Thursday, 25 July, 2024

Category: Crime


A Russian citizen suspected of being responsible for a car bombing in Moscow on Wednesday morning has been detained by police in the Turkish city of Bodrum, the country’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has announced. The arrest comes after a Read more…


Hashiru Baku, alleged mastermind of the murder of late Brigadier General Harold Udokwere (rtd), has been arrested by the police. Recall how the general was killed by armed robbers who invaded his private residence at Sunshine Estate, Abuja, in the Read more…


An Ondo-based legal practitioner, Abayomi Oladire, is currently battling for his life at an undisclosed hospital following an alleged attack on him by his client’s husband, Mr. Kunle Kuteyi. Oladire claimed that he was attacked with a broken bottle for Read more…


Barely a few hours after the police mowed down nine billionaire kidnappers said to have been terrorizing Lagos and its environs for a long, revelations emerged that a popular Nollywood actor and producer based in Port Harcourt, simply identified as Read more…


The Benue State Police Command has confirmed the attack and killing of 18 farmers in Mbacher community of Katsina-Ala local government area of the State by gunmen suspected to be local bandits on Friday night. The Police Public Relations Officer Read more…


Kano Friends of the Hospital Group, have said that they have donated over N10 million to the victims of Kano mosque attack. This was just as the group also commended Aliko Dangote, Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, First Lady Oluremi Read more…


Operatives of the Department of State Security, DSS, have killed one of the kidnappers who abducted the mother of the famous Hausa singer, Dauda Kahutu Rarara, while a second kidnapper was reportedly arrested after a gun duel. A DSS source Read more…


Gunmen on Thursday in Benin attacked the convoy of the Edo governorship candidate of APC, Sen. Monday Okpebholo, and the reinstated Deputy Governor, Mr Philip Shaibu, killing one of the security details. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Read more…


The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the final forfeiture of five properties linked to a former Managing Director, Nigerian Army Properties Limited, NAPL, Major-General U.M. Mohammed. The court had, on March 4, 2024, ordered the interim Read more…


The Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested and charged a tech entrepreneur, Kingsley Inegbedion, for his alleged involvement in romance scams and business email compromise schemes that witnessed him and an accomplice, Efemena Igbe, who is still at large, posing Read more…


Chieftain of the Labour Party and entrepreneur, Chief Valentine Ozigbo has lampooned the Governor Soludo administration in Anambra State over what he described as spiraling cases of kidnapping and general insecurity in the state. Ozigbo in a statement posted in Read more…


In reply, please quote;Ref No. CZ.5300/FPRD/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.6/195 Date: July 13, 2024 The Director of News…………………………….PRESS RELEASE As part of the efforts of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, NPM, Ph.D, to enhancing the security of lives and property, the Nigeria Read more…