Category: Crime

The Islamic State, West African Province (ISWAP), has been identified by the Federal Government as being responsible for the attack at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State that led to death of about 40 persons last Sunday. Speaking at the end of the National Security Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja, Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said security agencies were already on the trail of the culprits. While noting that their imprints have been ascertained in the attack, he, however, said…

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Terrorists disguising as worshippers rained terror on worshippers at Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo, the headquarters of the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Sunday. The attack on the church in Owo,  the hometown of the state Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, came barely a week after the Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Bishop Samuel Kanu-Uche, was kidnapped in Abia State by gunmen the priest later identified as Fulani youths. It was learnt that the gunmen, who attacked the Catholic church, arrived at the premises, which…

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Niyi Adeyemo, a 39-year-old man, has accused his wife, Jumoke Bamgbola, 38, of beating him to a pulp during a disagreement at their residence on Love-All Street, Ikosi-Ketu, Lagos State. Adeyemo, who was said to be suffering from arthritis, was admitted to a hospital after the alleged assault which happened on Monday. It was gathered that the marriage, which was consummated in 2018, hit the rocks in 2019. Adeyemo said his marriage crashed after his mother visited their home and his wife objected to it because she did not like…

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Unidentified gunmen reportedly abducted students and other travellers along the Birnin-Gwari highway in the early hours of yesterday. They also burnt eight vehicles conveying students to their examination for admission into the School of Health at Makarfi, scheduled for Kaduna State University. According to the Birnin Gwari Emirate Progressive Union, BEPU, in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Idris Saidu, the bandits laid siege on three different locations on the highway, forcing motorists to make u-turn. “Those who were not lucky fell into the trap set by…

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The premises of Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS), Awada, Onitsha station, was yesterday invaded by gunmen, while some staff members who were on night duty were brutalized. An eyewitness said the gunmen burnt a building, a company bus and another vehicle parked on the premises. While noting that no life was lost in the attack, the eyewitness stressed that the gunmen, however, brutalised members of staff they met on the premises, inflicting different degrees of injury on them. A source, who was at the scene of the incident, also confirmed the…

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A Dane, Peter Nielsen, who was accused of killing his Nigerian wife and daughter, has been sentenced to death by hanging by a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square. Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile on Friday convicted Nielsen on the two counts of murder brought against him by the Lagos State Government. The Dane, who was sentenced to death by hanging on both counts, was on June 13, 2018, charged with the death of his wife and singer, Zainab, and their three-year-old daughter, Petra. The state government had accused…

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A 36-year-old man, Kingsley Essien, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly trafficking his wife to Mali for prostitution and selling her two-year-old son for N600,000. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Thursday, said the suspect was arrested following a report lodged at the Agbara divisional headquarters by the suspect’s wife, Bright Essien. The PPRO said, “Bright reported that sometime in October 2021, her husband, Kingsley Essien, informed her that he had secured a job for her…

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Sir Basil Okafor, a knight of the Roman Catholic Church, and his cousin, Edwin Izuchukwu, were on Wednesday arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The two brothers were levelled with charges bordering on conspiracy, possession of 2.169 kilograms of heroin, and frustrating the cause of justice. According to the NDLEA, the suspects were arrested on March 28, 2022, at No 26 Akpomule street, Isolo-Okota area of Lagos. The prosecutor, Mr. Umar Hussaine, informed Justice Daniel Osiagor that the defendants were found in unlawful possession of the prohibited drug…

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The former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Nsima Ekere was yesterday arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for alleged diversion of funds to the tune of N47 billion through registered contractors of the agency. The Commission’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwajaren, confirmed the arrest. The former NDDC boss was the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for Akwa Ibom in the 2019 elections. He also lost the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial primary election to Governor Emmanuel Udom in 2015. Nsima, 56, was…

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The serving Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in connection with diversion of funds and money laundering activities to the tune of N80 billion. He was arrested yesterday in Kano State and was immediately moved to Abuja last night. EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the arrest in a statement. He said the funds were allegedly laundered through real estate investments in Kano and Abuja. “The Commission’s verified intelligence showed that the AGF raked off the funds through…

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