Wednesday, 22 January, 2025

Category: Crime


AN Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Thursday ordered the remand of 12 mechanics at the Agodi Correctional Centre over alleged treasonable felony and sundry offences, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. The defendants were Abdullahi Alajiga Read more…


An Ekiti State Magistrates’ Court in Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday, sent lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi, back to prison after the police vehemently opposed his application for bail, accusing him of intimidating witnesses. The magistrate adjourned till December 20 to Read more…


Justice Maryann Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, 10 December 2024, refused to grant bail to former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello on the grounds that his bail application was filed prematurely and Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor Operatives of Anambra State Police Command have arrested a forty two year old Friday Emenike Alias Ekpo from Izzi LGA of Ebonyi State, for allegedly lending guns/weapons to criminals for their operations within Awka and its environs. Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor Anambra State police command has foiled plans to attack Nibo community in Awka South LGA of the state again. The Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO) for the command, Ikechukwu Ikenga (SP) revealed this in a press statement. Ikenga Read more…


From Ijeoma John Nnewi His Grace, Most Rev. Prof. Godwin Okpala, (retired Anglican Archbishop of the Niger Province and Bishop of Nnewi Diocese), Anambra State has been reported missing since Friday morning.  Archbishop Okpala was said to have departed for Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State police command has called on the people of the state to be vigilant. The call was contained in a press statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO) for the command, Tochukwu Ikenga (SP) Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC) Anambra State Command has arrested a Chinese national and five others for illegal mining. The breakthrough was in collaboration with the Federal Mines Officer, Anambra State. Commandant Maku Olatunde, the Read more…


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has reacted to the public outrage surrounding their failure to reveal the owner of the forfeited 753 duplexes and other apartments in Lokogoma District, Abuja. On Monday, the agency announced the record-breaking recovery Read more…


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday announced the single largest asset recovery since its inception in 2003. The development followed a ruling by Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court on the final forfeiture Read more…


President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, on Sunday night, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of Read more…


Labour Party presidential candidate in 2023, Peter Obi, has decried the unabated security challenge in the country, noting that mindless waste of human lives and attack on businesses and critical infrastructure can’t be allowed to continue. He stated this on Read more…