Category: Crime

Monday Ogo is a commercial driver. He plies the Yenagoa-Port Harcourt road through the popular East- West Road. On that route, he hustles back and forth, every day, to earn his livelihood but sometime in November, last year, Ogo encountered death in common hours, along Rumugi and Emogha in the Rivers State axis of the […]

Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano on Monday urged the Federal Government to investigate the alleged murder of Mrs Obianuju Ndubuisi-Chukwu in Johannesburg. The State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr Don Adinuba, in a statement advised the Federal Government to prevail on the South African government to act decisively over the murder of the […]

Nine hundred and twenty suspects were arrested for sundry crimes in the last four weeks, the Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mohammed Adamu, said yesterday. The police boss said that the suspects were arrested by operatives of the Operation Puff Adder for kidnapping, armed robbery, murder and cultism. A breakdown of the arrests shows that 424 were […]

The Police were battling at the weekend across the land to rein in herdsmen and bandits who unleashed mayhem on communities. Some arrests were made in Adamawa where hoodlums attacked commercial tricycle operators shortly after Governor Ahmadu Fintiri visited the criminal’s hideouts. In Benue State, residents of Gbagir community in Zaki Biam, Ukum Local Government […]

The Senate on Wednesday raised serious concern over killing of innocent citizens as a result of murder, kidnapping, violence and abduction with no meaningful strategy being deployed to checkmate the menace. In a motion sponsored by Andrew Uchendu, representing Rivers East, he said the killings, which had been on for more than 10 years now, […]

The Police Command in Kano state has arrested a 15-year-old housewife, Hassana Lawan, of Bechi Village, in Kumbotso Local Government Area (LGA) of the state for allegedly poisoning her 33-year-old husband, Sale Abubakar. The Command’s Public Relations’ Officer (PPRO), DSP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued to newsmen in Kano on Tuesday. […]

Two persons were killed while three others were hospitalised after suspected hoodlums attacked Iyemero- Ekiti in Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti. The attack came barely a week after the traditional ruler of the town, Oba Agboola Ogungbemi, had raised an alarm of an impending attack on his community. The attack occurred in the early […]

Acting Inspector- General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has ordered senior officers to carry out an anti crime strategy overhaul, to effectively tackle the waves of insecurity across the Nation. He gave the directive on Thursday at a strategic meeting with senior officers from the rank of Commissioner of Police, CP and above, at […]

The Police in Lagos have arrested 33 persons allegedly involved in the clash on Wednesday between two rival cult groups at Fadeyi-Onipanu area where two persons were killed. Spokesman of the command, DSP Bala Elkana, made this known in a statement on Thursday, and said that two locally-made short guns with 10 live cartridges and […]

Two members of the gang that kidnapped Lagos State Fire Service boss, Rasaki Musibau and six others were arrested on Wednesday. They were arrested in an operation led by the Command’s tactical team led by the Officer –in- Charge of anti- kidnapping unit, SP Bulus R Musa, according to a statement by Lagos State Police […]