Monday, 06 May, 2024

Category: Crime


Bandits who kidnapped 61 villagers at Budah Hausa Village in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State three weeks ago have killed five of the abductees. Fifty-one other victims, it was gathered, were released on Tuesday by their abductors after Read more…


The Labour Party (LP) has said the residence of its National Chairman, Julius Abure was gutted by fire on Wednesday. The party also claimed that there was an assassination attempt on Abure. The National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor Authorities of Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State have named a street after the State’s Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye(CP). The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the command, Tochukwu Ikenga(DSP), in a statement said Read more…


The Federal Government and the International Criminal Police Organisation have commenced the process of extraditing a Binance chief, Nadeem Anjarwalla, who escaped from detention on March 22. Security agencies had in February arrested Anjarwalla and Tigran Gambaryan, two executives of Read more…


A tenth suspect has been placed under arrest in relation to the March 23 terrorist attack on the Crocus City music venue near Moscow, Basmanny District Court announced on Monday. Yusufzoda Yakubjoni –a Tajikistani national– is to remain in custody Read more…


Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped an undisclosed number of students who were traveling along the East-West Road in Ughelli, Delta State. According to reports from Channels Television, the incident occurred on Monday. However, details surrounding the abduction remain limited at the Read more…


Police Officers in Anambra State over the Easter weekend arrested an adult male holding a bag in Awada, Idemili North LGA. The man, on sighting the Police, took to his heels and was chased until he was caught and overpowered. Read more…


Moscow has demanded that Ukraine surrender everyone in the country it suspects of terrorism, including Kiev’s domestic spy agency boss Vasily Malyuk, and to immediately stop supporting any related activities such individuals and groups undertake, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced Read more…


The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah has said the recruitment of vigilantes, hunters and others to fight banditry and terrorism has a high tendency of weakening the Nigerian Army’s professionalism and ethics. Kukah said this in his Easter Read more…


The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State Command, has arrested three suspected oil thieves operating in the state. The state Commandant of the NSCDC, Olatunde Maku, during the parade of the suspects, on Friday, vowed to step up Read more…


The chief suspects in last week’s terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall outside Moscow have testified that their orders came from a mystery man who told them to flee to Ukraine afterwards, the Russian Investigative Committee announced on Friday. Security services detained Read more…


Senator Seriake Dickson representing Bayelsa West said some very important personalities (VIPs) from Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, are behind oil theft in Niger Delta. Dickson stated this in an interview on Channels Television on Friday. The two-term Read more…