Monday, 23 December, 2024

Category: Crime


From Ifeoma Ejiofor Tension rose to the crescendo in Nawfia and Enugwu-Ukwu communities of Anambra State as three unidentified persons were murdered at Isionye land. Many people also sustained varying degrees of injuries inflicted on them by assailants. Isionye land Read more…


The hoodlums were said to have targeted the nearby Government Day Secondary School, at 9:00 am on Monday. However, upon finding the school empty, they stormed the closest health centre. According to Musa Alhassan, a leader of a local vigilante Read more…


The people of Moriki town in Zurmi LGA of Zamfara State have managed to convince a bandit leader, Bello Turji, to reduce the ransom he imposed on them from N50 million to N30 million, with a Wednesday deadline for payment. Read more…


Oba Regent Condemns Attack on Civic Center/Police Station, Sues for Calmness … Commiserates with family of Killed Police officer By Uzo Ugwunze The Regent of Oba, Prince Noel Ezenwa (Ichie Ezeama) has condemned in its entirety the unfortunate incident that Read more…


A total of 63 power transmission towers were destroyed by vandals between January and August this year, the latest industry data from the Federal Ministry of Power has revealed. Most of the towers were destroyed in the northern part of Read more…


Not fewer than 15 persons were kidnapped, Thursday morning by bandits in Mani Village, located opposite Indomie factory in Rido Ward of Chikun local government area of Kaduna State. A credible source from the area who spoke in confidence, lamented Read more…


The Police have arrested some of their  officers for allegedly extorting N 3million from a traveller, Liberty Kelechi Isaac at Odi, Kolokuma/ Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Liberty’s video had gone viral a few days ago where he narrated how Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Strike Force of Anambra State Vigilante Service (AVS) on Wednesday repelled an attempted attack by unknown gunmen on Amichi community in Nnewi-South LGA of Anambra State. The fully armed gunmen who were said to be ten Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor Operatives of Anambra police command have arrested a suspected member of a gang that specializes in child trafficking. Th Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Tochukwu Ikenga (SP) revealed this in a press statement made available to journalists Read more…


The Police Force headquarters in Abuja has declared a British national, Andrew Wynne, aka Andrew Povich, and a Nigerian, Lucky Obiyan wanted for allegedly plotting to overthrow the democratically elected government. The police at a media briefing accused the British Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor The National President of Joint Transporters Forum, (JTF), Reverend Elvis Okolie, has observed that Anambra State is still groping in darkness in terms of developmental strides as a result of lingering insecurity. Rev’d Okolie made this observation Read more…


A retired senior police officer has revealed that a real-time tracking technological platform, once instrumental in cracking criminal cases by the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), ended up being misused by politicians to monitor their “enemies and mistresses.” The officer made Read more…