Category: Crime

From Lateef Taiwo Benue Police Command has arraigned a 26- year- old man Jamila Sule of Naka road before a Makurdi chief magistrate court for allegedly belonging to unlawful society and culpable homicide punishable with death. Prosecuting police officer Inspector Godwin Ato had informed the court that son of the victim, Godwin Amali on January…

Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a businessman, Alexander Adeniran Babarinde, for alleged involvement in contract scam, obtaining money under false pretence and forgery. Babarinde was arraigned by the EFCC, alongside his company, Ajays Engineering Limited and one Suleiman Muhammed, (who is currently…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has taken into custody Apostle Theophilus Oloche Ebonyi, the General Overseer of Faith On The Rock Ministry International, for his alleged involvement in a fraudulent scheme amounting to N1.3 billion, revolving around counterfeit grants and money laundering. Apostle Ebonyi, the head of Theobarth Global Foundation, is accused of…

By Milcah Tanimu The Lagos State Police Command has officially confirmed the deaths of a man and a woman suspected to be lovers in an apartment in the Ojodu area of the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, verified the incident on Monday, stating that the sudden and unnatural death was reported to the…

Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Daredevil gunmen have reportedly invaded the Palace of the Olukoro of Koro in Ekiti local government area of Kwara state, brutally killing the monarch, Oba Olusegun Aremu-Cole, a retired Brigadier General, and whisking away his wife and two others. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Thursday night when the…

By Milcah Tanimu The Edo State Police Command has apprehended four suspected kidnappers in Kano, identified as Aminu Sadio (24), Umar Aminu (22), Adamu Abubakar (30), and Adamu Tahir (30). These individuals, accused of kidnapping victims in Fugar, Etsako West local government of Edo State, were traced and captured by the Anti-Kidnapping and Cyber Crime…

FROM Lateef Taiwo in Kaduna As a result of the increase in Cybercrime related offenses in the state, the Kaduna State Police Command has established a unit targeted at investigating such offenses. This is contained in a statement signed and made available to newsmen by the command’s public relations officer ASP Mansir Hassan on Wednesday.…

From Lateef Taiwo Angry mob of Tse- Poor an outskirt of Makurdi township last Sunday burnt to death a suspected handset thief as well as set ablaze his motorcycle. An eyewitness told our Reporter in Makurdi, that the suspected criminal who was on a motorcycle with some of his gang members had snatched the handset…