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Jan

2024

Gunmen Kill Anambra Couple, Dump Corpses In Car Boot

Gunmen Kill Anambra Couple, Dump Corpses In Vehicle Boot Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have killed two persons suspected to be husband and wife and dumped their corpses in a car boot of their vehicle, a Toyota Camry with the registration number: EE-621-EU. The two fresh blood-dripping corpses were seen by passers-by at a lonely place along the Tempo Junction, Umunya axis of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway in the early hours of Wednesday. A video currently trending on social media, showed the dark-coloured Toyota Corolla being surrounded and inspected by passersby. The vehicle doors were wide open while the two fresh corpses were…

Jan

2024

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Ex-Anambra Governor In Court Over Alleged N4bn Fraud

Crime, News Flash, Politics

Ex-Anambra Governor, Obiano In Court Over Alleged N4bn Fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will arraign the immediate-past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, on Wednesday, January 24, before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, over alleged money laundering to the tune of N4,008,573,350. Our correspondent gathered on Tuesday that the ex-governor will be arraigned on nine count charges. The development comes over a week after the EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede vowed to review all abandoned high-profile cases, especially those involving former Governors and Ministers. An impeccable source revealed, “We found that Obiano moved N4,008,573,350 from…

Jan

2024

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We Have Released 1,935 Repentant Boko Haram Members Into Society – Defence Hqtr

Crime, News Flash, Security

We Have Released 1,935 Repentant Boko Haram Members Into Society” – Nigerian Military The Nigerian Defence Headquarters has announced that a total of 1,935 repentant Boko Haram terrorists have been released from the Bulumkutu camp in Borno State into the Nigerian society between 2016 and 2022. The revelation was made by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, during a lecture at the opening session of a national security course on “Psychological Operations and Strategic Communication (PSYOPS)” organized by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA). The CDS, represented by Rear Admiral Daupreye Matthew, Director of Training at the Defence…

Jan

2024

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Betta Edu Trapped Because She Reported Someone Who Stole N42bn – Adeyanju

Abuja, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Crime, Politics

Betta Edu Was caught because she was fighting someone who she had reported had stolen N42bn - Adeyanju Betta Edu Was caught because she was fighting someone who she had reported had stolen N42bn - Adeyanju Human rights activist Deji Adeyanju has expressed his perspective on the suspension of Betta Edu, stating that it is premature to draw any definitive conclusions about the effectiveness of her leadership in the wake of the suspension. Adeyanju highlighted that, in comparison, other ministers and ministries, particularly within the Ministry of Defense, have been involved in more severe misconduct than Beta Edu. The allegations…

Jan

2024

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Man Gets Four Life Imprisonment For Sexually Assaulting His 3 Children

Crime, Judiciary, News Flash

Man Gets Four Life Imprisonment For Sexually Assaulting His 3 Children An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced a man, Ademola Oladimeji to four life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his three children. The children were aged five, seven and nine. Delivering judgment, Justice Abiola Soladoye, held that the evidence of the respective prosecution witnesses were believable and truthful. Soladoye, however, said that their evidence established the offence of sexual assault by penetration and not defilement. According to her, the evidence of the three survivors was corroborated by the investigative police officer and their mother’s. He said:…

Jan

2024

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Senate To Summon Wike Over Worsening Insecurity In FCT – Ireti Kingibe

Abuja, Crime, News Flash

Senate to summon Wike over worsening banditry in Abuja – FCT lawmaker, Ireti Kingibe Following the deteriorating security situation in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, the Senate has revealed plans to summon the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike. The Senator representing the FCT, Ireti Kingibe, made this known while speaking on the security crisis rocking the capital city during a Channels TV program on Sunday. She said that when the Senate resumes plenary, the Minister would be summoned to explain his plan to tackle the security crisis. Senator Kingibe, elected under the Labour Party, LP, platform, lamented the recent surge in…

Jan

2024

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Row Over Auctioned Stolen SUV Bought By Retired AIG

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Row Over Auctioned Stolen SUV Bought By Retired AIG A stolen Toyota Sport Utility Vehicle found in the possession of a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) who claimed he purchased the vehicle through a public auction has sparked a row. The car’s original owner faulted the public auction of his vehicle to the ex-police chief, saying the information provided for its auction did not add up, reports KUNLE AKINRINADE. It was around midnight a decade ago when some dare-devil robbers broke into the home of Eye Ayo Samuel in Erusu Akoko, Akoko North West Local Government Area of…

Jan

2024

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Abuja Kidnapped Victims: Police Rescue Nabeeha’s 5 Sisters And Others

Abuja, Crime, News Flash, Security

Police Rescue Nabeeha’s Sisters, Others Abuja Kidnapped Victims Inside Kaduna Forest The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Police Special Intervention Squad (SIS) has rescued some undisclosed kidnapped victims shortly after it took over major routes in Ushafa, Bwari Area Council, used by bandits to transport their victims out of Abuja into neighboring states of Kaduna, Niger, Nasarawa, and Kogi. The victims were rescued by the FCT Police Command Anti-Kidnapping squad in a concerted effort with troops of the Nigerian Army, on the heels of the kidnappers that struck the Zuma 1 area in the Bwari Area Council on the 2nd of…

Jan

2024

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Emefiele Illegally Obtained $6.2 Million By Impersonating SGF – EFCC

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Emefiele Impersonated SGF To Illegally Obtain $6.2 Million – EFCC The Federal Government has for the third time amended the criminal charges it filed against the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. In the latest amended charge taken before Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja on Thursday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission accused Emefiele of impersonating the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to illegally obtain a sum of $6.2m. According to the amended charge marked CR/577/2023, Emefiele, on February 8, 2023, connived with one Odoh Ocheme, who…

Jan

2024

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Two Abducted As Kidnappers Invade Army Estate In Abuja

Abuja, Crime, News Flash

Kidnappers Invade Army Estate In Abuja, Abduct Two Kidnappers invaded the Nigeria Post Army estate in Abuja on Thursday night and kidnapped two people. The incident, which happened at about 10:00 p.m. in the Phase 2 area of the estate, had kidnappers who came into the estates and took away the wife and one of the in-laws of one Barrister Cyril Adikwu. According to Austine John, who is a neighbour to the victim, the kidnappers came in and started shooting while they invaded the barrister’s house and took away his wife and in-law while the barrister escaped. “It all started…