Category: Crime

Customs Impounds 2,682 Bags Of Rice, 3,122 Live Ammunition, Others
June 25, 2020 No Responses

Customs Impounds 2,682 Bags Of Rice, 3,122 Live Ammunition, Others

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operating Unit (FOU), Zone C, Owerri, Imo State has confiscated contrabands worth  N442.5 million. NCS Controller in Imo, Mr Kayode Olusemire, made the disclosure while displaying the seized items on Thursday in Owerri. He...
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NIS Recruitment: Court Discharges Ex-Minister, Abba Moro
June 25, 2020 No Responses

NIS Recruitment: Court Discharges Ex-Minister, Abba Moro

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, discharged former Minister of Interior, Sen. Abba Moro, of the criminal charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the 2014 Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) recruitment tra...
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Court remands Two Cousins Over Alleged Murder Of Maersk MD’s Wife
June 24, 2020 No Responses

Court remands Two Cousins Over Alleged Murder Of Maersk MD’s Wife

An Igbosere High Court in Lagos on Wednesday remanded two cousins: Olamilekan Goke and Akande Adeyinka, at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre over alleged rape and murder of the 44-year-old Mrs Bernadetta Tohouo-Tohouo. The Hungarian is the wife of Mr Gildas...
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Police Record 42 Rape Cases In Kano
June 18, 2020 No Responses

Police Record 42 Rape Cases In Kano

The Police Command in Kano State, said it recorded 42 rape cases in the state between January and May. The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abdullahi Haruna, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
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Man Remanded Over Alleged Rape Of 85-Year-Old Woman
June 17, 2020 No Responses

Man Remanded Over Alleged Rape Of 85-Year-Old Woman

A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Wednesday ordered the remand of a 32-year-old man, Mohammed Zulfaralu, in a correctional centre for allegedly raping an octogenarian. The defendant, who resides at Gidan Kwana, Kwanar Dangora Village, is facing a...
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Customs Confiscates N3.2b Items, Arrest Eight Suspects
June 9, 2020 No Responses

Customs Confiscates N3.2b Items, Arrest Eight Suspects

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Border Drill Operation Sector 4, Katsina said it seized various goods with Duty Paid Value (DPV) worth N3.2 billion from January 2020 to date. Aliyu Mohammed, the sector coordinator, Border Drill Operation Sector 4, Katsina,....
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Police In Ogun Arrests Lovers For Faking Kidnap
June 5, 2020 No Responses

Police In Ogun Arrests Lovers For Faking Kidnap

The Police Command in Ogun has arrested a 17-year-old girl, Seun Adekunle, and her 25-year-old boyfriend, Basit Olasunkanm, for allegedly faking kidnap of the girl. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, made the discl...
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Customs Impounds N253m Smuggled Items
June 3, 2020 No Responses

Customs Impounds N253m Smuggled Items

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Kebbi State confiscated various smuggled items valued at N253 million betweem February and May, 2020. The Kebbi Area Comptroller of Customs, Yusuf Garba, made the disclosure at a press briefing in Birnin Kebbi on...
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DPR Hands Over Nine Vessels To Navy, EFCC
June 3, 2020 No Responses

DPR Hands Over Nine Vessels To Navy, EFCC

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) said nine vessels allegedly involved in oil theft had been handed over to the Nigerian Navy and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Sarki...
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NCWS To Edo Govt: Fish Out killers Of UNIBEN Undergraduate
June 1, 2020 No Responses

NCWS To Edo Govt: Fish Out killers Of UNIBEN Undergraduate

The National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) has called on Edo Government to ensure that killers of Vera Omozuwa, a 100-level Microbiology student of University of Benin (UNIBEN) are brought to book.The President NCWS, Mrs Laraba Shoda, made the call...
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Taiwan Decriminalises Adultery
May 29, 2020 No Responses

Taiwan Decriminalises Adultery

Taiwan’s top court on Friday nullified a decade-old criminal adultery law under which having extra marital affairs could result in jail term. The court revoked Article 239 of Taiwan’s Criminal Code, which stipulated that a“ married person who commits adu...
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Senate Wants Police Force Decentralized
May 5, 2020 No Responses

Senate Wants Police Force Decentralized

The Senate has called for the de-centralization of the Nigeria Police Force and the need for community policing as a way of addressing the country’s problem of insecurity.  This formed part of the recommendations of the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on...
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Driver Bags Death Sentence For Murder In First Virtual Court Sitting In Lagos
May 4, 2020 No Responses

Driver Bags Death Sentence For Murder In First Virtual Court Sitting In Lagos

Justice Mojisola Dada of an Ikeja High Court has sentenced a driver, Olalekan Hameed, to death by hanging in the first virtual court sitting held by a Lagos court as part of social distancing measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic....
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NAFDAC Shuts Down Yoghurt Factory
April 22, 2020 No Responses

NAFDAC Shuts Down Yoghurt Factory

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Borno State office has shutdown an illegal facility engaged in the production of unregistered yoghurt. The information was  disclosed in a statement signed by the state Acting Coord...
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