Crime

Killing Of Two Police Officers In Aba: Gov Otti Condoles With The IGP,Says Severe Consequences Await Enablers Of Terror In Abia

Abia State, Crime, Good Governance, News Flash

KILLING OF TWO POLICE OFFICERS IN ABA: GOVERNOR OTTI CONDOLES WITH THE IGP, SAYS SEVERE CONSEQUENCES AWAIT ENABLERS OF TERRROR IN ABIA. The Governor of Abia State, His Excellency, Governor Alex Otti, OFR, received with sadness the news of the killing of two police officers at Opobo junction, Aba, on the evening of Friday, June 28, 2024, by yet to be identified criminals. The Governor wishes to unequivocally condemn this horrible but unprovoked attack, which came almost a month after some innocent soldiers were killed by criminals at Obikabia junction, which is less than a kilometer away from Opobo junction.…

Jun

2024

Why I Rejected N150M Bribe From Lagos Businessman – Police Officer Reveals

Why I Rejected ₦150M Bribe From Lagos-based Businessman — Nigerian Police Officer Reveals A Superintendent of Police, Ibrahim Sini, has said he turned down a N150m bribe allegedly offered to him by a Lagos-based businessman, Akintoye Akindele to have peace of mind. Akindele, who was arraigned for the offence at the Federal High Court in Abuja in August 2023, was remanded in the Kuje correctional centre. According to the charge sheet, the bribe was offered to allow police to permit him to escape abroad and to write a favourable report for him after the investigation. Sini was said to have…

Jun

2024

N25.7bn Fraud: Supreme Court Affirms 6 Year Jail Term For Ex-Bank Manager, Atuche

CBN/Commercial Banking, Crime, Judiciary, News Flash

N25.7bn Fraud: Supreme Court Affirms 6 Year Jail Term For Ex-bank Manager, Atuche The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and six-year jail term handed to former Managing Director of the now defunct Bank PHB, Francis Atuche by the Court of Appeal in Lagos in a judgment delivered on June 23. The judgment was on the appeal marked: SC/CR/1223/2023 filed by Atuche. In the lead judgment prepared by Justice Habeeb Abiru, but read by Justice Moore Adumein, the apex court held that the appellant failed to show why it should tamper with the concurrent findings of the two lower courts.…

Jun

2024

EFCC Arrest 117 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Lagos

EFCC Arrests 117 Suspected Internet Fr@udsters In Lagos The operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 117 suspected internet fraudsters in Lagos. The suspects were arrested at Regional Hotel, Iyana-Ishasi, Lagos in a sting operation, following verified intelligence about their alleged involvement in computer-related fraud. According to the commission, items recovered from the suspects, at the point of arrest, include mobile phones, laptop computers and four cars. They will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

Jun

2024

Police Arrest POS Operator Allegedly Supplying S3xual Workers To Bandits

Police Arrest PoS Operator Allegedly Supplying S3x Workers To Båndits The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command has paraded a Point of Sale (PoS) operator, Sunday Musa, also known as Dan Gwari, who allegedly specialises in supplying sex workers to bandits in their camp, as well as distributing money to their families in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The commissioner of police in the FCT, Benneth Igweh, who disclosed this while parading the suspect in Abuja on Tuesday, said he was arrested during a coordinated clearance operation by operatives of the anti-kidnap unit of the command at Kagarko.…

Jun

2024

EFCC Storm Lagos Hotel, Harass Worker, Chairman Orders Probe

EFCC Officers Storm Lagos Hotel, Harass Worker; Chairman Orders Probe The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, in response to a viral video showing two officers manhandling a female hotel worker in Lagos, has ordered their immediate arrest and a thorough investigation into the incident. This was made known in a statement by the Head, Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, on Thursday. The viral video showed EFCC officials invading the Annex and Regional hotels, both owned by the same person, around 4am on June 27, while guests were asleep. The officers reportedly fired shots, injured customers,…

Jun

2024

Coup Attempt Rocks South American Country, Bolivia

Crime, Foreign Affairs, News Flash, Security

Coup Attempt Rocks South American Country, Bolivia Armoured vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia’s government palace today as a top official warned of a coup attempt, and President Luis Arce said “irregular” deployment of troops was taking place in the capital. Video on Bolivian television showed Arce confronting the general commander of the Army, Juan José Zúñiga, in the palace hallway. “I am your captain, and I order you to withdraw your soldiers, and I will not allow this insubordination,” Arce said. Before entering the government building, Zúñiga told journalists in the plaza: “Surely, soon there will be a…

Jun

2024

Nigerian Teacher Remanded For Flogging Pupil To Death

Crime, Education, News Flash

Nigerian Teacher Remånded For Fløgging Pupil To Dêath The primary school teacher, who flogged her eight-year old pupil to death at Landmark International School Mgbakwu, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State has been remanded in a Correctional Centre. The suspect, Mrs Faith Nwoye, was remanded after hearing of the matter in a Special Court handling women and children related matters in the State. The matter was charged to court following petition to Commissioner for Education, Prof Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, against the School’s Proprietor, Mrs Promise Iloh and Nwoye by Mr Ojiakor Okonkwo. The suspects were invited to explain what…

Jun

2024