Friday, 26 April, 2024

Category: Crime


A Lawmaker representing Awka 1 state constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Henry Mbachu has regretted the recent incidences of killings in Awka, Anambra State Capital as a result of cult clashes. The lawmaker in a video broadcast Read more…


More than 12 residents of Okuama-Ewu community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, trapped in the forests since last month, in the aftermath of troops’ invasion of the riverine settlement over the killing of 17 military officers and men Read more…


The management of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, on Tuesday night, declared that a resident who was allegedly killed by a policeman was not a student of the institution. According to Punch Newspaper, a police officer allegedly Read more…


Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov has been arrested on suspicion of bribery, the country’s Investigative Committee announced on Tuesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu have been briefed on the arrest, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the Read more…


The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has sworn to follow the prosecution of former Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello, to logical conclusion. In a chat with journalists at the EFCC Headquarters in the Jabi area of Abuja on Tuesday, the anti-graft Read more…


There appears to be more troubles for the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) heaping fresh charges on him bordering financial crimes. EFCC accused Emefiele of Read more…


The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has sealed the Abuja-based Chinese supermarket located within the China General Chamber of Commerce in Abuja, following allegations of discriminatory practices against Nigerians. The FCCPC officials shut the supermarket when they stormed the Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor The former President General (PG) of Obiofia, Nnewichi-Nnewi, Chief Mike Ibe Okonkwo said that he escaped being assassinated recently over a land matter that was settled a long time ago when his father was alive. Chief Ibe Read more…


The Kenya Police Service has arrested fleeing Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, as the International Criminal Police Organisation moves to extradite him to Nigeria within the week. Government sources familiar with the case who spoke on condition of anonymity because they Read more…


Suspected gunmen have killed at least 12 persons in Pushit community in the Mangu local government area of Plateau State on Thursday in a fresh attack. Our correspondent learnt that the attack leading to the death of the victims occurred Read more…


The National Security Adviser to the President, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on Thursday, expressed concern about what he described as the booming illegal firearms market in the North. This was as he decried the high level of poverty in northern Nigeria, Read more…


Orders his arrest at any entry or exit point The Nigeria Immigration Service on Thursday placed the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaha Bello on its watchlist after evading arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Read more…