Two suspected thieves have been electrocuted allegedly while trying to steal solar streetlights at Ogobiri community in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The bodies of the pair were discovered on Saturday morning, Dec. 28, around the New Site of the state-owned Niger Delta University and Ogobiri roundabout. The thieves had already loosed four…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 48-year-old businessman, Orizu Ifeanyi Arthur while attempting to board an Air France flight 844 from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA Abuja to Paris, France for ingesting 74 wraps of heroin and cocaine. NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, who confirmed the arrest…
A court in China has sentenced a man to d3ath for k!lling 35 people last month by driving into a crowd, in an attack that raised national concern about mass killings. Fan Weiqiu was venting his anger because he was unhappy with his divorce settlement, the court in the southern city of Zhuhai said in…
Abdulwahab Umar Namadi, the 24-year-old son of Jigawa State Governor, Malam Umar Namadi, has d!ed. Abdulwahab died inside a road accident just a day after the d3ath of his grandmother. The accident occurred on Thursday, December 26, 2024, along Dutse-Kafin Hausa Road. Hajia Maryam Namadi, the mother of Jigawa State governor, d!ed on Wednesday,…
A local community watch group in Zamfara State has apprehended a cleric accused of offering spiritual support to bandits in the region. Security analyst and counter insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, who disclosed this on Sunday, December 22, 2024, said the arrest took place following intelligence reports linking the cleric to a series of prayers…
A poultry farmer, Jimoh Tunji Abdulqadir, has d!ed in the custody of the Kwara State Police Command after he was allegedly tortured to d3ath. The victim was reportedly arrested on Friday, December 20, 2024, following a complaint by a client over a N200,000 debt that he owed.A family source said the police told them…
Former International Monetary Fund chief Rodrigo Rato was on Friday, Dec. 20, sentenced to more than four years in prison by a Madrid court for tax crimes, money laundering and corruption. Judges found Rato, who was also a former economy minister in Spain, guilty of “three offences against the treasury, one offence of money laundering…
A mother and her two sons have been remanded in Ilesa Correctional Centre for allegedly stealing cocoa beans valued at N4.5 million. The Chief Magistrate Court in Osogbo issued the remand order on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, following their arraignment on charges of conspiracy and theft. The accused, Ayanda Olubunmi, 45, and her sons Joshua…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has summoned all 18 suspended local government area (LGA) chairpersons in Edo state following allegations of financial misconduct. According to sources within the EFCC, the probe was triggered by a petition from Monday Okpebholo, the governor of Edo state, accusing the chairpersons of failing to pay workers’…
The National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday, December 17, revealed that Nigerians paid a total of N2.23tn as ransom to secure their freedom between May 2023 and April 2024. According to the NBS’s latest Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey (CESPS) report, the sum was paid by households affected by kidnapping incidents.The CESPS report…
