There was pandemonium in Anambra state on Friday morning over news of rampaging gunmen. Lately, residents of Anambra and other parts of the South East have come under attacks. On Monday, gunmen shot some residents of Ebonyi who failed to comply with the sit-at-home order. Traders in Nnewi, Onitsha, Awka and other places hurriedly closed their shops, and offices and scuttled to safety over rumour that gunmen were closing in. Sunday Ukaegbu, a spare parts...
Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaWoman, husband remanded in prison for using underage girls for prostitution
PilotnewsJuly 8, 2023
A Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court, sitting in Anambra State, has ordered the remanding of one Mrs Ekpereamaka Okonkwo, 39 years and her husband, Mr Okechukwu Okonkwo, 36 years, in prison. The woman was last week arrested, after her brothel was bursted by youth of Oba community in Idemili North Local Government Area, for using underage girls for prostitution. She however escaped to Asaba, Delta State, and later sent her husband, Okechukwu Okonkwo to...
Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaFormer Commissioner In Kano State Arrested Over 1 Billion Fraud
Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 6, 2023
Former commissioner in Kano state, Engineer Idris Wada Saleh has been arrested over an alleged N1 billion fraud. Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado, chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) confirmed the arrest on Tuesday at a press conference. The anti-graft boss said its preliminary investigation has monumental fraud to the tune N1billion in the guise of repairing some metropolitan roads a few weeks before the end of the past administration. He said...
Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaWoman arrested in Anambra for using child to beg for alms
PilotnewsJuly 2, 2023
The Anambra State government yesterday arrested a woman, Eneh Ogechukwu for using a 10 year old child to beg for alms, despite repeated warning to desist from it. Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Hon Ify Obinabo who arrested her, also handed her over to the police, saying she would be charged to court. She warned that Anambra State government will not tolerate any act that tends to exploit a child. The 27 years old...
Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNiger: Relatives of 57 abducted victims beg govt. to secure release of loved ones
By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 30, 2023
….As gun men issue one week deadline to victims’ relatives Abductors of 57 people from Kafin-Koro, Adunu and Kwagana villages in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State have issued one week deadline to families of relatives to pay ransom or have the victims killed. This is coming as family members of the remaining victims are calling on Governor Mohammed Umar Bago, well spirited individuals and corporate organisations to come to their aid and save...
Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSex Slavery: Couple In Police Net Over Attempt To Bribe Anambra Govt With 2M naira
PilotnewsJune 28, 2023
A woman and her husband have been arrested for attempting to bribe Anambra State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo, with two million naira to enable the woman continue running facilities where underaged girls are being forced into sex slavery. The suspect, Mrs Ekpereamaka Okonkwor, who hails from Otolo Nnewi, operated as “Madam Padded” while in Nnewi, and later relocated to Oba, where she operated as “Ukwu Venza”. While at Nnewi, the...
Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaEFCC Apprehends Fake Senator
Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 27, 2023
A fake Senator, Ifechukwu Tom Makwe has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged €5.7m internet fraud. A statement distributed by the EFCC on Monday said the suspect was arrested at the Guzape area of Abuja following credible intelligence about his internet-related fraud activities. According to the statement, the suspect has defrauded a Spaniard of Euros amounting to €5.7m with different names such as; Fahad Makwe, Senator Tompolo, Tom Makwe, and Dr....
Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice, Forest Guards Rescue Four Kidnap Victims In Enugu
Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)June 27, 2023
The Commissioner of Police Enugu State Command CP Ahmed Ammani calls on medical practitioners and the public to report any person with gunshot injuries to the nearest Police Station for necessary action in line with the Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshot Act 2017. CP Ammani made this call on Sunday 25th of June 2023 when Police Operatives serving in Igbo-Eze North Division, with active assistance from Forest Guard and Neighborhood Watch Group...
Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaMan lynched in Sokoto for blasphemy
By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 27, 2023
A man was killed on Sunday in Sokoto state over an alleged blasphemous comment against the holy Prophet Muhammad, SAW. The man, identified as Usman Buda Mai Hanji, was said to be a butcher and an indigene of the state. The deceased was accused of degrading the personality of the Prophet during an argument with another trader at the Sokoto main abattoir on Sunday morning. Man stoned to death in Sokoto state today for blasphemy...
Crime & SecurityNewsNigeria33 Suspected Internet Fraudsters Arrested In Enugu
Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)June 27, 2023
Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 33 suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation in Enugu. The suspects are Micheal Ogobodo, Michael Elijah, Sopuluchukwu Michael, Michael Joshua, Ogu Jerry, Ebuka Okafor, Ehinyameh Eromosele, Emeka Okongwu, Jane Ogwunga, Okpara Chidera, Emmanuel Abah, David Okwo, Chidozie Okpara, and Ngene Samuel. Others include Onuh Kelvin Uchechukwu, Ebuka Kalu Bewell, Oba Stanley Ikechukwu, Kalu Chukwudalu, Ifeanyi Jeff Ukwuoma, Paschal...