POLICE RECOVER TEN ABDUCTED CHILDREN FROM 62YR-OLD WOMAN, TWO OTHERS The Ondo State Police Command has apprehended three members of a Syndicate whose specialty is in child stealing and trafficking. The Commissioner of Police, Ondo State Command, Mr Olutokunbo Afolabi, who paraded the suspects in Akure, said through intelligence-led policing, the suspects were traced to…
POLICE ARRAIGNS MAN FOR ALLEGEDLY THREATENING LIFE OF EKITI CATHOLIC BISHOP. Ekiti State Police Command has arraigned a middle aged man, Victor Akande in a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, for allegedly threatening the life of Bishop of Ekiti Catholic Diocese, Felix Ajakaye. The defendant according to the charge, committed the offence on…
Gunmen Abduct UK-based Man In Anambra, Demand N100m Ransom Gunmen abducted Mr. Ikechukwu Okeke, a UK-based Nigerian, shortly after he returned to Amaokpala, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, for his cousin’s burial. The incident occurred around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 10, 2025, after Mr. Okeke attended the burial of his cousin,…
Vandalism: Police Arrest Over 50 Suspects For Highway Manhole Cover Theft In Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested more than 50 suspects for their alleged involvement in the theft and vandalism of highway sewage manhole covers and other public infrastructure in Abuja. During a press briefing in…
Nigerians Spent ₦2.23tn As Payment For Ransom To Kidnappers In One Year By Shalom Oludele Nigerians paid ₦2.23tn as ransom to kidnappers in twelve months, a survey revealed. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the payments were made between May 2023 and April 2024. According to the NBS’s latest Crime Experience and Security…
Court Fixes December 13 For Yahaya Bello’s Arraignment Over Alleged N80.2b Money Laundering By Shalom Oludele A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed the arraignment of the Kogi State ex-governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, for December 13, 2024. Justice Emeka Nwite on Friday, November 29, 2024 directed the court’s Registrar to issue a hearing…
EFCC Arrests 25 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Benin City By Shalom Oludele The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has announced the arrest of 25 internet fraudsters, at different locations in Benin City, Edo State. The operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the commission made this known on Wednesday, October 30, 2024. The suspects…
Nigerian Government Withdraws Criminal Charges Initiated Against Binance Executive The Nigerian government has withdrawn all criminal charges filed against Tigran Gambaryan, an executive of Binance Holdings, who has been facing a money laundering trial from detention since April. This was pronounced on Wednesday by a lawyer representing Nigerian anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes…
EFCC Arrests 24 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Benin City Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday September 30, 2024, arrested 24 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations within Benin City. According to the statement released by the commission on its X account, the suspects were arrested…
Troops Arrest Gunrunners, Recovers Arms in Plateau Nigerian Army troops of Operation Safe Haven have arrested about 5 notorious gunrunner, in an intelligence-driven operation carried out in Bayameni, Jos North local government area of Plateau State. The Military Public Information Officer, Operation SAFE HAVEN, Major Stephen Zhakom, who disclosed this in a statement via its…
