Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGunmen Abducts Journalist, Others In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 2, 2023

Unknown gunmen in the early hours of today (Thursday) have abducted Usman Umar Sahabi, a staff of the Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation, (ABC) Yola and Engr. Jameel both residents of Wuro-chekke in Yola South LGA of Adamawa State. Family sources said about five gunmen stormed his house of the journalist at about 1:00am after abducting Engr. Jameel and whisked them away at gun point. The sources added that a ransom of N20 million was demanded by...

CONTINUE READING
Gunmen kidnap Catholic priest in Taraba

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGunmen kidnap Catholic priest in Taraba

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 31, 2023

Bandits have kidnaped Rev. Fr Thaddeus Tarhembe of the Diocese of Wukari. The Catholic priest was taken hostage to an unknown destination by unknown gunmen who stormed his rectory in the early hours of Sunday. The abducted priest serves at St. Ann’s Parish in Sarkin Kudu village in the Ibi County of Taraba State. The communications director of the Wukari diocese Rev. Fr John Laikei confirmed the abduction in a statement. “I am directed by...

CONTINUE READING
DSS hands Emefiele over to EFCC for further investigation

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaDSS hands Emefiele over to EFCC for further investigation

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 31, 2023

Past governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele has moved from the frying pan to fire in his ordeal with the federal government. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, picked up the ex-CBN Governor shortly after he was released by the Department of State Services, DSS, last Thursday. It is to be recalled that Emefiele has been in the custody of the DSS since June 10, 2023, a day after President...

CONTINUE READING
500 Gender-Based Violence Cases Reported In Kaduna

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeria500 Gender-Based Violence Cases Reported In Kaduna

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 29, 2023

No fewer than 500 cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) cases have been reported to the National GBV Dashboard by the Kaduna State Government with five cases being prosecuted as of the end of September. Mr Jamilu Ladan, the UNFPA State Sub-Implementing Partner Coordinator at the state’s Planning and Budget Commission (PBC) disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Sunday. “As of the end of September, Kaduna State...

CONTINUE READING
DSS frees detained EFCC boss Abdrasheed Bawa

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaDSS frees detained EFCC boss Abdrasheed Bawa

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 26, 2023

The Department of State Services, DSS, has freed the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa. Bawa has been in DSS custody since June 14 after his suspension from office by President Bola Tinubu. Bawa’s suspension was due to “weighty allegations of abuse of office levelled against him,” according to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation [SGF]. The secret police detained him without charges until his release was...

CONTINUE READING
Mob Lynches Middle-Aged Man Over Alleged Disappearance Of Genital

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaMob Lynches Middle-Aged Man Over Alleged Disappearance Of Genital

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 25, 2023

The FCT Police Commissioner, Haruna G Garba has confirmed that a middle-aged man, identified as Alhaji Tijani Yakubu, has been lynched by an angry mob for allegedly causing the disappearance of one Emmanuel Danladi’s genital at Kabusa village in Abuja. CP Garba, made the confirmation during a press briefing at the police command headquarters in Abuja, on Wednesday, explained that police operatives from Kabusa division, after receiving a distress call, swung into action and rescued...

CONTINUE READING
South East women cry out over insecurity in the region

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSouth East women cry out over insecurity in the region

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 25, 2023

Nigerian women in the South East region on Tuesday called on the government to urgently address the worsening deterioration of insecurity in the region. “What we see on a daily basis in the region are tears, sorrows and blood,” Josephine Anenih, a one-time women affairs minister, said at a conference tagged “Nkata Ndi Iyom Igbo (NNII)” in Enugu State. Anenih, who is the convener of the conference, expressed worry that the South East has morphed...

CONTINUE READING
Senate orders police to investigate bank robbery in Otukpo

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSenate orders police to investigate bank robbery in Otukpo

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 25, 2023

The Nigerian Senate has ordered an investigation into last Friday’s attacks on four banks and a police station in Otukpo, Benue State. On Friday, October 20, heavily armed robbers gunned down more than eight persons including four cops when they attacked the Otukpo police station and raided four commercial banks in the commercial district of the town. Millions were carted away from branches of First Bank of Nigeria United Bank of Africa, Stanbic IBTC Bank...

CONTINUE READING
Unknown gunmen attack Mosque in Kaduna, kill Imam

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaUnknown gunmen attack Mosque in Kaduna, kill Imam

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 25, 2023

Masked killers stormed a mosque at Sabon Layi community in Birnin-Gwari local government area of Kaduna State on Tuesday, killing an Imam and a worshipper. The Imam and worshipper were identified as Malam Mamuda and Kabiru, respectively. Two other worshippers, simply identified as Bilya Mairabo and Ashiru Mairabo, were critically injured by gunshots. The marauding bandits, disguised as men of the Nigerian Army, struck at 5:30 a.m. when people gathered for congregational prayer. The attack...

CONTINUE READING
NSCDC Arrest 76 Suspects Plan For Same-sex Wedding

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNSCDC Arrest 76 Suspects Plan For Same-sex Wedding

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 23, 2023

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Gombe State Command, have arrested 76 suspects in connection with same-sex weddings. Buhari Sa’ad, State Public Relations Officer of the command disclosed this while parading the suspects before journalists at the command’s headquarters in Gombe on behalf of the state Commandant, Mohammed Muazu. Sa’ad said out of the 76 suspects, 59 are males with 21 said to have confessed to being homosexuals, adding that 17 females...

CONTINUE READING

Newer Posts

Older Posts

WP2Social Auto Publish Powered By : XYZScripts.com