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...

Ex-Power Minister Olu Agunloye jailed for $6bn fraud

A former minister of power and steel, Olu Agunloye, joined the inmates of Abuja’s Kuje prison on Wednesday after a court ruling to that effect. Agunloye is standing trial for fraudulent award of contract and official corruption 21 years after he left office. He served under President Olusegun Obasanjo’s government between 1999 and 2003. According to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the ex-minister suspiciously awarded a US$6 billion contract for a hydropower project...

CEOs Of Zenith, Providus, and Jaiz Banks In EFCC Net

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has invited CEOs of Zenith, Providus, and Jaiz Banks to explain the financial misappropriation charges against Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, and her predecessor, Sadiya Umar-Farouk. The bank chiefs invited are Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu (Zenith Bank), Haruna Musa (Jaiz Bank), and Walter Akpani (Providus Bank). The anti-graft agency is currently probing public funds directed into private accounts, ordered by Mses Edu and Farouq using their...

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...

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...

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...

Two Police Inspectors Dismissed Over Armed Robbery

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 2, Mohammed Ali has ordered the dismissal of two Police Inspectors, Sunday Adetoye and Ogunleye Stephen, attached to Zone 2 Command Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos over armed robbery, official corruption, and illegal duty. The Zonal Public Relations Officer, SP Umma Ayuba, said their dismissal followed the end of an Orderly Room trial. According to him, Inspectors Adetoye with Force number 279495 and Stephen with Force number 223521,...

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