Prime minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Timothy Harris, says alleged fraudster Hushpuppi became a legal citizen of the country by marrying another citizen. In a statement, Harris claimed that the alleged fraudster used the citizenship by investment option is false. The prime minister said Hushpuppi, whose real name is Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, married Shawana Nakesia Chapman, a 32-year-old citizen Read More
In compliance with the directive of the national leadership of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) the FCT chapter of the association has embarked on a protest against rape and other Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV). NAWOJ chairpersons in the 36 states and the FCT were enjoined to key into the one-week nationwide protest against increased cases of Read More
The Kogi state House of Assembly has condemned the attack on a first generation bank and a police station in Isanlu, Yagba East local government area of the state. This followed a motion of urgent public importance moved by the member representing Yagba East constituency, Alhaji Jimoh Musa Omiata, and seconded by Mr. Aderonke Aro of Yagba West state Read More
The funeral for African American George Floyd, whose death in police custody caused global outrage, has heard impassioned pleas for racial justice. Speakers in the church in Houston, Texas, lined up to remember a man whose “crime was that he was born black”. Mr Floyd died in Minneapolis last month as a white police officer held a knee on his Read More
The National Drug and Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Monday, arraigned one Ahmed Tijani before a Federal High Court, Osogbo, Osun state, for unlawful possession of 1.5kg of cannabis sativa also known as Indian hemp. The prosecution from the NDLEA, led by Ogaga Azuigo, told the court that the defendant committed the crime sometimes in February 2020. The crime was Read More
Police operatives attached to the Intelligence Response Unit of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested three siblings for the kidnap and murder of one Mrs Janet Nnenna Ogbonnaya on May 14, 2020, in Abuja. Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba, in a press statement, That rsday in Abuja, named the suspects as Johnson Emmanuel, 38; Gideon Emmanuel, Read More
The International Police (Interpol), Wednesday, extended to the Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC) its globalised information – 247 which enables users to share sensitive and urgent police information with their counterparts around the globe.The EFCC had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Interpol on November 29, 2018, as part of collaboration aimed at tackling the menace of corruption in Nigeria. EFCC Head, Media Read More
Following public outcry over the death of an undergraduate, Miss Vera Uwaila Omosuwa, after she was attacked and raped in a church in Benin, Edo state, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has deployed additional investigation aids and forensic support to Edo State Police Command.A press statement by the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba, Monday in Abuja, Read More
Angry youths of Elugwu Ettam community in Okpuitumo Ikwo local government area of Ebonyi state weekend set the country home of one Mr Celestine Okah ablaze. Mr Okah Blueprint gathered is the husband of Ebonyi Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Wendy Uchechi Okah.According to a source, the incident happened on Saturday.The source said Mr Okah was accused of involvement in some crimes Read More
The Yoruba Youth Assembly (YYA), an umbrella body of Yoruba youth groups globally, Wednesday appealed to the federal government and the South-West governors to upgrade communities’ security architecture to tame COVID-19 lockdown induced crimes. The group’s national president, Mr Olarinde Thomas, the national secretary, Mr Deji Oso, and Mr Nathaniel Oduyemi, its Publicity Secretary respectively made the call in Lagos. Read More
The people of Edor in Ikom local government area of Cross River state have pledged to shun crime and abhor taking laws into their hands as they called for renewed and continuous government attention in the area. This followed instances of the people meting out punishment in form of chaining a suspect to a drilled log, or sometimes moulded cement Read More
The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Jikwoyi, FCT, CSP Abubakar Salihu Adamu has solicited the support of clerics to preach against crime in the society. He stated this weekend when he received some religious leaders in his office. The clerics paid him a courtesy call with the aim of encouraging the police to tackle crime in the area. Read More
It was with sadness that Nigerians woke up to the news of the gruesome murder of Favour Seun Daley-Oladele, a promising 22-year-old final year Theatre Arts student of the Lagos State University by her boyfriend and his mother allegedly for money making rituals. They were allegedly aided in this sinister act by a supposed pastor who they allegedly paid the Read More
I commend the various units of the Nigeria Police Force who took the fight against crime and terror to the criminals’ forested hideouts last week. I find this to be a welcome development, given the growing insecurity ravaging different parts of the country. It is always my belief that security agencies don’t have to sit and wait for the criminals Read More
I have reiterated on countless occasions that a nation where her citizens do not have a collective notion regarding what is wrong and what is right is really in trouble. While this does not translate into being a zombie nation, truth is that a people must agree that a crime is a crime no matter the contexts and who is Read More
A 20-year-old man, Okanlawon Feranmi, who was sentenced to six months imprisonment for stealing a plasma television, told a Magistrates’ Court in Life Camp, Abuja, that evil spirit pushed him into crime. Feranmi who resides in Gwarinpa, Abuja, pleaded guilty to one count of theft. ”I beg the court to temper justice with mercy. I am from Ondo state. I Read More
The Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Wednesday, arraigned a 27-year-old man, Okunlola Ebenezer, before a Federal High Court, Osogbo, Osun state, for alleged 750USD internet fraud. The EFCC alleged that the defendant committed the purported crime in Osogbo sometimes in 2019. The EFCC prosecutor, Mr Muritala Usman, alleged that the defendant had document containing false pretense in his Read More
A couple identified as Taofeek and Romoke Olawale are now in the net of the Oyo state command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo state command for burning part of their 10-yr- old daughter. Parading the suspects, the Oyo state NSCDC command Public Relations Officer (PRO),Mr Oluwole Olusegun, said the command is presently investigating Read More
The Coalition for Good Governance and Economic Justice in Africa (CGGEJA) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Commission (ICPC) to as a matter of urgency begin to probe the administration of governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state. The group was reacting to the report of the arrest of a ranking Read More
A 22-year-old man, Akanmu Rasheed, was Thursday sentenced to three -month imprisonment by Magistrate Adebola Ajanaku sitting in Osogbo, for house- breaking. The prosecutor, ASP. Fagboyinbo Abiodun, told the court that the convict committed the crime on January 5, 2020, at about 3:00am at Zone 9 behind capital Hotel area, Oke-Arugbo, Osogbo. Fagboyinbi said the convict broke through Read More
The Delta state police command has warned criminal elements such as kidnappers, militants, cultists, and armed robbers who might have planned to cause break down of law and order before, during and after the festive period to leave the state or face the full wrath of the law The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adeyinka Adeleke, the warning on Friday Read More
The Ebonyi state government, Sunday said it would close down hotels, restaurants and drinking joints which aid criminals in the state. Government alleged that the affected joints allowed criminals to hide in them to perpetrate evil. The state Commissioner for Border Peace and Conflict Resolution, Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha, stated this in a statement in Abakaliki. He noted that hoodlums had formed Read More
The Zona Chairman, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) MACBAN, Alhaji Giddado Sadiq, has explained that the group had no issue with farmers in the country especially South-east geopolitocal zone. Sadiq, who was reacting to federal government plans to increase Value Added Tax from 5 to 7.5% and CBN tax on Savings and Withdrawals for cashless policy, said Read More
It is imperative to give an informative response to the accolade attributed to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by the Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede. A delegation of the EFCC led by Friday Ebelo from the Ibadan Zonal Office of the commission had visited OAU community and had a meeting with the university Vice Read More
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has called on the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, to support the government in its ongoing efforts to rid the nation’s highways of violent crimes. The minister, who made the call at the 9th Quadrennial Conference of the NURTW, said their support became necessary as the government was evolving Read More
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