Crime

Tuesday, 27 July 2021 05:57

Former Glencore trader pleads guilty in New York for bribing NNPC officials

A former U.K.-based trader for Glencore Plc pleaded guilty on Monday over what U.S. prosecutors called his role in a scheme to bribe officials in Nigeria in exchange for favorable contracts from that country’s state-owned oil company. Anthony Stimler admitted to conspiring to both violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and commit money laundering at a hearing in Manhattan federal court conducted by video, court records show. Glencore is an Anglo-Swiss mining company and one of the world’s largest commodity traders. It confirmed that Stimler had been an employee, and in a statement said it has cooperated with probes by…

Tuesday, 27 July 2021 05:54

One killed in attack on Ibadan Shoprite Mall

Hoodlums reportedly killed one person while many others were wounded when they attacked Shoprite Mall on Ring Road, Ibadan, on Sunday night. A witness, who preferred anonymity, said on Monday in Ibadan that the deceased was shot dead by the hoodlums at the entrance gate of the mall. The witness said that people at the mall started running helter-skelter when the miscreants struck which led to the injury of an unspecified number of persons. The witness said that the attempt by the hoodlums to use the opportunity to break the glass door of the mall to loot was unsuccessful. He…

Tuesday, 27 July 2021 05:52

Boko Haram abducts two soldiers in Borno

Two soldiers, a corporal and a private soldiers, were kidnapped Saturday evening by Boko Haram terrorists. The incident, according to security sources, happened around Jakana, where the insurgents operate on a daily basis. The two soldiers, according to the source, were travelling in a commercial vehicle after obtaining pass to do so. Another security source informed the driver of the vehicle has been arrested by soldiers of 29 Task Force after other passengers suspected foul play from him. “Yes, I can confirm that two of our guys were kidnapped by Boko Haram Saturday evening, one corporal and a private soldiers.…

Tuesday, 27 July 2021 05:51

Bandits kill many in reprisal attack on Zamfara villages

Bandits invaded Jaya settlements in Boko district of Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Monday, killing residents. Jaya is a cluster of villages located few kilometers east of Boko community. Witnesses told our correspondent that the armed men invaded the village on over 100 motorbikes. “They also made away with cows and other animals. I saw three injured persons being ferried to a hospital in Boko community. They were shot on arms, legs and thighs. They were however referred to a bigger medical facility” “Few days ago, the armed men had attempted to attack one community there, but…

Tuesday, 27 July 2021 05:50

Herdsmen kill four in Enugu community

Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Monday attacked Obie-Aku, Opanda village, Nimbo community, in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, killing four people and injuring many others. It was gathered that the attackers invaded the village around 3am when residents of the agrarian community were still asleep. A community leader, Stephen Obiakor, told our correspondent on telephone that 10 people were still missing after the attack. According to him, trouble started on Sunday when some herders came with their cattle to graze in the farm settlement. “But our people asked them to leave because they had already destroyed some crops. “One…

Monday, 26 July 2021 05:41

Kidnappers in Abuja collect ransom through cryptocurrency, bank accounts

Kidnappers operating in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are becoming more daring by the day as they have started collecting ransom from their victims via bank accounts contrary to their usual style of receiving cash, Daily Trust reports. Last week alone, Daily Trust reported two kidnap operations by armed men on Tungan Maje community in the outskirts of the city. The marauders returned to the community, on Wednesday, after they had abducted 6 persons from the area a day earlier. Other FCT suburbs such as Kuje, Bwari and Abaji have experienced spike in incidences in the last few months. While…

Monday, 26 July 2021 05:40

Kaduna bandits release 28 schoolchildren, another 81 still held, says negotiator

Kidnappers who raided a boarding school in northern Nigeria earlier this month released 28 children on Sunday but another 81 remain in captivity, according to a pastor involved in the negotiations for their release. The attack on the Bethel Baptist High School in the state of Kaduna was the 10th mass school kidnapping since December in northwest Nigeria, which authorities have attributed to criminal gangs seeking ransom payments. A first batch of 28 children was released two days after the raid. Parents told Reuters that 180 students typically attend the school, and that pupils were in the process of sitting…

Monday, 26 July 2021 05:38

Bandits detain man who took N30m ransom to them for abducted Niger state pupils

Bandits, who abducted 138 pupils of Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, Tegina, in May in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger state, have seized a man sent to deliver N30 million as another installment of the ransom they demanded from the parents. The parents had earlier sent an initial instalment of N25 million ransom, the head of the abducted students’ school, Abubakar Alhassan, told BBC Hausa Service Sunday morning. The abducted man, Kasimu Barangana, was one of seven persons sent by the community to deliver the N30 million ransom to the bandits in the forest. Instead, the bandits seized Barangana himself…

Sunday, 25 July 2021 05:57

Gunmen snatch NECO question papers in Kaduna

There was commotion on Friday when masked gunmen snatched National Examination Council of Nigeria NECO final year examinations papers ‎at Government Secondary School Unguwar Sarki, Kaduna. It was gathered that the gunmen in unmarked vehicle invaded the school popularly known as “black and white” where candidates were waiting to write their papers and took away the examination papers thinking it was money in the bag. It was gathered that the incident caused pandemonium as the students and teachers scampered to safety in the fear that the gunmen were kidnappers. A former councillor of the area Zubairu Shan’una said the gunmen…

Sunday, 25 July 2021 05:55

Bandits attack Kaduna police armoury, injure three officers

Three officers of the Kaduna police command sustained varying degrees of injuries when bandits attacked the Maraban Jos divisional armoury in Igabi LGA of the state. Mohammad Jalige, spokesperson of Kaduna state police command, confirmed the attack in a statement, on Saturday. Jalige said the bandits arrived at the police division in three Sharon utility vehicles on Friday around 11 pm and opened fire at the police personnel on duty in an attempt to gain access to the division’s armoury. He said the police personnel, using their superior and tactical firepower, forced the bandits to retreat, adding that some of…

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Saturday, 24 July 2021 05:52

Court sentences 10 men to prison for ship hijacking

A court in Lagos sentenced 10 men to 12 years in prison on Friday for kidnapping the crew of a Chinese-flagged merchant vessel last year, the navy said, a verdict that officials hope will help tackle piracy in the waters off Nigeria’s coast. Federal high court’s Ayokunle Faji, who also fined each man 250,000 naira ($608) for each of the three counts for which they were charged, said their actions in kidnapping 18 crew from the FV HAILUFENG II in May 2020, were “an embarrassment to the nation that has impacted the economy negatively”. The defence counsel said the men…

Thursday, 22 July 2021 05:48

Gunmen invade Abuja satellite town, abduct six persons from their homes

Six residents of Tungan-Maje community in Gwagwalada area council of Abuja have been abducted. A resident, identified as Yahaya said the incident happened around 11:46 pm on Monday. The kidnappers, in their large numbers, were said to have invaded some houses at Anguwar Dabiri and Anguwar Sarki, within the metropolis. He said the kidnappers divided themselves into three groups before attacking three houses in the area. Some of the gunmen reportedly shot into the air while marching the victims out of the community. “Some of the kidnappers positioned themselves at strategic positions, while other entered the house and whisked away…

Tuesday, 20 July 2021 06:10

Gunmen break into Kogi hospital, abduct medical doctor

A medical doctor, Solomon Nidiamaka, working with General Hospital Ugwolawo, in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi state has been kidnapped by gunmen. Nidiamaka was forcefully taken away by the kidnappers around 8:30 am from the hospital premises on Monday. A statement issued by Kogi State Chairman, Nigeria Medical Association, (NMA), Omakoji Oyiguh, and the association secretary, Famotele Tolorunju confirmed the incident to newsmen Monday evening. The statement reads; “The State Officers of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Kogi State wish to inform all concerned that our member, Solomon Nidiamaka, who works at General Hospital Ugwolawo, Ofu Local Government Area…

Monday, 19 July 2021 05:46

Bandits ambush policemen, kill 13 in Zamfara

Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the killing of 13 cops, saying that it has intensified efforts to arrest the perpetrators of the attack. In a statement, spokesperson for the command, Mohammed Shehu, said the bandits “ambushed the policemen while responding to a call on an attempt to attack nearby communities, 13 personnel paid the supreme price.” He explained that the attack occurred on Sunday around 12.30pm when the men were deployed in Kurar Mota village in the Bungudu Local Government Areas were responding to a distress call. He stated that the personnel who ran into the ambush exhibited resilience…

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