Crime

NDLEA Arrests Traditional ruler, Corps Member, Others for Drug Trafficking

NDLEA Arrests Traditional Ruler, Corps Member, Others For Drug Tråff¡cking The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested the head of Akarabata community in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Ba’ale Ige Babatunde, 50, with fresh cannabis plants that weighed 5kg. Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement on Sunday, July 7. He said two suspects: Monday Ali, 49, and Jimoh Alewi, 37, were arrested when NDLEA operatives raided Ikota forest in Ifedore LGA, Ondo state where a total of 42,500kg cannabis was destroyed on 17 hectares of farmland. Babafemi added that 73.5kg of…

Jul

2024

There Is No Future In Cybercrime – EFCC Chairman Tells Nigerian Youths

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Crime, News Flash

No Future In Cybërcr¡me – EFCC Chairman Tells Youths The Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has advised Nigerian youths to steer clear of cybercrime as no future lies therein. In a statement by the EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale on Friday, the chairman gave the charge when the executives of Committee of Youth Mobilization and Sensitization, CYMS, led by Chief Obinna Nwaka paid him a courtesy visit at the Commission’s corporate headquarters, Abuja. Olukoyede admitted that some youths were smart and skillful and urged them to channel such talents to productive engagement and not to…

Jul

2024

Police Urge Wives To Report Beating Husbands

Crime, Marriage And Love, News Flash

AttNews reports that the Delta State Police Command has urged victims of domestic violence, particularly married women, to report abuse at the nearest police station. The command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, gave the advice in a post on X.com on Wednesday. Edafe wrote, “You are married to a man in Asaba who beats you every day; you have family members; you have friends; and you have over six police stations in Asaba. You refused to report him but prefer to come on X to cry for the police to come and help. “The police said, ‘Please go and report at…

Jul

2024

Bandits Abduct Judge, Kill Eldest Son, Demand N300 Million Ransom

Crime, Judiciary, News Flash, Security

Båndïts Demand N300 Million To Free Abducted Judge, K!ll Eldest Son Some bandits who kidnapped a Kaduna State female judge and her four children were reported to have killed the eldest son while threatening to kill the other children if the ransom demanded was not paid. The Chief Executive Officer of the House of Justice, Gloria Ballason, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, condemned the abduction of the Customary Court judge, Janet Galadima, and her four children as well as the “murder of her 14-year-old son by the terrorists.” Ballason said Galadima was abducted on the night of…

Jul

2024

Nigerian Youth Warned By EFCC Against Planned Protest, Vows To Deal With Protesters

EFCC Warns Nigerian Youth Against Planned Protest, Vows To Deal With Protesters The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has warned Nigerian youths ahead of planned protest against the commission. In a press release by EFCC, the commission disclosed that some groups have been ‘actively campaigning in the social media’ and they are ‘recruiting impressionable young Nigerians, including students to take up “arms” against the EFCC.’ See the press release below: EFCC WARNS PROMOTERS OF PLANNED PROTEST The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, wishes to alert the general public on the plan by a shadowy group to instigate a…

Jul

2024

Police Kill 2 Kidnappers, Rescue Abductees In Ogun State

Ogun Police Kill Two Kidnappers, Rescue Abductees The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, on Wednesday, said that the operatives of the command in a gun duel killed two kidnappers who were among the hoodlums that abducted four travellers along Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode expressway on Sunday night. Alamutu equally said that the four abducted travellers, one Nigerian and three Indian nationals, had regained their freedom. The Commissioner disclosed this on Wednesday at a press briefing at the state command headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta. Recovered from the kidnappers were 109 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, five AK47 rifles, eight AK magazines, and two cell…

Jul

2024

Corruption: I’m Surprised Nigeria Is Still Surviving – EFCC Chairman

Crime, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, News Flash

Corruption: I Wonder How Nigeria Is Still Surviving – EFCC Chairman The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has decried the magnitude of stealing by corrupt elements in the country. He said anytime he checks case files and sees the amount stolen, he wonders how the country still exists, adding that if Nigerians saw some case files they would weep. According to a statement on Tuesday by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, the chairman stated this while receiving the management team of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission led by its…

Jul

2024

EFCC Operative Commits Suicide In FCT, Abuja

Abuja, Crime, News Flash, Obituary

EFCC Operative Commits Su!cidê In Abuja An operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has taken his own life at his residence in Abuja. The deceased, a member of Course 5, was described by colleagues as diligent, efficient, and unassuming. The incident, which occurred on Monday, has been confirmed by the EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, who stated that an investigation is currently underway to determine the reasons behind the operative’s decision to end his life. Sources within the Commission revealed that the deceased had been experiencing issues with his immediate superior, a female boss, for some time. However,…

Jul

2024

Police Arrest Fake EFCC Officers Plotting Kidnapping