Category: Crime

Kidnappers ambush two Lagos-bound buses in Kogi, abduct 10 passengers

Aminu Imam

Suspected armed men have reportedly hijacked two fully loaded buses belonging to the Benue state government-owned transport company, whisking away over 10 passengers from the Lagos-bound vehicles that took off from Makurdi, Benue State. According to reports, the armed men waylaid the vehicles at about 2 p.m. on Sunday, along Ajaokuta-Okene road in Kogi State. The Benue State Commissioner for Power, Energy, and Transport, Omale Omale, who confirmed the abduction, said the incident happened while the two buses, branded as ‘Benue Links Transport’, were approaching Okene, Kogi State. The commissioner…

Read More

Increasing Criminality: CP Garba takes advocacy to Kaduna Mosques, links acts to poor parenting

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Commissioner of Police Kaduna State Musa Yusuf Garba

By; Abdull-Azeez Ahmed Kadir, Kaduna As criminality and other violent acts increase in Kaduna, the State Police Command Commissioner, Musa Yusuf Garba is taking advocacy to curb the menace to religious houses, while blaming poor parenting as a contributory factor to the acts in the State. Garba made this assertion while speaking at Yahaya Road Jumma’at Mosque on Friday 8th September, 2023 after the congregational prayers where he pleaded with community leaders to take charge of community policing by aiding the security agents with useful information. The Police Commissioner decried…

Read More

Gunmen kill Kaduna Seminarian, set Cathtolic Parish residence ablaze in night attack

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

A Catholic Parish house in Kamantan, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, was on Thursday night set ablaze and a seminarian killed in an attack by gunmen. The Parish in Kamantan is under the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area. The attackers were said to have stormed the parish house at about 8:00 p.m. and set it ablaze alongside a vehicle. Sources said the deceased seminarian, Stephen Naman, died from the smoke he inhaled while trying to escape from the grasp of the attackers. When contacted,…

Read More

NDLEA seizes N56.9m illicit drugs in FCT, arrests 343 suspects

Aminu Imam

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), FCT Command, have intercepted about 3,091.032 kilogrammes of suspected illicit drugs with a monetary value of over N56.9 million between January till date. FCT Commandant of the agency, Kabir Tsakuwa, disclosed this in an interview with the men yesterday in Abuja. According to Tsakuwa, the illicit drugs seized included suspected cannabis sativa, cocaine, Methamphetamine, Heroin, Tramadol, Rohypnol, Diazepam, Ecstasy, and Megadon. He also stated that 343 drug suspects were arrested within the period under review, adding that they comprised 328 males and…

Read More

Rivers: NAF airstrikes destroy boats ‘loaded with stolen crude’ 

Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it destroyed three boats sighted tapping crude oil from a pipeline at a dispensing site in Rivers State. Director of NAF Public Relations, Edward Gabkwet, in a statement, said the operation was carried out via airstrikes on Saturday, August 5, 2023. According to him, the air component of ‘Operation Delta Safe’ executed the operation. He said, “The air strikes became necessary after three boats were sighted tapping crude oil from a pipeline”.  Consequently, the boats were engaged and destroyed by the aircraft,” he added.…

Read More

NDLEA arrests drug baroness, 4 kingpins, busts 3 syndicates

Aminu Imam

Three major illicit drug syndicates were taken down by operatives of a special unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), in an intelligence-led operations across parts of Lagos state, leading to the arrest of a baroness and four other kingpins with multi-billionaire worth of Cocaine, Opioids and others recovered from their hideouts. A female head of one of the syndicates, Faith Ebele Nwankwo was arrested on Wednesday 9th August, at her residence, House 6, C close, 3rd Avenue, FESTAC area of Lagos shortly after she returned from a…

Read More

Over 5million Tramadol pills worth N3.7bn captured at Lagos airport

Aminu Imam

Some criminals’ attempt to smuggle 98 cartons containing 5, 122, 900 pills of Tramadol 225mg, with an estimated street value of about N3.7billion into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, was thwarted through the robust synergy between men of the Nigeria Customs Service and NDLEA officers at the airport as well as those at the DHL cargo warehouse. The Director of Media and Advocacy for NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, who confirmed all the seizures and arrest yesterday, said preliminary findings revealed that the consignments were imported from India…

Read More

Alleged N22bn Fraud: EFCC arrests ex-power minister, Sale Mamman

Aminu Imam

Former Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, been arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in connection with an alleged N22 billion fraud. According to sources, Mamman, who was minister under President Muhammadu Buhari from 2019 to 2021, was arrested in the early hours of yesterday, and is being detained at the headquarters of the anti-graft agency in Abuja. The arrest is connected to investigations into alleged corruption in the execution of some power projects. Mamman is accused of conspiring with staff of the ministry in charge…

Read More

Alleged Murder: Court orders Kano AG to open charges against Doguwa

Aminu Imam

A Kano State High Court, presided over by Justice Maryam Sabo, has ordered Kano State Attorney-General, Musa Abdullahi Lawan, to immediately file a charge against Majority Leader of the Federal House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa and his other conspirators over the alleged killing of a resident of the State. The order came after a Kano Retired Chief Magistrate, Muntari Garba Dandago, applied for an order of mandamus seeking to compel the AG to file the charge. An Order of Mandamus is a judicial writ issued as a command to…

Read More

FCT: Man shot dead while attempting to stop wife’s abduction

Aminu Imam

A man, named Musa Abari, was shot dead when suspected kidnappers invaded his home in Kasada village, in Kuje local area council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and kidnapped his wife, Hulaira, and five others. According to reports, the gunmen arrived the village in large numbers at around 11.30 p.m. on Monday, equipped with AK-47 rifles, and began firing sporadically. The shooters allegedly forced their way into the houses of the residents. The deceased man was alleged to have been trying to stop the gunmen from taking his wife…

Read More