Crime

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says it has discovered 295 illegal connections to its pipeline. NNPC Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, who made this disclosure at a Legislative Transparency & Accountability Summit in Abuja, noted that the company has taken down thousands of illegal refineries While stressing that production came down to about 1.1 million barrels from 1.8 million in January of last year as a result […]

An FCT High Court has convicted the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, for contempt of court. The conviction came following the failure of the EFCC to comply with a court order asking it to return a Range Rover and the sum of N40 million to the applicant in a suit. In her ruling, Justice Chizoba Oji held that the anti-crime Commission boss has committed […]

A former Secretary to the Enugu State Government, Dan Shere has been abducted. It was disclosed that the medical doctor who served under the administration of former Governor, Chimaroke Nnamani is among several other commuters kidnapped along the Enugu-Ugwuogo Nike-Nsukka Road on Thursday. The politician was traveling to Nsukka for a meeting when the gunmen attacked him alongside other travelers. One of the survivors, who shared a video of the […]

The Governor of Enugu State Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi yesterday led the General Officer Commanding GOC 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Umar Musa, the State Commissioner of Police Ahmed Ammani, among others to Ugwogo-Opi road on a strategic assessment of the area with a view to decisively ending the recent kidnapping incidents along the road. Addressing newsmen during the on-the-spot assessment visit, Major General Musa who spoke on behalf […]

The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested 12 bankers in Enugu over alleged fraud. The anti-graft agency in a statement explained that their investigations revealed that the bankers allegedly stole different amounts of money from some dormant accounts in a branch of an old-generation bank in Enugu and transferred the funds from various beneficiaries, with the principal beneficiary already identified. The agency identified the […]

Troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested two suspected kidnappers in Akwa Ibom State. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Brigade Nigerian Army, Samuel Akari made this known to journalists in UYO, the state capital, stating that based on credible information on the hideout of the kidnapping syndicate at Abia Palm, in Epe community, Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of the state, the Nigerian Army in conjunction with police personnel […]

A middle-aged man identified as Austine has allegedly committed suicide at Umunwalo off CGG road Irete, Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. The deceased and father of one who hails from Awo- Idimili, Orsu local Government Area, reportedly hanged himself in the early hours of yesterday. The gory scene has since thrown the entire neighborhood, especially the residents around the first bus stop, Umuoyo village into shock and […]

Police Public relation officer in Anambra State DSP Toochukwu Ikenga has confirmed the arrest of a man named Chisom Nweke who allegedly uses charms to defraud Point of Service POS operators in Awka. The man armed with charms cuts plain white papers to the size of naira notes and gives them to POS operators to deposit in an account, while the operators only realize that the supposed monies were mere […]