crime

A youth corps member (name withheld), on primary assignment in Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom, was gang raped by two persons, one Ofonime Essien and Frank Okon, when she went to charge her phone in their house. The Akwa Ibom State Police Command said it has arrested the suspects. …

Earlier today, angry youths in Yan Tumaki town, Danmusa local government area of Katsina State stage a peaceful protest band burn down president Muhammadu Buhari and Gov. Bello Masari’s billboard due to growing insecurity concern in the state. A billboard bearing the picture of President Muhammadu Buhari and logo of …

No fewer than 80 rape cases were recorded in various parts of Anambra State during the COVID-19 lockdown between April and May The Director of Child Welfare Services in the state Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Children and Social Welfare, Mrs. Nkechi Anazodo, stated this on Monday in Isuaniocha in the …

Nine Internet Fraudsters Bag Jail Terms in Abeokuta The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of nine internet fraudsters, before two different judges of the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The latest of the convictions, involved Toheeb Abdulrasheed …

DIVISIONAL Crimes Officer (DCO) 1 attached to Akwanga Division of the Nigeria Police Force, Nasarawa State command, DSP Francis Onugha (aka Dangote), was found dead and naked in his bedroom, after sex romp, at the Police Barrack in Akwanga. An eyewitness account told our correspondent that the late DCO’s doors …

  The Minneapolis ex-policeman accused of killing unarmed black man George Floyd has made his first court appearance, where his bail was set at $1.25m (£1m). Prosecutors cited the “severity of the charges” and public outrage as the reason for upping his bail from $1m. Derek Chauvin faces charges of …

Makurdi – The 12-year-old girl who was last week allegedly raped by a 42-year-old Eddy Ojah at Otada community in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue state has disclosed that she placed a curse of God’s judgement on her rapist who is currently on the run. Narrating her ordeal from …

Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists, NGIJ has urged Buhari – led administration to be decisive, nonpartisan and follow rule of law in its fight against corruption. This is contained in a release issued in Lagos and signed by the President of the Guild, Wale Abydeen and made available to pressmen. …

Nigeria’s government says it has arrested 296 illegal immigrants since the closure of its border on 2 August, 2019. Lai Mohammed, the country’s Minister of Information and Culture is upbeat that the closure of the nation’s  land borders has yielded positive results, contrary to views of teeming Nigerians. In August, …

Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina, former Chairman of Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) was on Monday granted a tough bail condition of N1 billion. He was granted bail by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Asides the N1 billion bail, Maina is to provide two sureties in like sum. Both sureties must be …