The Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe, has been sentenced to two years for breaching the Money Laundering Act. The PUNCH reported that Okupe was convicted of the offence on Monday by a Federal High Court in Abuja. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu presiding over the …
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Cross River: Police Arrest Suspected IPOB Members, Recover IEDs, 5 AK47, Others
Three persons suspected to be members of IPOB including a village head were among suspects paraded by the Cross River state Police on Monday in Calabar. The Command also recovered , four Improvised Explosive Devices , IEDs ,two explosive chemical five AK 47 riffles , 200 live ammunition , one …
Read More »Shocking: Man Butchers Friend In Farm
A shocking incident occurred, weekend in Olum community in Boki, Local Government Area, LGA, of Cross River State when a young man reportedly hacked his friend to death with a machete. Reports from the area gave the name of the assailant as Emmanuel while the victim was Akwande According to …
Read More »Armed Herders Kill 3 In Makurdi
Three persons were weekend gruesomely murdered in farmland by suspected armed Fulani herders at Adaka community in the outskirts of Makurdi, the Benue state capital.“This latest attack is coming barely two months after similar separate attacks in Gbeji and Ukohol communities in Ukum and Guma Government Local Government Areas, LGAs, …
Read More »Politicians, Others Behind Attacks On INEC Offices – IGP
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has accused politicians and other prominent personalities of being behind the recent attacks on the officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission in different parts of the country. The IG, who was represented by the Deputy Inspector-General, Department of Operations, Dandaura Mustapha, stated this …
Read More »Ogun Police Arrests 49 Years Old Man While Bathing With Blood.
A 49 years old man, Ganiyu Shina of No 4, Oguji street, Obantoko Abeokuta, was on Thursday, 15th of December 2022, arrested by men of Ogun state Police Command for bathing with blood at a community river in kotopo area of Odeda local government . The suspect was …
Read More »Five Killed In Cult Clash, Akwa-Ibom Police Fume
No fewer than five persons have been reportedly killed in a cult war involving two rival confraternities, Vickings and the Mafians, in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Sources close to Ibom Plaza, where the incident happened, said the fight started around 6.30pm on Tuesday and lasted for about two hours. …
Read More »Man In Police Net For Alleged Robbery, Murder In Ogun
A 28 years old man, Moses Ayomide, was on Sunday 11th of December 2022, arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for alleged armed robbery and killing of one Qudus Popoola The Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State command, Abimbola Oyeyemi made the disclosure in a statement issued and …
Read More »Four To Die By Hanging For Conspiracy, Armed Robbery, Others
An Ado-Ekiti High Court, on Monday sentenced four persons, Ojo Ajayi 22, Matthew Osalade 23, Adebisi Ogundare 23 and Busayo Adeniyi 23, to death by hanging for armed robbery and other offences. The defendants were arraigned before Justice Bamidele Omotoso on Aug 24, 2020, on a seven-count charge bordering on …
Read More »EFCC Closes Oil Fraud Case Against Nadabo Energy Boss
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, closed its case, in the trial-within-trial, against Abubakar Peters and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, who are being prosecuted for alleged offences bordering on obtaining money under false pretence, diversion of federal government funds and forgery to the tune of N761,628,993.84 before …
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