CRIMEBEAT

ENUGU – A group of heavily armed men on Monday, September 5, 2022, disrupted a Labour Party meeting, at Awgu local government in Enugu West Senatorial District of Enugu State. According to a video clip that went viral recently, the gunmen were heard saying, “we’re doing what we’re supposed to …

LAGOS – Top staff of the Union Bank Plc have been alleged of colluding with a five-man fraud syndicate to defraud the Bank, a sum of N1, 626, 139, 795, 12 billion depositors’ money. According to a report published by “Celebrity Plus Online”, the fraud syndicates, allegedly in connivance with …

Why Navy Dismisses Officer SLT VN Ukpawanne The Nigerian Navy has dismissed an officer, SLT VN Ukpawanne, on allegations of sodomising a teenager in Delta State. Ukpawanne was court martial and found guilty on four counts of disobeying standing order, attempting to commit sodomy, disgraceful conduct and wrong use of …

BENIN – The Edo State Police Command at about midnight on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, busted a ritual shrine in a building along Asoro slope, off Ekenhua Road, Uzebu Quarters in Benin, recovering 20 mummified dead bodies and arresting three male suspects. In a video clip, recently shared on twitter, …

ABEOKUTA – A student of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, Ogun State was reportedly abducted, raped and killed by unknowned assailants. It was scooped that the victim, identified as Happiness Okwa, an ND II student of Mass Communication, won the Miss MAPOLY beauty contest on August 3, 2022. Happiness …

MAIDUGURI – Aisha Alkali Wakil, a.k.a Mama Boko Haram, alongside Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyede have been sentenced to 7 years imprisonment on a three count charge of conspiracy and stealing to the tune of N66m. Maiduguri Zonal Command of the EFCC, on Friday, August 12, 2022, secured …

ABUJA –  The  Managing Director of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund ( NSITF), Dr Michael Akabogu, has nararated to the lawmakers that termites ate N17 billion vouchers inside a container in their office. The Senate Committee on Public Account is investigating illegal transfer of N17bn from First Bank and Skye …

ABEOKUTA – Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has vowed that there will be no-hiding place for criminals in the state, just as he revealed that a 17-year-old kidnap victim, Akinlaja Ireoluwa Oluwatomiwa, has escaped from captivity. In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, the governor …

…Orders AIG FIB to Supervise IRT/STS for Effectiveness, Efficiency ABUJA – The Inspector-General of Police, *IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, fdc*, has expressed grave disappointment at the reports of brutality and extortion leveled against some police officers via various complaint channels available to the public, particularly on social media …

ABUJA – The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, fdc, has ordered a total ban on all use of Police SPY Vehicle Number Plates by vehicle owners across the states of the federation without exceptions.  According to a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l & …