The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC), has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Baba Akali, to ensure a thorough investigation of the allegation of organ harvesting and rights abuse against two Police formations in Anambra. Mr Okechukwu Nwangwuma, Executive of RULAAC, made the call...
Crime News
Abductors kidnapped a farmer and a commercial motorcyclist on Ugbokuli-Ekiadolor Road in Ovia Northeast Local government area of Edo on Friday. The farmer was returning from his father’s oil palm plantation when he was abducted alongside the motorcyclist whose services he had earlier engaged. Police spokesman in Edo, SP...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on Thursday arrested 28 persons suspected to be “yahoo-yahoo boys” in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital. The arrest, which was effected at Mandate Area, Ilorin followed actionable intelligence on the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Operatives of the Amotekun Corps in Osun State have arrested a suspected 37-year-old hoodlum, who has been unleashing terror on residents of Ikoyi-Ile Town, in the Isokan Local Government of the Osun state. The Osun Amotekun Corps Commander, Retired Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, said in...
Hoodlums suspected to be political thugs have set ablaze a state High Court in Owutu-Edda, Afikpo South Local Government Area of Ebonyi. Mrs Oluchi Uduma, the Registrar of the court confirmed the incident to newsmen in Owutu-Edda on Tuesday. She said that the hoodlums invaded the court on Tuesday...
75-year-old grandmother has allegedly set her son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren ablaze in Ondo State. Punch reports that the septuagenarian had reportedly set the house ablaze while the family members were asleep, killing three of them, including her son, Victor; wife, Racheal, and one of the grandchildren, while the...
The Police Command in Ondo State has confirmed the abduction of a 19-year-old girl, Adetutu Okinbaloye by gunmen from her home in Imoru community, Ose Local Government Area of the state. SP Olufumilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, the command spokesman confirmed the incident to newsmen on Tuesday in Akure. “The DPO confirmed...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested four top officials of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, PRNigeria has reported. PRNigeria gathered the NCAA officials were arrested over alleged N2 billion ‘Duty Tour Allowance’ (DTA) Fraud in the Agency. The suspects include Bilkisu Adamu Sani,...
The Police Command in Taraba has confirmed the killing of two of its personnel by soldiers on Monday in Jalingo. The command spokesman, Abdullahi Usman, told newsmen that two others were injured and currently receiving treatment. Usman said investigation would be conducted to ascertain the real cause of the...
The police command in Kano State has arrested 161 persons including a member state House of Assembly for alleged electoral offences during Saturday’s Governorship and States Houses of Assembly elections. Mr Mohammed Usaini-Gumel, the state Commissioner of Police said this when he addressed newsmen at the command’s headquarters in...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its office in Obingwa Local Government Area office of Abia has been invaded by thugs. The commission disclosing this in its verified Tweeter handled on Sunday said a statement would be issued shortly. “Thugs have invaded our...
Police in Kogi have launched a search for six INEC officials attacked on Sunday at Obajana while conveying election results. Police rescued 96 victims comprising INEC officials, ad-hoc staff, bus drivers and others from the scene and took them to INEC headquarters in Lokoja Three injured victims were evacuated...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has impounded no fewer than 367 kilogrammes of cannabis sativa in Kaduna State. The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the drugs were recovered from a vehicle with registration number FKJ141DX....
Six persons are allegedly feared missing when unknown gunmen attacked six Hummer Buses carrying INEC officials in Kogi in the early hours of Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports on Sunday that the incident, which occured around 2 a.m of March 19 at Obajana, left several officials...
The Police Command in Lagos State say 17 persons, including a woman were arrested during the governorship and Houses of Assembly elections in the for various offences. The command`s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. NAN...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted no fewer than 1,205,260 pills of opioids in two interdiction operations in Kogi and Gombe states. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said that a total of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has disrupted the activities of a drug syndicate that operated between Nigeria, East Africa, and Europe, with the arrest of two members of the cartel. NDLEA spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi, said in a statement that its operatives...
The police command in Ebonyi has confirmed the killing of Mr Peter Nweke, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ezza North Local Government Area of the state during Saturday’s election. SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, the state Police Public Relations’ Officer, said this when he spoke with the...
Hoodlums armed with guns and machetes on Sunday morning attacked the Ogoja Local Government INEC collation center in Cross River. The hoodlums stormed the center when result for the House of Assembly election in Ogoja constituency was being announced. Spokesperson of the Police Command in Cross River, SP Irene...