Gunmen have kidnapped a stalwart of the All Progressives Congress and party secretary in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, Mr. Amadi Osaronu. Osaronu was reportedly abducted by gunmen dressed in police uniforms from his residence in Aluu, Ikwerre LGA on Wednesday. The State APC Publicity Secretary, Darlington Nwauju, confirmed the incident on Thursday…
A total of 21 suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The suspects, arrested on Tuesday, include Joseph Boniface, Emmaneul Okwara, Elijah Iwebie, Moses Hassan, Abdulrahman Lawal, Azu Chidubem Eugene, Abdullahi Adebola and Elijah Simon. Others are Terfa Lincoln, David Kome, Chukwudah Martinez, Adie Matthew, Canice Agabi, Abbas…
Gunmen have kidnapped the Accord Party candidate for the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area Constituency 2 in the Rivers State House of Assembly for the March 18 election, Chukwudi Ogbonna. Mr. Ogbonna was reportedly kidnaped while driving in his car at Rumuigbo, near Port Harcourt on Monday night when the gunmen forced him to stop and…
The police command in Gombe has arrested a 38-year-old teacher for defiling four pupils. The pupils, aged eight, nine, 12 and 14 years, are sisters. ASP Mahid Abubakar, the command’s spokesman, said this in a statement. Abubakar said the suspect, Abubakar Muhammed, was arrested for alleged s3xual assault. The police spokesman said the suspect was…
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has confirmed an attack on Grow Homes Estate along Kuchibiyi in the Kubwa area of the nation’s capital by gunmen yet to be identified. According to reports, the gunmen numbering about 20, had invaded the estate on Friday night and whisked away at least nine residents to an unknown…
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction and sentencing of 37 Internet fraudsters to various terms of imprisonment, fines, and community service. The convicts were prosecuted before Justices Mohammed Owolabi, Ladiran Akintola and Mojeed Ishola of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan; Justice Olanrewaju Mabekoje, A.A. Babawale,…
Justice E. Okpe of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Nyanya in Abuja has convicted and sentenced a property owner, Mercy Yusuf and her company, T.M. Properties Limited. She got 24 years jail term for fraudulently obtaining $298,000 and N40million from Bacab Properties Limited after claiming ownership of Plot 1721 Jahi District Cadastral Zone B08,…
The police in Ogun State on February 9, 2023, arrested two cousins identified as 34-year-old Damilola Famoriyo and 31-year-old Akinbayo Emmanuel Abiodun for allegedly robbing one Amos Oyemechi Chuckwuka of his tricycle. The suspect was said to have also killed the victim, dumping his corpse at a river bank in Ijebu-Ode. The arrest followed information…
The Rivers State Police Command on Monday said an investigation had commenced to track down the suspects who killed a mother of two, Chigbewejim Steward, in Abarikpo community, in the Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State. Punch Metro gathered that suspected members of the Iceland cult group abducted Chigbewejim to an undisclosed location…
Following the arrest of a lecturer over an allegation of having unlawful s3xual intercourse with his biological daughter in Lagos State, the state Domestic and S3xual Violence Agency has decried the rise in such cases in the state. The Executive Secretary for the agency, Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, in a statement, said the agency got to know…
