Thursday, 26 June, 2025

Category: Crime


The Saudi Arabian government has released three Nigerian women who were arrested for possession of cocaine. The development was disclosed in a statement by the spokesman of Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa, on Sunday in Abuja. Ebienfa said Read more…


ByDon Peter Okoro Just a few days after His Royal Emminence, Archbishop (Prof.) Emmadavid Okafoagu made a passionate plea to the abductors of the retired Archbishop of Anglican Diocese of Nnewi, Archbishop G.I.N Okpala, the Cleric has been released. Okafoagu Read more…


Germany’s New Year’s Eve celebrations were overshadowed by violence and tragic incidents involving fireworks, resulting in five fatalities, dozens of injuries, and hundreds of arrests. The unrest also included attacks on police officers and firefighters. In Berlin, emergency services reported Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor Gunmen whose number could not be specified at the moment have struck at Ihiala in Ihiala LGA of Anambra State killing seven people in the process. Many other people were said to have sustained varying degrees of Read more…


Six foreigners were arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency after it intercepted two boats loaded with 1,960 kilogrammes of cannabis, popularly known as “Ghanaian Loud,” at Eleko Beach in Lekki, Lagos, on Christmas Eve. The Read more…


A community leader and Vice Chairman of Obunagu Achalla village in Enugu Agidi community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, Ozo Ozoemena Okeke, has alleged a plot by some of his kinsmen to kill him saying he was Read more…


Vice President Kashim Shettima has condoled with the government and people of Sokoto State over the killing of 10 civilians in airstrike targeted at the Lakurawa terrorist group at Gidan Sama and Rumtuwa communities in Silame Local Government Area. The villagers Read more…


Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have assassinated an Anambra-based Reverend father, Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo. Okonkwo was reportedly assassinated on Thursday, 26th December, 2024, by the unidentified assailants at Ihiala, along Onitsha-Owerri Expressway between 7pm and 8pm. Rev. Fr. Raphael Ezeogu, Chancellor, Nnewi Read more…


President of the Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa, Frank Onyewekelu, speaks with BIODN BUSARI on the recent killing of his compatriot among other issues facing Nigerian nationals in the country A Nigerian, Mr Julius Chukwunta, was recently killed in Read more…


Following the Christmas Day airstrikes on Lakurawa terrorist dens at Gidan Bisa and Gidan Runtuwa in Silame LGA of Sokoto State, the Defence Headquarters has declared that ground forces interacted with locals in the area who confirmed the presence of Read more…


The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP, Nnaghe Obono Itam has commissioned a patrol vehicle donated to 3-3 police division by the 3-3 community, near Onitsha, to assist in curtailing the spate of insecurity in the area. Speaking shortly after Read more…


Israeli authorities have opened an investigation into Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over allegations that she attempted to influence a witness involved in her husband’s ongoing corruption trial.  Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara announced the probe on Read more…