Governor Ben Ayade of Cross Rivers state has demolished a sprawling estate along Edim Ita Street by the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) in Calabar South local government area of the state. The property reportedly belong to a suspected kidnap kingpin whose name was given as Kufre Eyo. Eyo is among the 35 suspected kidnappers and cultists declared Read More
Covid-19 lockdown has united residents and various communities of Lagos state towards waging war against criminal activities in their respective domains. EDET UDOH writes. In Lagos, it is no longer easy for criminals as residents have teamed up against their menace. Investigations by Blueprint in different parts of Lagos state including Alimosho, Surulere, Iba, Eti-Osa, Amuwo Odofin, Apapa, Mushin, Oshodi Read More
Suspected herdsmen, Monday attacked and killed one person in his farm at Mbagwa community in Mbawa council ward of Guma local government area of Benue state. The Monday attack is coming barely three days after the zonal coordinator of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN), Danladi Ciroma, pledged to cooperate with the Benue state government and security agencies to fight against Read More
The Nigeria Police Special Tactical Squad (STS) has smashed a two-man car stealing gang led by one Bashir Isiaku, 34, allegedly specialised in stealing cars from the car park of the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH).Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba, in a press statement, Tuesday in Abuja, said: “The arrest of Bashir, a graduate of one of Read More
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in a swift response to PDP statement accused the main opposition party of intimidating the Supreme Court and undermining the judiciary. The APC said the PDP statement was criminal and irresponsible of a party that had once run the country for an uninterrupted period of 16 years. Further, the ruling party said for the Read More
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has cried out over continuous increase in the online advertisement claiming to specialise in deployment and redeployment of corps members to the state of their choice. In a statement signed by its coordinator, South-west area office, Mr Emmanuel Attah, the NYSC stated that such activities being currently circulated online in a soft copy Read More
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed allegation by Governor Seriake Dickson claiming it plans to form “a government of criminals and cultists” in the state. Dickson had made the claim on Monday in Yenagoa at the inauguration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship election campaign team. However, in a statement Wednesday, the state chapter of APC dismissed the Read More
The Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan has sentenced three persons to prison terms for impersonation. The trio, who were found guilty of criminal impersonation, were Augustine Ekeson, Obinna Ureahi Ifeanyi and Osho Olalekan Micheal. They were convicted in cases filed against them by the Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. After considering the facts of Read More
Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has called on the police to intensify efforts to free the six Kwarans who were abducted at the weekend along Abuja-Kaduna expressway way on their way to Kaduna. This was contained in a statement by his media spokesman, Rafiu Ajakaye. “We urge the police and other security agencies to do everything possible to free these Read More
The Kaduna state Security Council has outlawed checkpoints on Kaduna-Abuja, Kaduna-Zaria and Kaduna-Birnin Gwari highways, while urging motorists who come across such checkpoints to see and treat it as illegal. Speaking against the backdrop of incessant kidnapping and banditry along the Kaduna – Birnin Gwari and Kaduna – Abuja highways, which is making in-road into Kaduna – Zaria highway following the Read More
Anambra state government has disbanded all tricycle operators union in the state, and inaugurated a new body called Unified Tricycle Owners and Riders (UTORASS).The UTORASS chairman, Comrade Sylvester Obiora, who disclosed this in an interview, said the unions were banned due to infighting, cultism, illegal and multiple collections of revenues and tolls.Obiora called on keke operators to abide by the Read More
Recently, there have been increasing cases of insecurity in Ogoniland which Hydrocarbon Pollution and Remediation Project (HYPREP) says will not deter the federal government from going ahead with its remediation plan for communities which has been devastated for decades by oil spills, HELEN OJI reports.Background Hydrocarbon pollution and remediation Project (HYPREP) was set up by the federal government to determine the Read More
In countries where every citizen is equal before the law, those who take bank loans and refuse to pay back are regarded as criminals and treated as such. They are either in jail or are hiding under bridges. The reverse is the case in Nigeria. Those who collected bank loans and refuse to pay live in luxury apartments and Read More
Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara has said the government would not apologise over the alleged killing of villagers in the state during bombardment of suspected bandits’ camps in Dumburum village in Zurmi local government area of the state. The governor made the statement when a 7-man investigation team on the matter visited him at his Talata-Mafara private residence. He said Read More
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has called for the cooperation of border communities in the fight against smuggling. The Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd), made the call at a news conference to mark International Customs Day (ICD) in Abuja. The World Customs Organisation (WCO) dedicates every January 26 for the celebration and improvement of efficiency in the Read More
T.Y Danjuma is right It’s high time we started telling ourselves the truth in this country. The statement from T.Y Danjuma is a good one because somebody needs to tell the government the truth. Since the government of Buhari came into power, there has been a lot of bad things happening in this country, especially in the north, and Read More
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned the public to shun consumption of fruits ripened with calcium carbide. The agency gave the warning yesterday in Abuja in a statement issued by its management, saying that dangerous effects of carbide-ripened fruits include cancer and other illnesses. According to the management, consuming such fruits can also cause Read More
As part of efforts aimed at checkmating the incessant cases of kidnapping and armed robbery, Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has approved a marine Police base in Edo state. Besides the Marine Police base which would be located in Gelegele, other outposts will be created along waterways and creeks in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Babatunde Kokumo, Read More
Britain will build a new wing in a Nigerian prison so that it can transfer Nigerian prisoners there, the government in London has announced. Reuters reports that the new wing will be built at Kirikiri Prison in Lagos. The new 112-bed wing, which will cost 700,000 pounds ($973,000) and be compliant with United Nations standards, will make it easier for Read More
There is seldom anybody who will claim that mass death still evokes shudder in Nigerians. Not since the emergence of the vicious Boko Haram suicides, and more recently the bumbling, but ruthless, herdsmen. Both have exposed Nigerians to unqualified goriness that has robbed them of the shock of carnage. Before this time, mass death was not a common occurrence Read More
By Bayo Alabira Dutse Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa state chapter, Muhammad Abdu Durumin Iya has said the crime rate in 2017 was too high compared to that of 2016. He stated that the command recorded 1,204 cases of both civil and criminal offences in 2017, compared to 777 in 2016, stressing that every market day Read More
Former chairman of the Nigeria Football League Limited, Chief Oyuki Obaseki has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to unravel the mystery behind the Club Owners fraudulent squandering of N244 million broadcast right funds paid to the Nigeria Football League Limited by Tota lPromotions recently. The club owners conspired among themselves and shared the money even at Read More
By Musa Umar Bologi Abuja Troops of 6 Division Nigerian Army on Monday raided hideout of the Igwedibia Johnson, aka Don Waney, criminal gang in Rivers state and arrested seven of its members, including two women. The gang is known for its militancy, cultism activities, kidnapping and illegal bunkering in Rivers state, according to spokesperson of 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Read More
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