Category: Crime

Buhari Vows To Eliminate All Forms Of Violent Crimes
October 10, 2021 No Responses

Buhari Vows To Eliminate All Forms Of Violent Crimes

President Muhammadu Buhari has again promised to eliminate all forms of violent crimes across Nigeria.  He said in Kaduna on Saturday that the administration will continue to do everything within the ambit of law to stamp out heinous crimes creating...
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Customs Impounds Sacks Of Gunpowder, Indian Hemp
September 30, 2021 No Responses

Customs Impounds Sacks Of Gunpowder, Indian Hemp

Between August 26 and September 29, 2021, the Zone B unit of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) seized smuggled gunpowder, Indian Hemp, rice and other goods    Customs comptroller in the zone, Mr Al-Bashir Hamisu told Journalists in Kaduna on Thu...
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Reps Task NCC, CBN On ATM, Web fraud
September 23, 2021 No Responses

Reps Task NCC, CBN On ATM, Web fraud

The House of Representatives has challenged the Central Bank of Nigeria  (CBN) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to ensure all monies lost as a result of Card/ ATM and web-based fraud are refunded to the affected victims. The...
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PDP Seeks Probe Into Rivers Boat Shooting
August 29, 2021 No Responses

PDP Seeks Probe Into Rivers Boat Shooting

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the alleged shooting of a civilian market boat ferrying foodstuffs and other household goods in Dutch Island area of Rivers.  The party in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola...
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Gunmen Attack Bullion Van, Kills Driver, Policeman
August 26, 2021 No Responses

Gunmen Attack Bullion Van, Kills Driver, Policeman

The Police Command in Ondo has confirmed the attack on a bullion van in Ore by gunmen.  The police also confirmed the killing of the bullion van driver and a policeman during the attack.  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
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Woman Docked Over Alleged N4m Theft From Stanbic IBTC Bank
August 7, 2021 No Responses

Woman Docked Over Alleged N4m Theft From Stanbic IBTC Bank

The Police in Osun State on Friday, arraigned one Sarah Peter, 28, before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for alleged N4 million theft from Stanbic bank.  The Prosecutor, Insp Elijah Adesina, told the court that the defendant committed the offence so...
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Ten Pirates Bag 48 Years Imprisonment In Nigeria
July 24, 2021 No Responses

Ten Pirates Bag 48 Years Imprisonment In Nigeria

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday sentenced ten (10) pirates to a total of 48 years each in prison under the Suppression of Piracy and Other Maritime Offences, SPOMO ACT, for hijacking a Chinese fishing ves...
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Navy Impounds 251 Bags Of Smuggled Rice
June 18, 2021 No Responses

Navy Impounds 251 Bags Of Smuggled Rice

The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, has impounded 251 bags of smuggled rice and siezed the boat used in smuUggling the rice.  The Commanding Officer, FOB, Navy Capt. Suleiman Abdullahi, disclosed...
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Ex-Bank PHB MD Jailed For N25.7b Fraud, Wife Acquitted
June 17, 2021 No Responses

Ex-Bank PHB MD Jailed For N25.7b Fraud, Wife Acquitted

An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday night sentenced Francis Atuche, a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank), to six years’ imprisonment for defrauding the bank of N25.7 billion.  In a 12-hour judgment, Justice Lateefa Okunnu....
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Lagos Airport Police Smash Fake COVID-19 Certificate Racketeers
March 5, 2021 No Responses

Lagos Airport Police Smash Fake COVID-19 Certificate Racketeers

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has arrested five suspected syndicates, forging fake COVID-19 certificates.  The Commissioner of Police, Airport Command and Aviation Security (AVSEC ) CP Uma...
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Court Admits More Documents In Alleged Forgery Suit Against Obaseki
December 31, 2020 No Responses

Court Admits More Documents In Alleged Forgery Suit Against Obaseki

The Federal High Court Abuja, on Wednesday, admitted more documents in evidence against Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, in an ongoing alleged certificate forgery suit against him. The All Progressives Congress (APC), tendered the documents to prove its allegation ...
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Man Files N1.5b Suit Against Nigerian Breweries Over Alleged Copyright Infringement
December 9, 2020 No Responses

Man Files N1.5b Suit Against Nigerian Breweries Over Alleged Copyright Infringement

An Abuja-based graduate, Paul Oche, has filed a N1.5 billion suit against Nigerian Breweries Plc over alleged copyright infringement.  Oche, in a suit filed before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, is claiming a sum of N1...
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Kidnapped Chinese Expatriate Regains Freedom, N100m Ransom Paid
December 3, 2020 No Responses

Kidnapped Chinese Expatriate Regains Freedom, N100m Ransom Paid

The Chinese expatriate, kidnapped in Ekiti State last week during which a policeman was killed, has been released, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The expatriate, one of the contractors engaged by the Ekiti State government to construct the...
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EFCC Re-Arraigns Ex-NIMASA D-G For Alleged N156.4m Fraud
November 10, 2020 No Responses

EFCC Re-Arraigns Ex-NIMASA D-G For Alleged N156.4m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on Monday, re-arraigned a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), Haruna Jauro, in a Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged N156.4 million money laundering...
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