Yusuf Isah, 32, has been arrested by the police in connection with the attack on Johnson Suleman, the senior pastor and General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide. Gunmen had in October 2022 attacked the convoy of the cleric along the Benin-Auchi Road in Edo State, and killed six persons including three policemen. Addressing journalists while parading the suspect in Abuja, the Force spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi said operatives of the Intelligence Rapid Team arrested Isah following an intensive investigation. He said five AK 47, two K2 assault rifles, and 180…
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NDLEA boss, Marwa orders clampdown on illegal sale of of ‘laughing gas’
The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa has ordered a nationwide clampdown on illegal sale and use of nitrous oxide, otherwise know as ‘laughing gas’. The order is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Tuesday in Abuja. Marwa directed all NDLEA commands and formations to immediately clampdown on ‘laughing gas.’ He explained that the directive was sequel to the abuse of the substance by people who use it for recreational purposes. The News Agency of…
Read MoreTompolo’s security outfit arrests second time offender, vessel MT Tura with 150 tonnes of stolen crude oil
Government Ekpemupolo a.k.a. Tompolo led Tantita Security Services Limited, has arrested a vessel, “MT Tura 11”, laden with 150 metric tonnes of stolen crude oil on Escravos sea in Delta State by operatives of the pipeline surveillance security outfit. The private security operatives apprehended the vessel, with a 500 metric tonnes capacity, in the early hours of Friday while on an illegal operation on the high sea around the Ondo State axis of the Niger Delta creeks. It was gathered that the operatives of the pipeline surveillance firm succeeded in…
Read MoreUduaghan, accomplice arraigned in Asaba over $.26m fraud
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Command has arraigned Joseph Uduaghan and Precious Ojo before Justice F. A. Olubanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State. Ojo and Uduaghan were arraigned on 10 and three count charges respectively for offences bordering on fraudulent impersonation, obtaining by false pretence and money laundering. Ojo, aka obago, allegedly impersonated one Peter Gabriel, an American medical doctor purportedly working in Syria to defraud his unsuspecting victim, Agata Harasimowicz, an American lady, of the aggregate sum $268,0000 (Two Hundred and…
Read MoreNDLEA bursts skuchies factory in Ogun state, arrests worker as producer escapes
Operatives of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, Ogun State have raided and dismantled a Skuchies factory and arrested a suspect, Adekunle Adekola, around Ajaka in the Sagamu local government area of Ogun State. The state commander of the NDLEA, Ibiba Odili, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. The commander said the operatives busted the factory on Thursday and seized some gallons of Skuchies, cannabis Sativa and Codeine among others. Skuchies is a potent and addictive drug, which is a concoction with different types of drugs. The NDLEA commander…
Read MoreHow gunmen kidnapped Ekiti APC chairman
Gunmen have abducted the All Progressives Congress Chairman in Ekiti State, Mr Paul Omotoso. Sources said he was whisked away on Saturday evening while driving along Agbado Ekiti-Imesi Ekiti Road. APC State Publicity Secretary, Segun Dipe, said that the state party chairman was driving in his car along the Agbaso-Imesi Road when the incident happened. Dipe said, “The chairman was driving in a Venza car along the road. He said, “The gunmen shot at one of the tyres of the car. He was taken into a Toyota Hilux van and…
Read MoreHow Amara Kennedy, notorious man spreading ex-lovers’ nude pictures was arrested
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 44-year-old businessman, Amara Kennedy, for circulating nude photos of his former lovers. Kennedy was arrested on Friday in the Oshodi area of the state after one of his victims, Kester, agreed to meet him under the pretext of resolving their disagreement. Our correspondent had reported in a special feature on Sunday that two women, Kester and Temi, met Kennedy separately on different WhatsApp and Facebook chat groups for singles. Kester, who lost her husband about eight years ago in a car crash,…
Read More‘He is an animal, acting under juju’, say family members as siblings disown ex-banker who spread ex-lovers’ nude pictures
Lagos bizman’s family condemns nude posts, sister disowns suspect Ebere, the sibling of a Lagos-based businessman, Amarah Kennedy, who allegedly circulated the nude photos of two single mothers he dated, has condemned his action. The woman, who lives abroad, said Kennedy had disgraced their family and urged law enforcement agencies in the state to track down his location and arrest him. While denying having a hand in the ordeals of the victims, she said she publicly disowned him due to his alleged criminal actions. Our correspondent had been following the…
Read MoreKano anti-graft agency invites ex-Gov. Ganduje over dollar video
Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) has invited former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje for interrogation over the controversial dollar video. Confirming the invitation, yesterday, Chairman of the commission, Muhuyi Rimin-Gado, said Ganduje was issued notice to appear before it within seven days. “We have an arrangement with forensic experts to analyse the video, and we will do everything possible to investigate the matter and any other corruption matter in Kano. “Subsequent to our pledge to follow due process in investigating the allegation, the commission expects the former governor to…
Read MoreCourt grants Abba Kyari conditional bail
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail at N50million to suspended DCP Abba Kyari in a charge in which he and two of his siblings are accused of failing to declare assets to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The NDLEA had filed the 24-count charge, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/408/2022 against Kyari and his two siblings – Mohammed Baba Kyari and Ali Kyari – in respect of which they were arraigned last month. In a ruling on Thursday, Justice James Omotosho granted conditional bail to Abba Kyari at the…
Read MoreEgbetokun disbands Edo Police team for running over civilian with operational car
The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has disbanded the team of seven officers who ran over a civilian, Success Ehimare, with their car in Edo State. An eyewitness early this month captured a disturbing video of police officers running over Ehimare for about 15 seconds. Police spokesman CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement, announced the disciplinary action by the IGP. “In a bold move to address the unprofessional conduct of some Police Officers attached to the Edo State Police Command who were responsible for running over a citizen…
Read MoreINEC files six count charges against suspended Adamawa REC, Hudu Ari,
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has filed a six-count charge against the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa Ari. The charge was filed by INEC at the Adamawa State High Court, Yola. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, who disclosed this in a statement, said the commission reached the decision to prosecute Ari after its weekly meeting held in Abuja on Thursday. Recall that INEC had suspended Ari for the role he played during the collation of the Adamawa state…
Read MoreINEC to prosecute Hudu Ari, Adamawa REC, 215 others for electoral offences
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday accused some Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) who took part in this year’s general election of failing to properly manage the tasks lawfully assigned to them. The commission said following the completion of police investigation on the activities of the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner for Adamawa State, Yunusa Hudu Ari, it would take legal actions against him in the coming days as well as 215 other electoral offenders. Addressing RECs from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood…
Read MoreForensic analyst declare Ganduje’s dollar video real -Anti-corruption boss
A forensic analysis has declared that the content of the 2017 viral video which captured former Governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, allegedly receiving bundles of dollar notes as a bribe from a contractor and stuffing them in his flowing dress was not doctored but real video. Chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, Muhuyi Rimingado made this known on Wednesday, during “A One Day Public Dialogue on Anti-Corruption Crusade in Kano”, stating that the authenticity of the videos had been confirmed. According to Rimingado, since…
Read MoreJAMB: We have discovered the App developer who manipulated Mmesoma’s result
Fabian Benjamin, the spokesperson for the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board said the the examination body had discovered the developer of the app used for the manipulation of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results. Benjamin also noted that the developer, who is a student would lose his admission status in the university he is currently studying at. He said, “Let me tell you something, we have discovered the developer of the app used for fake UTME result upgrade and the person is a student. He will lose his admission…
Read MoreLagos Police invite Amarah Kenedy over lovers nude photos, probe bribe-seeking cop
The Lagos State Police Command has invited a Lagos-based businessman, Amarah Kennedy, for questioning over the circulation of nude photos of his ex-lovers. The PUNCH reports that Kennedy has continued to circulate the nude photos of two single mothers whom he previously had relationships with. PUNCH Metro learnt that he sent the photos to the WhatsApp platform of the church of one of the women identified simply as Kester. He also sent the photos to her late husband’s family members and office. “By the time I am done, suicide will…
Read MoreFake Result: “I got JAMB SMS that I scored 249” -Mmesoma admits
Mmesoma Ejikeme, the Anambra student who was accused of manually inflating her 2023 UTME result by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Wednesday confirmed that she received an automated text message from JAMB indicating that her score was 249. Mmesoma made this known during an interview with Sunrise Daily on Channels Television on Wednesday. JAMB’s spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, had earlier revealed that the candidate sent a series of messages to the board’s automated telecoms system, including the results showing an aggregate of 362. Responding, Mmesoma said the only SMS…
Read MoreJAMB boss, Oloyede threatens to give more details on Mmesoma’s fake result
The Registrar and chief executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Tuesday said that Nigerians will be shocked if the board decides to reveal the details of the “forgery” perpetrated by Mmesoma Ejikeme, the candidate from Anambra State whom the board accused of manually inflating her UTME score. Oloyede noted that the result paraded by Ejikeme was the template for a student who sat UTME two years ago. In an interview with Premium Times, the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin said, “If you scan…
Read MoreFake Result: Mmesoma’s lawyer demands apology from JAMB
A legal practitioner, Johnmary Maduakolam, has threatened to sue the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, and the management of the Board should they fail to tender an apology to Anambra pupil, Mmesoma Ejikeme, who was accused by JAMB of manually inflating her 2023 UTME result. The lawyer in a letter addressed to Oloyede shared on Twitter, said that Mmesoma was incapable of forging her own results. He also accused JAMB of failing to protect the identity of the girl. He said, “I am…
Read MoreFake Results: We stopped using Mmesoma’s slip since 2021 using – JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Tuesday morning said that it stopped using the print-out currently being paraded by Anambra candidate, Mmesoma Ejikeme as her authentic result in 2021. The board also reiterated its position that the UTME result paraded by “Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma is patently fake.” In a statement made available to our correspondent on Tuesday morning by the Board’s spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, JAMB insisted that only Mmesoma paraded the“obsolete” notification slip out of all the candidates that sat the 2023 UTME. “Consequently, the Board would like…
Read MoreJAMB withdraws results, to prosecute candidates over ‘cooked up’ results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has withdrawn the result of one Mmesoma Ejikeme, a candidate of the just-released Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result over alleged manipulation of her scores. Also affected was one “Atung Gerald from Kaduna, who claimed to have scored 380. His ethnic group had taken the issue up, requesting that he be given special recognition, only for the Board to disappoint them with the incontestable fact that Atung never obtained the 2023 UTME application documents, not to talk of sitting the examination. This is…
Read MoreGunmen storm RCCG during vigil, kill pastor, kidnap seven church members
Some gunmen attacked the Redeemed Christian Church of God at Abule-Ori in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State on Saturday, killing the pastor and abducting seven worshippers. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred around 12 am during the vigil. Confirming the incident, the State So-Safe Corps Commander, Soji Ganzallo, said his officers rescued the seven church members and killed one of the kidnappers during the operation. Ganzallo, in a statement issued by the So-Safe Corps Director of Information and Public Relations, Moruf Yusuf, said, “The special operation…
Read MoreEgbetokun takes charge as Police IG, pledges to lead a people responsive force
The Acting Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has said the Force will strive for excellence and accountability to Nigerians. He further assured Nigerians of his readiness to provide adequate security for Nigerians, with the assistance of other security agencies. Egbetokun said this on Wednesday at the ongoing handing/taking over ceremony at Louis Edet House, Abuja. “The Nigeria Police Force will strive for excellence, transparency, and accountability. We will also include a technology-driven approach to leveraging other techniques to ensure effective and efficient of resources,” he said. “We will provide…
Read MoreEgbetokun takes charge as Acting IGP says “I feel like a lion, ready to devour Nigeria’s enemies”
“I feel like a lion in me, ready to devour all the internal enemies of Nigeria. That’s my feeling right now,” Egbetokun told State House Correspondents after a short ceremony at the Vice President’s Conference Room where he formally took charge as Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police. Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Tuesday, decorated Mr Kayode Egbetokun, as the Acting Inspector-General of Police, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The VP performed the decoration alongside the wife of the new Police helmsman, Mrs Elizabeth Egbetokun, barely 24 hours after a major…
Read MoreEx-VeePee, Osinbajo named in N1.3bn rice deal involving Emefiele, Samad Rabiu, Funke Adeosun
An alleged N1.3bn failed rice supply deal involving the chairman of BUA Group, Alhaji Abdul Samad Rabiu, former Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and the suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele has blown open. According to an online newspaper, Secret Reporters, the day was bright in the office of the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja. The then Minister, Kemi Adesoun bereft of what to do, picked her pen and wrote a memo to the now suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor,…
Read MoreEgbetokun, Pres. Tinubu’s ex-CSO is new IG of Police
The President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday night appointed his former Chief Security Officer, DIG Egbetokun Olukayode as the acting Inspector General of Police. Egbetokun, a former Commissioner of Police in Lagos and later Kwara commands, he was later promoted an Assistant Inspector General of Police an served in various zones of the force until barely three months after the Police Service Commission approved his promotion as a Deputy-Inspector General of Police who will be representing the South-West geopolitical zone of the country. DIG Egbetokun replaced DIG Johnson Babatunde…
Read MoreHackers hit Globus Bank, steal N1.7bn
Global Bank Limited, one of the new entrants into the Nigerian banking sector, led by Peter Amangbo as chairman and Elias Igbinakenzua as its chief executive officer, is in the news for the wrong reason, THE WITNESS reports. The bank has filed an application before a Lagos high court seeking an order for recovery of a total sum of N962,019,843.35 fraudulently transferred electronically from its vault into accounts domiciled in eight commercial banks. The N962m is part of the total N1,755,376,156.34 transferred from the bank between Monday 6th and Saturday…
Read MoreMassive fraud, award of contracts to own companies: The EFCC casefile against ex-Gov. Matawalle
Former Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, awarded a contract to purchase vehicles to be distributed to the state ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) at the cost of N1,149,800,000 but left none in office for his successor, Dauda Lawal-Dare, SaharaReporters is reporting. This was also as the governor awarded over N2billion contract to his own company, BESBELMON, which handled at least three projects, according to a document sighted by SaharaReporters. The contract by Matawalle for the purchase of the vehicles was awarded to Hafkhad Properties and Facilities Management Nig. LTD. The…
Read MoreHanging on a cliff! Heritage Bank enmeshed in boardroom crisis, depositor’s money threatened as IT staff steals N49bn
Heritage Bank is troubled and with the magnitude of negative stories coming from the embattled, bank its just a matter of time before its doors are closed to the banking public. National Infinity reports that the face-off that snowballed into the current boardroom crisis involves the current managing director and chief executive of the bank, Mr. Akinola George-Taylor and some board members considered loyalists of the immediate past Managing Director, Iffie Sekibo. Sources divulged to National Infinity thatlLess than one year after assuming office as the bank’s CEO, George-Taylor may…
Read MoreHoodlums invade communities in Mowe, kill four
•Police arrest suspects, assure of fishing out perpetrators The killing of about four people, including a commercial motorcyclist and a plumber by hoodlums in Orile Egun, Kara Nla and Kara Kekere communities through Pakuro, Mowe, in Obafemi Owode Local Council of Ogun State, has sent shivers down the spine of residents in the area. The hoodlums, numbering about 40 and allegedly commissioned by a known land grabber, invaded the community on Friday and unleashed mayhem on the residents, leaving four people dead and others seriously injured. A community leader told…
Read MorePres. Tinubu suspends EFCC boss, Bawa, now in DSS custody
The President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has indefinitely suspended the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, AbdulRasheed Bawa, from office. He said this is to allow for a thorough investigation into his conduct while in office following “weighty allegations ” of abuse of office against him. This was contained in a statement by the Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey, on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Abdulrasheed Bawa, the suspended chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is currently in custody of…
Read MoreCBN issues new guidelines on Forex
The Central Bank of Nigeria has released new operational changes to the foreign exchange market in the country. The Apex bank in the new operational changes abolished all segments of the foreign market and collapsed them into the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window. It said in the guideline signed by Angela Sere-Ejembi, Director, Financial Markets that applications for medicals, school fees, BA/PTA, and SMEs would continue to be processed through deposit money banks. In the new changes, the CBN reintroduced the “Willing Buyer, Willing Seller” model at the I&E Window.…
Read MoreOyo Police declare Auxiliary wanted for robbery, kidnapping
The Oyo State Police Command, on Friday, declared the leader of the disbanded Parks Management System, Mukaila Lamidi popularly aka Auxillary, wanted. according to police reports published by National Infinity, one of Auxillary’s houses in Ibadan was raided on Tuesday. Guns and ammunition allegedly belonging to him and 78 suspected hoodlums were arrested during the raid. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, who addressed newsmen at the command’s headquarters, Eleyele in Ibadan, said, “The general public particularly good citizens of the state are hereby notified that LAMIDI MUKAILA…
Read MoreOdutola takes over as Ogun PPRO as Oyeyemi moves to Oyo
A Superintendent of Police, Omolola Odutola, has assumed duty as the new Police Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Police Command. This followed the redeployment of the immediate past spokesman of the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, to Oyo State. Oyeyemi, who announced the development on Thursday, expressed gratitude to newsmen for their support throughout his stay in office. He said, “You people made my job easier as I enjoyed the best of reportage from your various platforms. You people made me to be very popular beyond my own expectations. “There…
Read MoreNDLEA seize 222.42kg of cannabis in Ogun
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Ogun State Command have seized 222.42 Kilograms of cannabis, popularly known as marijuana at various drug joints in Ogun State. The operatives also seized 40 bottles of codeine weighing a total of 0.4 litres after invading the drug joints in Abeokuta, the state capital. The Commander of Narcotics, the State Command of the NDLEA, Ibiba Odili disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Odili said the operatives stormed various drug joints such as Mayas in Lafenwa, Odo-Eran in Obantoko, and Randa, all…
Read MorePres. Tinubu orders DSS to vacate Ikoyi EFCC office, says issues will be resolved amicably
The President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has directed the Department of State Security Service to immediately vacate the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Ikoyi, Lagos. The order is coming hours after DSS officials stormed the EFCC office located on Awolowo Road in the early hours of Tuesday, preventing officials of the anti-graft agency from accessing their workplace. Although the service had earlier debunked the report as “not true,” spokesperson for the Service, Peter Afunanya confirmed to The PUNCH via a WhatsApp message that the DSS denied…
Read MoreUpdate: Oduduwa University founder, Adedoyin, two others to die for Hilton Hotel murder
Rahmon Adedoyin, the owner of Hilton Hotel in Ile Ife and two staff have been sentenced to death by hanging over the murder of a Master’s student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke. The court presided over by Chief judge of Osun State, Justice Oyebola Ojo, found Adedoyin and three of his staff guilty of murder and conspiracy. The late Adegoke was killed in Adedoyin’s hotel in 2021. According to her, Adedoyin’s decision not to enter the witness box did not help him, as the circumstantial evidence had…
Read MoreWhy DSS operatives blocked EFCC’s Lagos office
Operatives of the Department of State Security have stormed the Lagos office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, preventing officials of the anti-graft agency from gaining access to their office in Ikoyi, Lagos. The collision between the two agencies, according to sources, was over who the Ikpyi office space occupied by the anti-graft agency. Impeccable sources in both agencies revealed that there has been an ongoing rivalry between the DSS and the EFCC over the ownership of the building. National Infinity gathered that the DSS operatives stormed the office…
Read MoreWhy Oyo Police raided Auxiliary’s house, arms and ammunition recovered
The Oyo State Police Command has raided the apartment of the sacked chairman of Park Management System, Mukaila Lamidi, popularly known as Auxiliary. It was reported on Tuesday morning that the police stormed Auxiliary’s Ibadan residence recovering weapons and ammunition. It was reported that though Auxiliary escaped, some of his loyalists were however arrested by the police. The raid on the home of the sacked Chairman of the Oyo State Park Management System, has been linked to an alleged attempt by his loyalists to cause trouble in the state following…
Read MoreAGF, Malami appears before Reps, debunks $2.4bn stolen crude
The House of Representatives is currently grilling the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), over the alleged illegal sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil in China valued at over $2.4bn. Malami, in company with the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice/Solicitor-General of the Federation, Beatrice Jedy-Agba, is appearing before the House’ Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate Alleged Loss of Over $2.4 Billion in Revenue from Illegal Sale of 48 Million Barrels of Crude Oil Export in 2015 Including All Crude Oil Exports and Sales…
Read MoreDSS alleges plans to disrupt inauguration, warn trouble makers
The Department of State Services has disclosed that some elements are planning to disrupt the handover ceremonies in some parts of the country. According to the service, these elements plan to undermine the efforts of the security agencies as well as cause panic among the citizens. In a statement released on Thursday by the spokesperson for the service, Peter Afunanya, the DSS urged citizens to adhere to the laid down protocols for the events across the country. The statement partly read, “It would be recalled that the Secretary to the…
Read MoreThey detained me with my menses on, laments lady cop who attempted resigning from Police
A police officer, Corporal Fauzziyah Isiak, has lamented how the Nigeria Police Force detained her after she put in her resignation. Isiak, who narrated her ordeal on Twitter, said after she submitted her resignation letter she was called into the office and was detained even as she disclosed that she was on her menses. The officer, who is also an entrepreneur, decried the treatment she received for wanting to resign, saying, “I never saw this coming. I have never thought I’ll be put in detention without interrogation. All I did…
Read MoreMan, 28 defiles 5-yr old daughter, now in Police net
A 28-year-old man, Adeyemi Babatunde, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly defiling his five-year-old daughter. The suspect was arrested after the mother of the victim lodged the complaint at Ijebu-Mushin’s divisional headquarters. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP, Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Oyeyemi said that the victim’s mother noticed her daughter has been complaining of pain whenever she wanted to urinate. The PPRO added that the mother further lamented that her daughter groans whenever she…
Read MoreOgun PDP governorship candidate Adebutu in trouble over alleged N2bn vote buying scandal
The Nigeria Police Force has submitted a report to the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), indicting a top politician, Ladi Adebutu, for money laundering and vote-buying, PREMIUM TIMES can report. Mr Adebutu, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, is indicted for deploying two billion naira to induce voters across the state to vote for him and his party during the 18 March election, the police said. “We have written our report and submitted it,” said Oladimeji Yomi, Ogun…
Read MoreKogi CP, Yusuf under fire over ‘body in lagoon’ comment on Seun Kuti
Some Nigerians have been criticising an alleged remark made by the Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Akeem Yusuf, who hinted that the body of Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, could have been dumped in the lagoon around Third Mainland Bridge for slapping a policeman in Lagos State. Yusuf, who goes by the Facebook name, Kimo Akeem, reportedly made the statement in response to a comment on the social media platform about Kuti’s assault on the policeman. A screenshot of Yusuf’s alleged remark was posted by one Abimbola Adebayo on the platform.…
Read MoreNDLEA arrests notorious drug baron connected with N567m London bound seized drug
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Thursday arrested a drug baron, Charles Ezeh, following the recovery of a consignment of methamphetamine weighing 30.10kg with a street value of N567m. The illicit drug consignment concealed in powdered custard containers as part of a consolidated cargo going to London, United Kingdom, was intercepted at the Skyway Aviation Handling Company Plc export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos, on Tuesday The spokesperson for the agency, Femi Babafemi, revealed this in a statement made available to journalists. Babafemi…
Read MoreLagos Building Investment CEO, Tobi Lawal, accused of dropping Gov, Sanwo-olu’s name in alleged N300m bribery scandal
Tobi Lawal, the Chief Executive Officer of Lagos Building Investment Company has been accused of forcefully demanding two extra appartments worth N300m claiming its for Lagos State Gov., Babajide Sanwo-olu by Bricktop Development & Advisory. The estate development firm accused Lagos Building Investment Company (LBIC) officials of destroying some facilities of a 16-apartment complex called Abike Court due to their refusal to accept the LBIC Managing Director’s demand for two apartments worth N300 million as a bribe. Bricktop Development & Advisory Director, Olumide Olufade, told journalists on Friday that LBIC…
Read MoreHow Police obtained fresh order to detain Seun Kuti for four days without notice -lawyer
Seun Kuti’s lawyer in the his ongoing trial for assault on a policeman, Olumide Fusika SAN has said the Lagos State Police command has secured a new court order to detain the embattled Afrobeat singer till Monday without a notice to the defendant’s lawyer. In an interview with Channels Television on Thursday, the lawyer said that the police approached the Magistrate’s Court in Yaba for variation of the bail earlier granted to the singer. The lawyer said the singer was not represented in court on Thursday as the police did…
Read MorePolice arrest two suspects over attack on US consular staff in Anambra
The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two suspects linked to the attack on officials of the Consulate of the United States of America and their police escorts in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng, confirmed the development during a press conference on Thursday. He explained that the suspects were arrested after joint security forces comprising police tactical teams from the command and troops of the Nigerian Army as well as the Nigerian Navy raided a camp around the Ugwuaneocha community, in the Ogbaru…
Read MorePeter Mbah: Labour Party asks IGP to hasten investigations into alleged NYSC certificate forgery
The Labour Party (LP) has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba to immediately conclude the investigation into the alleged National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate forgery by the Enugu State Governor-elect, Peter Mbah. The Labour Party asked the Police boss to immediately conclude the investigation and write back to the Court which ordered the investigation. Speaking during a press conference yesterday, the Labour Party through their acting national publicity secretary Obiorah Ifoh, said Mbah should stop applying delay tactics in the case filed by the…
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