CONTINUE READING
Attack On Tribunal Secretary: Police caution against inciting statements

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAttack On Tribunal Secretary: Police caution against inciting statements

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)December 6, 2023

The Kogi State Police command has warned the public against making comments that are capable of prejudicing its investigation in respect of alleged attacks on the secretary of the election tribunal In a statement issued on Wednesday by the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP William Ovye Aya, the police said it is investigating the matter and urged people to desist from making comments that can undermine investigations. The command noted that the attention of...

CONTINUE READING
Court Sentences Lance Corporal To Death By Hanging

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaCourt Sentences Lance Corporal To Death By Hanging

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 6, 2023

Justice Usman Zanna of the Yobe State High Court sitting in Potiskum has sentenced Lance Corporal John Gabriel to death by hanging for killing Sheikh Goni Aisami after being found guilty on four counts of charges. Recall that Corporal John Gabriel murdered Iate Imam Goni Aisami on August 19th, 2022 in Jaji-Maji town along Gashuwa Road, with an AK-47 rifle and later invited his friend Adamu Gabriel to assist him in towing the Honda Accord...

CONTINUE READING
EFCC asks the media to raise the ante on war against cybercrime

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaEFCC asks the media to raise the ante on war against cybercrime

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 6, 2023

The head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has tasked the media to enlighten Nigerian youths about the dangers of internet fraud. Speaking to a Daar Communications Plc. team that paid him a courtesy visit on Monday, Olukoyede expressed indignation at the rate at which youths resort to cybercrime. “It is worrisome that seven out of ten students today are involved in cyber crimes,” he lamented, “These are the youths we...

CONTINUE READING
Police defuse bomb at University of Maiduguri’s main gate

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice defuse bomb at University of Maiduguri’s main gate

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 6, 2023

Police authorities in Borno State prevented the University of Maiduguri, UNIMAID, from blowing up after it defused a bomb planted at the school gate by suspected terrorists. Police spokesperson Nahum Daso said a “suspicious device” was spotted near the main gate of the tertiary institution at about 9:00 a.m. on Monday, 4 December. The police bomb disposal team, otherwise known as the Explosive Ordinance Department, EOD, was immediately deployed to the scene. The team confirmed...

CONTINUE READING

Newer Posts

Older Posts

WP2Social Auto Publish Powered By : XYZScripts.com