One police officer has been shot dead after attacking two police stations in Ika and Etim Ekpo local government areas of Akwa Ibom state today May 12. The police officer killed has been identified as PC Edogi Bassey. Confirming the incident, the state police public relations officer, SP Odiko MacDon, said the hoodlums came…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have busted an online drug trafficking cartel that sells drugged cookies, cakes, brownies and all sorts of illicit substances to residents of Abuja and beyond, using the cyber space as its platform. Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on…
A suspected thief has been nabbed for allegedly stealing a generator and mattress in Oghara, Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State. It was gathered that the suspect was caught by youths in Otefe community Area on Sunday, May 9, after he broke into a house and stole the items while the owner was in…
The Police Operatives attached to the Denton Division of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a man who threatened a woman’s life. Omotayo Olaiya was arrested after the police received a complaint from Mrs Olatunji Shakirat Mayo. Mrs Mayo told the police on Monday, May 3, that Olaiya threatened to kill her with a gun…
The Security Unit of The Federal Polytechnic Bida, Niger state has arrested two students and one other for alleged burglary and theft. Parading the suspects at the Administrative Block of the school on Tuesday, May 4, the Chief Security Officer, Alhaji Hussaini Mohammed, said that they were arrested following persistent cases of burglaries and theft on…
The Lagos state police command’s operatives attached to the Strike Team of the Command, have arrested eleven(11) suspected cultists and traffic robbers known for attacking and dispossessing innocent people of their belongings at Railway Crossing, Ikeja Along, Ikeja-Lagos. A statement released by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, states that the operatives who responded to a distress call…
A Lagos banker identified as Elizabeth Modupe Osunjuyigbe has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for an alleged fraudulent diversion of funds to the tune of over ?34m. The suspect was arrested on Friday April 29, 2021 after she allegedly sent a fraudulent request sometime in January to the Branch Service Manager of Access Bank, Adeola…
The Bellville Commercial Crimes Court Cape Town, has sentenced a Nigerian fraudster Chinonso Pascal Eze, who ran an online dating scam in which he duped unsuspecting women out of over R1 035 030 (N26m) Spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Eric Ntabazalila said in a statement that Eze, 36, was on Thursday, April 29,…
A lone gunman suspected to be a cultist shot dead a young man identified as Kelvin Uzoma Efule in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. It was gathered that the deceased also known as ‘Mc Federal Govt’ was killed when he came to buy something from a nearby supermarket on Ojike Street, Mile One area of Diobu at…
ive suspected cultists who claimed to be students of the Ekiti State University (EKSU) have been arrested during an initiation ceremony held in a bush behind the school campus. The state police spokesperson, Sunday Abutu said the Police Rapid Response Team acted on a tip-off and burst into the initiation venue to stall the exercise. Those…
