Crime

Abuja Business Mogul Raises Alarm On Illegal Detention Of Husband, Staff By EFCC . . . EFCC Denies Allegation . . . Police Warns Detractors   An Abuja based business mogul, Hajiya Bilikisu Ishaqu, has alleged that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja, Nigeria is detaining her husband, Mr Isaac Ishaku Yusuf and some staff of her …

Notorious Community Youth Kill NDU Final Year Student Over 150 Naira. Amassoma Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, was on Tuesday thrown into pandemonium, after a final year student Francis Palowei, of the Niger Delta University, NDU, was killed by a notorious youth in the community. Francis Palowa, an Indigene of Obrigbene in Ekeremor Local Government …

Gunmen kidnap Abuja-bound passengers An unidentified number of travelers on a Siena Bus heading to Abuja were kidnapped yesterday between Akunu Akoko (Northeast Local Government) and Ayere in Ijumu Local Government of Kogi State. Akunu-Akoko resident, Mr. Felix Obaromi confirmed that combined teams of soldiers, police, Amotekun, local vigilante, and hunters are already combing the forest to rescue the victims. …

Osun NSCDC apprehends ex-convict, cultists for phone theft fraud Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Osun State Command has arrested a syndicate specializing in mobile phone theft and defrauding unsuspecting persons . The suspects who were arrested at different locations in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, are Kayode Owoseni (35) male, a two-time ex-convict resident of Agbode Street, Oke …

One Dead, many injured After Violent Protest broke out In Ibadan The Oyo Police Command has confirmed   the arrest of twelve suspected hoodlums during a protest on Monday at Sumal Foods factories in the Oluyole area of Ibadan. Command spokesperson Adewale Osifeso announced this in a statement obtained on Tuesday. According to Osifeso, the protest was hijacked by  some hoodlums. …

FCT Police, Hunters DSS engage kidnappers in gun duel’, rescue two victims The FCT Police command in conjunction with DSS local hunters at the weekend rescued two young girls from kidnappers According to SP Josephine Adeh, ANIPR FCT Police Public Relations Officer, in a statement released to the press the victims: Mart Ojadi, 15 years old, and Evelyn Chinaza, 12 …

MARRIED MAN, 47, FACES LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR SLEEPING WITH GIRL, 16, IN HOTEL A 47-year old married man, Yisa Ebenezer, may spend the rest of his life in prison custody for allegedly luring and sleeping with a 16-year old girl in a hotel in Lagos State. P.M.EXPRESS reports that Ebenezer was been arrested and charged for defilement under the Criminal …

NDLEA bursts drug-laden shrine secured by snakes The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) busted a snake-guarded shrine used to store illicit drugs in the Igor community of Benin City, Edo State. According to a statement issued on Sunday by the anti-narcotics agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA operatives discovered a specially constructed large hole in a wall covered with wallpaper …

EFCC Arrests fake State House Staff For Alleged N22 Million Employment Scam The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says their Operatives have arrested a syndicate of fake State House Staff in Abuja for alleged criminal conspiracy, false representation and employment scam. A statement by the anti-graft commission, says “the suspects were arrested separately following an investigation on petitions by …

Ondo Amotekun Commander reads riot acts to criminals. .. Parades 48 suspects Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps, has warned criminals to vacate the state or be prepared to face the fireworks of the Corps. The State Commander of the Corps, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, handed out the warning while parading 48 suspects who were arrested for various across …