Crime

Friday, 25 February 2022 06:30

Appeal Court affirms Farouk Lawan’s conviction

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the conviction of a former lawmaker, Farouk Lawan, for receiving $500,000 bribe during a legislative probe into the fuel subsidy regime in 2012. But the decision, on Thursday, came as a narrow approval of Lawan’s conviction, as the court discharged and acquitted the former lawmaker on two of the offences he was earlier jailed for by the lower trial court in June last year. Lawan also got a reduction of his jail term from seven to five years. This arose from his acquittal regarding two of the counts punishable by seven years…

Friday, 25 February 2022 06:29

Gunmen attack four banks, kill 2 policemen in Edo

Gunmen on Thursday attacked four banks and a divisional police headquarters in Edo State, Nigeria’s Southsouth. The gunmen laid siege on Uromi town in Esan Northeast Local Government Area of the state. Witnesses said the gunmen got to the town in their numbers and in several vehicles before they attacked the four banks with dynamites. The unmasked gunmen killed two police officers and five persons in the siege. Police spokesperson in Edo, Bello Kontongs, confirmed the attack but said he had no further detail of the attack. Kontongs, a superintendent of police, said one of the four banks attacked is…

Thursday, 24 February 2022 06:33

Gunmen kill two police officers escorting couple to airport in Anambra

Gunmen have killed two policemen and kidnapped a couple in Anambra State. The incident happened at Okija, in Ihiala Local Government Area of the state on Monday. Our correspondent learnt that the couple were heading for the Owerri Airport, Imo State, when they were attacked. Identities of the assailants and the reason for their action were not known as of the time of filing this report. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Ikenga Tochukwu, said he had yet to receive the information. But a senior police officer, who did not want to be identified, confirmed the incident. The officer explained…

Wednesday, 23 February 2022 06:13

Two officers die as gunmen attack police facilities in Imo

Two policemen have been killed as gunmen attacked the Isu Divisional Police headquarters in the Isu Local Government Area of Imo State. The police have however said they have arrested 18 of the attackers. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mike Abattam, said armed men suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)/Eastern Security Network (ESN) in their numbers went to the station in two Toyota Sienna Buses, a Toyota Camry Car and an unspecified number of motorcycles, on Sunday. He said the hoodlums took advantage of the porous neighbourhood and attacked the station from…

Tuesday, 22 February 2022 06:25

Terrorists’ planted landmine explosives kill 4 security operatives, 6 others in Niger state

At least 10 persons, including security operatives, have been killed following an attack that involved the use of an explosive in Galadima Kogo community in Niger state. Reports have it that gunmen attacked the community and also planted a bomb in the area. Gunmen were said to have earlier attacked Gpekure, Makuba and Galapai communities on Sunday, killing eight people and abducting 13 others. Emmanuel Umar, Niger state commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs, confirmed the attacks in a telephone interview. “Both unfortunate attacks happened and unfortunately, we lost some of our men and a number of yet-to-be-identified civilian…

Tuesday, 22 February 2022 06:24

Two police orderlies killed as gunmen attack Enugu commissioner

There was disquiet in Enugu on Monday as the State Commissioner for Lands, Chidi Aroh, escaped death by the whiskers as gunmen attacked him and killed two police orderlies. The incident happened on Sunday evening when Aroh was returning from the neighbouring Anambra State, where he was said to have attended a meeting on Saturday. Although the Anambra State Police Command confirmed the incident, it, however, said the whereabouts of the policemen were yet to be known. Meanwhile, police sources told our correspondent that the two policemen were killed when the gunmen ambushed the Commissioner. According to one of the…

Tuesday, 22 February 2022 06:22

Abba Kyari sues FG, asks court to grant him bail from NDLEA custody on health grounds

Attempts by the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, to regain his freedom from the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on health grounds has failed before the Abuja division of the Federal High Court. The suspended Commander of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and four others are currently in the custody of the anti-narcotics agency over their alleged involvement in drug trafficking. Kyari, has however filed a suit against the Federal Republic of Nigeria ((FRN), marked FHC/ABJ/CS/182/22, challenging his continued detention. In the fundamental right enforcement suit, Kyari is praying the court to compel…

Sunday, 20 February 2022 06:26

Bandits kill 18 in fresh attack on Zamfara village

At least, 18 people have been confirmed dead and several others injured after an attack by bandits in Kadaddaba in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The attack, which lasted from 10 p.m. on Friday to 4 a.m. on Saturday, was the first recorded in the village. Kadaddaba is a few kilometres from the Federal Government College, Anka and is also not far from Anka town. Bandits have been attacking rural communities, kidnapping people for ransom and rustling cattle for many years in the Northwestern part of Nigeria. Banditry is the code name in the region for organised crimes…

Friday, 18 February 2022 06:15

Bandits abduct wives, 4 daughters of Kaduna community leader

Bandits have raided the residence of Sarkin Hausawa of Anguwar Azara in Jere, along Abuja-Kaduna highway, Ibrahim Tanko, abducting his wives alongside his four daughters. Tanko, while confirming the incident to our reporter via telephone, gave the names of his kidnapped wives as Maimuna Ibrahim and Hauwawu Ibrahim. He said though, Hauwawu, who is his senior wife, was later set free when her captors discovered that she is suffering from high blood pressure. He said the bandits, who wielded sophisticated weapons, invaded his house around 11:52 pm on Tuesday. He said he managed to escape using one of the exit…

Thursday, 17 February 2022 06:35

Eight traders killed in gunmen attack on Abia market

Abia State Government has confirmed the killing of eight persons by gunmen at new Cattle Market in Omuma-Uzo in Ukwa West Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday. Commissioner for Information, Eze Chikamnayo, who confirmed the incident in a statement made available to reporters in Aba on Wednesday, condemned the attack. He said some yet-to- be-identified gunmen attacked traders at the cattle market on February 15, at about 11.35 p.m. The commissioner said the government responded swiftly by mobilising security agencies to the scene to secure lives and property of the traders and fish out the assailants. “This was…

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Thursday, 17 February 2022 06:34

Terrorists impose N40.7m ‘protection levy’ on Zamfara communities

Six months after sacking a military base in the area, bandits have collected at least N40.7 million as protection levy from residents of Mutumji communities in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Residents said they delivered N9.7 million to the bandits on February 4 as the last instalment of the levy collected from various peasant communities in Mutumji. It would be recalled that bandits attacked the Forward Operating Base in Mutumji, killing nine Air Force, two police and one army personnel. The bandits reportedly also stole weapons and other equipment before setting the base ablaze. A traditional ruler in…

Wednesday, 16 February 2022 06:26

Police report: Abba Kyari’s brother got N279m from Hushpuppi

Police investigations have revealed how members of a syndicate led by international scammer, Ramon Abass, popularly known as Hushpuppi paid N235, 120, 000 to a younger brother of a former Commander, Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari. The probe also indicates that Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, equally funnelled N44m to his brother’s bank account in multiple transactions. However, the investigation report obtained by our correspondent on Monday, failed to disclose whether Kyari’s brother was acting as a proxy for his embattled elder brother who is currently in custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The DCP, who was…

Wednesday, 16 February 2022 06:21

Gunmen kill three police officers in Ebonyi

Gunmen have reportedly killed three police officers in Ebonyi State, Nigeria’s Southeast. The officers were gunned down on Monday night in front of a police station along the Enugu-Abakaliki highway, a source said. The officers were said to be manning a roadblock in front of the station when the gunmen opened fire on them. The source said the gunmen were in a bus, and that the officers may have mistaken it for a commercial vehicle. “The remains of the three police (officers) have been deposited at a mortuary in Abakaliki after they were confirmed dead by doctors,” he said. The…

Wednesday, 16 February 2022 06:11

Fraudsters are using bots to drain cryptocurrency accounts. This is how

Anders Apgar was out for dinner last month with his family, and his phone would not stop buzzing. It looked like a robocall, so he tried to ignore it. But the calls would not stop. Then his wife’s phone also started to ring. “When she picks it up, a banner came across, a notification that says, ‘Your account’s in jeopardy,’” he said. The warning, which he said was a text message, prompted him to pick up his phone. That was when the couple’s nightmare started. It’s the kind of nightmare many crypto account holders around the country are facing as…

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