Category: Crime

Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped more than 20 medical and dental students, along with a house officer, in Benue State. The students were travelling to the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students (FECAMDS) annual convention in Enugu when they were ambushed around 5.30pm in the Otukpo area. The victims are reportedly from the University of Maiduguri and the University of Jos. The Benue State Police Command spokesperson, SP Catherine Anene, confirmed the abduction and stated that an investigation is underway. “Yes, the report of the kidnapping is true. It was…

Alhaji Bashir Hadejia, a former aide to the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has been arrested by security operatives. Some Nigerians, who reacted to the development, demanded answers from the authorities after videos and photos indicated that the suspect was connected to top government functionaries and politicians. Hadejia, who was a special adviser to Matawalle when he was the Governor of Zamfara State, was arrested on Monday. A search warrant issued to the Nigeria Police Force, FCT Police Command, dated August 12, 2024, showed that the suspect was…

  The interim forfeiture of $2.04m and seven properties connected to former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele has been ordered by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Thursday. Justice Akintayo Aluko made the order following an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, which is investigating alleged fraudulent activities linked to Emefiele. The properties in question include prime real estate in Lekki and Ikoyi, Lagos, as well as a large industrial complex under construction in Agbor, Delta State. Justice Aluko stated that…

Ola Olukoyede, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said that the fifty billion naira, (N50bn), given to Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND was not a donation from the commission, but part of the recovered proceeds of crime remitted to the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The commission stated this in a statement obtained from its official Facebook handle. According to the commission: “The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, wishes to clarify the reports in a section of the media today, August 14, 2024, purporting…

A crossdresser was found dead on the Katampe-Mabushi expressway in Abuja, yesterday. Police have commenced investigation into the mysterious death of the individual, whose identity remained unknown at press time. He was discovered lying motionless in female clothing, prompting a distress call to the FCT police Command Control Room at 7:40 a.m. According to Josephine Adeh, the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, preliminary investigations revealed no means of identification on the deceased, who was subsequently taken to Maitama District Hospital, where doctors confirmed the death. She said: “In response to…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted consignments of illicit drugs concealed in tins of baby food cans and cloths. The illicit drugs concealed in tins of baby food cans and cloths going to the United States and United Kingdom were intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, and a courier firm in Lagos. A press statement on Sunday by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi said no less than 36 parcels of a strong strain of cannabis concealed in six cartons of tins of baby…