Crime

Thursday, 24 October 2019 05:36

Driver arrested after 39 found dead in truck near London

British police found the bodies of 39 people inside a truck at an industrial estate near London on Wednesday and said they had arrested the driver on suspicion of murder. The discovery of the bodies - 38 adults and one teenager - was made in the early hours after emergency services were alerted to people in a truck container on an industrial site in Grays, about 20 miles (32 km) east of central London. Police said the trailer had arrived at nearby docks having travelled from Zeebrugge in Belgium and the bodies were found just over an hour later. The…

Tuesday, 22 October 2019 06:06

EFCC charges two Britons in connection with failed P&ID gas deal

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday charged two Britons in Abuja for alleged money laundering in connection with an ill-fated gas deal that has left the government facing a disputed bill of more than $9 billion. James Richard Nolan and Adam Quinn pleaded not guilty in an Abuja court to 16 counts of money laundering put forward by EFCC. The judge remanded Nolan in prison until his application for bail is considered. Quinn is at large and Nolan’s defence lawyer entered a plea on his behalf. EFCC said in a statement that the two men were directors of…

Tuesday, 22 October 2019 06:02

Court relaxes Sowore’s bail conditions

Ms Ijeoma Ojukwu of Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday reviewed the bail conditions earlier granted to publisher of Sahara Reporters, Mr Omoyele Sowore. The court on October 4 granted bail of N100 million to Sowore and and his co-accused, Mr Olawale Bakare, N50 million. Ojukwu said Sowore should produce two sureties in like sum. Of that amount, N50 million was to be deposited with the court while the balance was to be put in place should Sowore jump bail. The court said Sowore’s sureties must deposit tax clearance certificates for three years, 2016 to 2018, and documents of…

Tuesday, 22 October 2019 06:00

Bandits sack 17 villages in Kaduna

Bandits have sacked 17 villages in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident happened on Sunday. Displaced persons, numbering about 2,000, have taken refuge at LEA Birnin Yero Primary School. One of the victims and village head of Unguwan Gibe, Mr Jibrin Abdullahi, said “bandits came to our village to attack us at about 1.p.m. on Sunday. “The problems started when vigilante decided to help the community to deal with the bandits in their hideout. “The bandits don’t allow us to go to farm, the vigilantes wanted to bring an end to this, but when they reached the…

Tuesday, 22 October 2019 05:59

Court orders interim forfeiture of Saraki’s property

Lagos Division of Federal High Court on Monday has ordered the temporary forfeiture of two properties located in Ikoyi area of Lagos State and belonging to the immediate past senate president, Mr Bukola Saraki, to Federal Government. Mr Mohammed Liman, the judge, who ordered the temporary forfeiture on Monday, also gave 14 days for anyone with an interest in the properties to show cause. According to a statement by the anti-corruption agency, EFCC, the properties are located at No. 17A McDonald Road, Ikoyi, Eti Osa Local Government Area of Lagos. EFCC said the forfeiture followed an ex parte application filed…

Tuesday, 22 October 2019 05:58

Assets seizure: Court misled into granting forfeiture order - Saraki

PRESS RELEASE Former Senate President, Mr Bukola Saraki has stated that his attention has been drawn to an order said to have been granted by a Federal High Court in Lagos for a temporary forfeiture of his property on 17A McDonald Road, Ikoyi, following an ex-parte application by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a statement by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Mr Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki stated that Federal High Court in Lagos must have been misled into granting that order as neither him nor his lawyers were aware of any application by EFCC for any forfeiture order.…

Monday, 21 October 2019 04:45

Police rescue senior officer colleague kidnapped along Jos road

Police have rescued Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr Musa Rabo, who was abducted along Barde-Jos road by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Saturday. Rabo was rescued unhurt on Sunday by a combined team of police operatives from Kaduna, Niger and Zone 7 Headquarters, Abuja, backed by members of the elite police special forces. Force spokesman, Mr Frank Mba, said two male suspects were arrested in connection with the incident, adding that investigation was ongoing. Rabo, who is Suleja Area Commander in Niger State, was kidnapped while traveling alone in his car in mufti. His abductors were said to have…

Sunday, 20 October 2019 06:21

Gunmen abduct senior police officer, demand N50m ransom

Area Commander, Suleja Area Command of Nigeria Police Force, Mr Isa Rambo, has been kidnapped by gunmen around Kaduna. A senior police officer told our correspondent that Rambo, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, was kidnapped on his way to Jos Saturday evening. The senior officer said, “He was kidnapped around Kaduna and was on his way to Jos along with his driver when they were attacked and whisked away. The kidnappers have made contact with us and are demanding a ransom of N50m.” The victim is the second senior police officer to be abducted in the last three months. In…

Sunday, 20 October 2019 06:19

Miyetti Allah constitutes committee to fish out criminals among members

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) Nasarawa chapter has constituted a 15-man committee to fish out criminal elements among its members. Its chairman, Mr Mohammed Hussaini, disclosed this during a meeting with Fulanis on Saturday in Keana Local Government Area of the state. According to him, the decision to constitute the committee was necessitated by activities of some bad elements among members of the association. He said that the association would no longer fold its arms and allow some bad and unpatriotic elements to drag the name of the entire Fulani race to the mud. “All hands must…

Thursday, 17 October 2019 06:33

N1000 and N500 Naira notes most commonly counterfeited - CBN

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday said that a total of 119,663 pieces of counterfeit notes with a nominal value of N98.82 million was recorded in 2018. The bank said this in the Currency Operations 2018 Annual Report, posted on its website. CBN said the figure indicated a decline of 1.30 per cent in volume terms and an increase of 5.77 per cent in value terms, when compared with 118,126 pieces with a nominal value of N93.43 million recorded in the corresponding period of 2017. The regulator said the ratio of counterfeit notes to volume of banknotes in circulation…

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Tuesday, 15 October 2019 05:37

Police in Buhari’s hometown raid another ‘Islamic school’ where inmates are chained

Police in northern Nigeria rescued nearly 70 men and boys from a second purported Islamic school where they were shackled and subjected to “inhuman and degrading treatments.” The raid in Daura, Katsina state, northwestern home state of President Muhammadu Buhari, came less than a month after about 300 men and boys were freed from another supposed Islamic school in neighbouring Kaduna state where they were allegedly tortured and sexually abused. “In the course of investigation, sixty-seven persons from the ages of 7 to 40 years were found shackled with chains,” Katsina police spokesman Sanusi Buba said in a statement. “Victims…

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