The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned one Ibrahim Nuhu Shuaibu before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna State for fraud. Shuaibu is being prosecuted on a seven-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust, impersonation and obtaining by false pretence…
Five people have been killed and several others kidnapped after bandits attacked Kallah Afogo in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Locals reported that the bandits stormed the village around 11:15 pm. on Sunday, September 8, 2024, breaking into houses to capture their victims.According to Daily Trust, those killed in Kallah were Garkuwa…
The Plateau State Police Command has arrested a 16-year-old boy, Miracle Igwebuike for def!ling three sisters aged 6,9, and 12, in Tudun Wada community in Jos Local Government Area area of the state. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Emmanuel Olugbenga Adesina disclosed this while briefing journalists at the command headquarters in Jos on…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, September 6, handed over a total of $180,300 and 53 vehicles, fraudulently obtained by certain Nigerians from Canadian citizens to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Speaking at the signing ceremony for the return of the recovered vehicles and funds, the Executive Chairman of the Commission,…
The Nigerian Army has handed over 23-year-old m8rder suspect, Adeleye Ayomide, who is accused of k1lling a 300-level student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Idowu Christiana, to the Lagos Police Command. The spokesperson of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development in a brief statement posted on his X…
Islamic cleric Ahmad Gumi has revealed that bandits operating in Nigeria believe they are serving a higher cause by engaging in criminal activities. Gumi made this assertion in a Facebook post on Sunday, where he reacted to a recent incident involving the seizure of Mines Resistant Armour Personnels (MRAPs) by bandits. The MRAPs,…
The Police in Lagos state have arrested and detained a man identified as Ayodeji Busari, for allegedly pushing his 47-year-old younger brother to d@ath during a fight in the Iba area of the state. According to the spokesperson of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the case was reported to the police on August 24…
The family of Kogi based journalist, Mohammed Bashir, and nine others kidnapped two weeks ago in a Kaduna State have regained their freedom. Bashir’s wife, Aminat Shana, his two daughters, Aisha and Hajara, were kidnapped alongside their family members in August 2024. The journalist, a correspondent with the Nigeria Telegraph, confirmed the development in…
The Plateau State Command has arrested three ‘one chance’ robbery suspects disguised as commercial tricycle drivers. The spokesperson of the command, DSP Alfred Alabo, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, August 30, 2024, said the suspects hypnotised the victims before robbing them of their belongings. “The Plateau State Command under the able leadership…
The police in Lagos state have arrested three suspected kidnappers after they collected N3 million ransom from their victim’s family. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, August 28. Hundeyin said that the Isashi Police Division received a call from a concerned…
