Crime

Every section of Nigerian society is complicit in the theft of millions of barrels, the head of state oil company NNPC Ltd said on Tuesday, adding that make-shift pipelines and stolen fuel had even been found in churches and mosques. Large-scale theft from the nation's pipelines has throttled exports, forced some companies to shut in production and crippled the country's finances. NNPC chief Mele Kyari said he was not accusing institutions, including government, but at virtually every level of Nigerian society, individuals were siphoning off a total of around 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) from what is typically Africa's largest…
A judge on Monday rejected a request by the federal government to extradite a suspended police chief to the United States to face charges linked to fraud. Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari has denied involvement in what a U.S. indictment describes as an elaborate scheme to defraud a Qatari businessperson of more than $1 million, masterminded by a Nigerian celebrity fraudster known as "Hushpuppi". Kyari has denied any wrongdoing. He is in prison awaiting trial on separate charges of alleged criminal conspiracy, official corruption and tampering with exhibits after his arrest by the local drug enforcement agency in February.…
Gunmen have abducted four reverend sisters of the Catholic Church along Okigwe- Umulolo Road in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria’s Southeast. The incident happened on Sunday morning. The abducted victims are members of the Sisters of Jesus, the Saviour Generelate, a religious group of the Catholic Church in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Southsouth Nigeria. Secretary-General of the religious group, Zita Ihedoro, disclosed the incident in a statement on Sunday. She gave the names of the victims as Johannes Nwodo, Christabel Echemazu, Liberata Mbamalu and Benita Agu. “Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, it is with great pain…
Islamic militants have stormed a hotel in Somalia’s capital, engaging in an hours-long exchange of fire with the security forces that left at least 20 people dead, according to police and witnesses. In addition, at least 40 people were wounded in the late Friday night attack and security forces rescued many others, including children, from the scene at Mogadishu’s popular Hayat Hotel, they said Saturday. The attack started with explosions outside the hotel before the gunmen entered the building. Somali forces were still trying to end the siege of the hotel almost 24 hours after the attack started. Gunfire could…
Losses arising from cryptocurrency hacks jumped nearly 60% in the first seven months of the year to $1.9 billion, propelled by a surge in funds stolen from decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, according to a blog post from blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis released on Tuesday. In the same period last year, stolen funds from hacking amounted to $1.2 billion. DeFi applications, many of which run on the Ethereum blockchain, are financial platforms that enable crypto-denominated lending outside of traditional banks. Chainalysis noted that the trend is not likely to reverse any time soon, given the $190 million hacking of cross-chain bridge…
Nasarawa State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Yakubu Lawal, has been kidnapped. Lawal was reportedly kidnapped from his residence in Nasarawa Eggon by unknown gunmen late Monday night after sporadic shootings. A family source, who did not want his name mentioned, confirmed the incident, saying that the gunmen who whisked the Commissioner away were heavily armed. Efforts to reach the Nasarawa State Police Command proved abortive at press time. Leadership
Tuesday, 16 August 2022 05:26

Kidnap kingpin, Wadume, jailed 7 years

A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced a kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala, also known as Wadume, and two others, to seven years’ imprisonment. Binta Nyako convicted Wadume of two of the 13-count charges against him and two others. The court also convicted Aliyu Dadje, a police inspector, who was the station officer at the police headquarters at Ibi Local Government Area of Taraba State, to three years’ imprisonment for tampering with the record to conceal a crime. Beside Wadume and Dadje, others charged with them are Auwalu Bala (aka Omo Razor), Uba Bala (aka Uba Delu), Bashir Waziri (aka…
Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck Friday by a man who rushed the stage as he was about to give a lecture in western New York. An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man confront Rushdie on stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing him 10 to 15 times as he was being introduced. The 75-year-old author was pushed or fell to the floor, and the man was arrested. Rushdie was taken by helicopter to a hospital, state police said. His…
Ahmed Idris, suspended accountant-general of the federation, is seeking a plea bargain in a criminal suit preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In criminal proceedings, a plea bargain is an arrangement between defendants and prosecutors in which defendants agree to plead guilty to some or all of the charges against them in exchange for lesser penalties. The parties in the suit work out a mutually satisfactory disposition of the case, subject to court approval. In May, Idris was arrested in Kano after he failed to respond to invitations by the commission to answer questions over…
Nigerian military says it arrested five suspects in an Islamist militant attack in a Catholic church that killed 40 people in early June, Chief of Defence Staff Leo Irabor said on Tuesday. Federal authorities have said they suspected insurgent group Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) carried out the massacre of members of a congregation inside the St Francis Catholic Church in Ondo state on June 5. ISWAP is waging an insurgency in the Northeast but claims that it carried out the attack far away from its enclave have raised concern that the group is expanding its footprint in Nigeria.…
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