Crime

Thursday, 30 November 2023 04:30

Robbers kill Ogun director of finance on Abeokuta overheard bridge, cart away N112m cash meant for gov’s office

Suspected armed robbers on Wednesday reportedly killed one Taiwo Oyekanmi, said to be a director of finance, at the governor’s office in Ogun state. A witness said the robbers waylaid the homemade bullion van conveying Oyekanmi after he left a branch of Fidelity Bank in Abeokuta, the state capital. According to the witness, the victim was ascending the overhead bridge in the Kuto area before the gunmen shot at him and other occupants of the van. The witness further said the hoodlums used a sledgehammer to break the bullion van’s door and went away with the government’s money. Reacting to…

Wednesday, 29 November 2023 04:48

Emefiele retained in prison custody for failure to meet bail conditions

Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), will remain in Kuje correctional facility, Abuja after he failed to meet his bail conditions. The former CBN boss was brought into court by operatives of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) where he is being remanded. On November 18, Emefiele was arraigned on a six-count charge bordering on procurement fraud. Emefiele was accused of using his position to confer a corrupt advantage on Sa’adatu Yaro, a staff of CBN, by awarding a contract for the procurement of 43 vehicles worth N1.2 billion between 2018 and 2020. The vehicles included…

Wednesday, 29 November 2023 04:47

British-Nigerian man extradited to US pleads guilty in New York to bank hacking crimes

A British-Nigerian national has pleaded guilty in New York to involvement in a more than seven-year scheme to hack into banks' and brokerages' computer servers, causing more than $6 million of losses for customers. Idris Dayo Mustapha, 33, pleaded guilty to access device fraud, conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and securities fraud, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Pamela Chen in Brooklyn. Mustapha, a native of Lagos, Nigeria, had been arrested in the United Kingdom in August 2021, and was extradited to the United States in August. He faces up to 20 years…

Sunday, 26 November 2023 04:54

Gunmen kill one, kidnap at least 150 in Zamfara, residents say

At least 150 people, including women and children, were abducted with one person killed in a coordinated attack by gunmen on four villages in Nigeria's northwest Zamfara state, residents said on Saturday. Kidnapping for ransom has become rife in northwestern Nigeria in recent years where armed gangs, often referred to locally as bandits, have targeted villages, schools, and travellers, demanding millions of naira in ransom and making it unsafe to travel by road or to farm in some areas. The Zamfara police spokesperson did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment on the attack, which took place late on…

Sunday, 26 November 2023 04:52

Terrorists kill 11, displace many residents across communities in Taraba

At least 11 people were killed and several others displaced when terrorists, locally referred to as bandits, on Friday evening attacked communities in Yantu and Ussa in Ussa Local Government, Taraba State. Communities in Southern Taraba, where these two towns are located, have a history of attack by non-state actors. A resident of Yantu, Yakubu Tinya, who narrowly escaped the mayhem, reported that several villages in Ussa town, including Ribasi, Nyichu and Ruyah, were attacked on Friday. He said nine people were killed. He said another person was also killed in the Tukwog community along Takum- Manya road. “They came…

Saturday, 25 November 2023 04:46

Mother stages 2-year-old son’s kidnapping to get ransom from his dad

A Colombian mother is being accused of staging her own toddler son’s kidnapping along with several accomplices in order to get ransom money from the boy’s father. On Sunday evening, November 12th, the news of a young boy kidnapped in Caribe Verde, south of Barranquilla, Colombia, started spreading like wildfire. The 2-year-old had apparently been snatched right out of the arms of his helpless mother as she was walking on the street. Two helmet-wearing assailants approached the woman on motorcycles, intimidated her, and then rode away with her child. When police arrived on the scene, they started questioning the woman…

Monday, 20 November 2023 04:34

Man shot in head after preaching on street and urging people to attend church

A man is in critical condition after being shot in the head while preaching Wednesday on a street corner in a Phoenix suburb, United States. Hans Schmidt, 26, was shot near Victory Chapel — the church where he serves as outreach director — at around 6:15 p.m. Wednesday before a service began, the church said. No arrests have been made, according to the Glendale, Arizona, police department. “Family’s is just devastated. We all are fine,” said Victory Chapel Pastor Gary Marsh. Victory Chapel is a Pentecostal church and its services draw about a hundred attendees, according to Marsh. At the…

Sunday, 19 November 2023 05:02

Boko Haram terrorists ambush Yobe gov’s convoy, injure six security escorts

At least six security personnel attached to Mai Mala Buni, governor of Yobe, were injured in an ambush by suspected Boko Haram fighters while returning to the state from Borno. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, the terrorists fired at the security operatives on the convoy of the governor on Saturday along the Jakana-Mainok expressway. Earlier on Saturday, Buni was in Maiduguri, capital of Borno, where he joined other dignitaries to attend the 24th combined convocation ceremony of the University of Maiduguri. Zagazola Makama said the governor left for Abuja after the…

Saturday, 18 November 2023 05:04

Court remands Emefiele in Kuje prison

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has remanded the former Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele, in Kuje prison. Emefiele is standing trial on an alleged procurement fraud. The trial which had been stalled on three occasions finally held on Friday. The Federal Government had initially preferred 20 charges on procurement fraud to the tune of N6.5bn against the former CBN governor. But the FG reduced the charges to six to the tune of over N1bn before he was arraigned. At Friday proceedings, Emefiele’s counsel, Mathew Burkaa, moved the application for bail but the counsel for the Federal Government,…

Thursday, 09 November 2023 04:55

Court orders release of ex-CBN chief, Emefiele on bail

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has granted bail to former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. The court granted him bail after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) complied with the order made on November 2. In a ruling, Olukayode Adeniyi had directed the anti-graft agency to either release Emefiele, who had been in custody since June 9, or produce him in court for a bail decision. However, at the resumed proceeding in the matter on Monday, the anti-graft agency failed to present the embattled former CBN governor. But Adeniyi restated…

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Tuesday, 07 November 2023 04:55

Boko Haram kills 15 farmers near Maiduguri

At least 15 rice farmers were killed and several others feared abducted in Borno state after suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked three villages, a local farmers' leader said on Monday. The attack occurred in the villages of Koshebe, Karkut, and Bulabulin in the Mafa local government area in the state, about 15 kilometres from the capital Maiduguri, Mohammed Haruna, secretary of the Zabarmari Rice Farmers Association, told Reuters. Borno state police spokesperson did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment on the attack, which happened on Sunday. Haruna said the Islamists stormed the villages on motorcycles and attacked the…

Monday, 06 November 2023 04:50

22 killed in rival gang gunfights in Benue

No fewer than 22 persons have been killed in Chito and Tyo Akosu communities of Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State, following a rival gang fight and attack on a drinking spot. It was gathered from sources in the area that the gang supremacy fight, which erupted, weekend, in Chito Community between the notorious criminal armed groups, known as ‘Chain Gang’ and ‘Full Fire’, left about 15 persons dead, while several others sustained gunshot wounds. One of the sources said that the killings at Tyo Akosu settlement was perpetrated by armed men, who stormed a drinking spot in the…

Friday, 03 November 2023 04:50

Navy discovers connection points used to siphon ‘huge quantities of petrol’ from NNPCL’s Lagos pipeline

A Nigerian Navy patrol in collaboration with the Maritime Component of Operation AWATSE has discovered two punctured points along the NNPCL pipeline in Lagos. Base Information Officer of the NNS Beecroft, H. A. Collins, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Ms Collins, sub-lieutenant, said the discovery was made on 1 November between ATLAS COVE and Ijegun. She said the NNS Beecroft patrol team responded to credible intelligence leading to the discovery of the punctured points. She stated that the points were being utilised by saboteurs to connect hoses and pumping machines to siphon huge quantities of Premium Motor Spirit…

Thursday, 02 November 2023 04:51

Boko Haram kills 40 in Yobe, police say

At least 40 people were killed in Yobe state between Monday and Tuesday after suspected Boko Haram militants shot at villagers and set off a land mine, in the first major attack on the northern eastern state in 18 months, the police said on Wednesday. The attack happened at about 8:30 p.m. (1930 GMT) on Monday, at Gurokayeya village, Gaidam local government in Yobe State, the state's police spokesperson Abdulkarim Dungus said. He said gunmen opened fire on villagers, killing at least 17 people and that on Tuesday a land mine exploded, killing at least 20 villagers who were returning…

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