Crime

Saturday, 16 October 2021 06:04

11 Nigerians, all belonging to one ethnic group, charged for fraud totaling $9m by US govt

The United States Department of Justice has arraigned 11 Nigerians on charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft put at over $9 million. According to a statement issued by the US DOJ on the indictment, the Nigerians, allegedly, were involved in laundering millions of Dollars in proceeds derived from business email compromises and romance fraud schemes. The suspects are: Adedayo John, Oluwadamilola Akinpelu, Kazeem Raheem, Morakinyo Gbeyide and Warris Adenuga a.k.a Blue, Smart Agunbiade, Lateef Goloba, Samsondeen Goloba, Olawale Olaniyan, Olawoyin Peter Olanrewaju and Emmanuel Oronsaye-Ajayi. It is noteworthy that all…

Saturday, 16 October 2021 05:59

British police declare killing of MP David Amess terrorist attack

The killing of Conservative MP David Amess has been declared a terrorist incident by police. David was stabbed multiple times at a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex on Friday. The Metropolitan Police said there was "a potential motivation linked to Islamist extremism". A 25-year-old British man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder, and police said they were not seeking anyone else over the death. As part of the investigation, officers are currently carrying out searches at two addresses in the London area, the Met said. The force believes the man acted alone but inquiries into the…

Friday, 15 October 2021 05:35

Bloody-thirsty ISWAP leader, Al-Banawi is dead - CDS

Nigeria's top general said on Thursday that Abu Musab al-Barnawi, leader of the insurgent group Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), was dead. ISWAP is an offshoot of the Boko Haram insurgent group that has been fighting against the Nigerian armed forces for 12 years. The two militant groups later turned on each other. The conflict between the insurgents and Nigeria's armed forces, which has also spread to neighbouring Chad and Cameroon, has left about 300,000 dead and millions dependent on aid. "I can authoritatively confirm to you that Abu Musab is dead," Lucky Irabor, the chief of defence staff,…

Friday, 15 October 2021 05:29

Bandits kill soldiers, abduct motorists in Zamfara

Some soldiers were feared killed Wednesday as they tried to repel an attack by bandits on travellers in Zamfara State. Witnesses said the bandits also abducted many motorists in the incident which occurred on a road leading to Gusau, between Kucheri and Wanzamai in Tsafe local government area of the state. According to Maryam Gatawa, a lecturer with Federal University Gusau, the attack lasted for more than 30 minutes. She said she narrowly escaped being abducted in the incident. “They had just finished abducting people when our vehicle arrived. I saw people in the villages running from their homes to…

Thursday, 14 October 2021 05:39

Five dead as man attack people with bow and arrow in Norway

Five people have been killed and two more injured in Norway after a man used a bow and arrow to attack them. Police first received word of an attack in the town of Kongsberg, southwest of the capital Oslo, at around 18:13 local time (16:13 GMT). Oeyvind Aas said a suspect had been caught and seemed to have acted alone. Police will investigate whether it was an act of terror, a spokesman said. Prime Minister Erna Solberg said reports of the incident had been "horrifying". "I understand that many people are afraid, but it's important to emphasise that the police…

Wednesday, 13 October 2021 05:36

Gunmen attack Bayelsa police station, kill officer, take away guns

Gunmen yesterday killed a Police Sergeant during an attack on the Divisional Police Station, Kolo, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The gunmen also ransacked the Station for arms and carted away the service rifle of the deceased and one other rifle from the armoury. Investigations revealed that the gunmen numbering six reportedly opened fire on the police team conducting stop-and-search of vehicles in front of the police station. Eyewitness account stated that three policemen were on duty as of the time of the incident, and the remaining two tried to return firepower, but had to scamper for safety…

Wednesday, 13 October 2021 05:35

Three abducted as gunmen invade Catholic Seminary in Kaduna

Gunmen on Monday attacked a Catholic seminary and kidnapped three people. An official said the gunmen attacked Christ the King Major Seminary in Kaduna State at about 7:26 p.m. In a public statement on Tuesday, Chancellor of the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, Emmanuel Okolo, said the affected seminarians were in ‘Theology four’ and they belong to the ‘apostles of Divine Charity’ and the ‘Little sons of the Eucharist Congregation’ groups. He said the gunmen invaded the chapel of the seminary located in a district called Fadan Kagoma in Jema’a Local Government Area and initially went away with five seminarians. But…

Tuesday, 12 October 2021 05:48

Female officer missing, armoury emptied as gunmen attack Enugu police station

A policewoman was declared missing after gunmen attacked Umulokpa Police Division in the Uzo-Uwani local government area of Enugu State. The state police command confirmed that a yet-to-be-identified female officer has been unaccounted for following the attack that took place on Saturday. The armoury of the division was emptied while the CCTV facility and operational vehicles were also destroyed in the incident. Commissioner of Police in the state, Abubakar Lawal, has already ordered the state Criminal Investigation Department, CID, to commence a full-scale investigation to locate the missing officer and arrest the perpetrators. A statement by a spokesman of the…

Tuesday, 12 October 2021 05:47

After 34 years, Sankara murder trial begins in Burkina Faso

The trial of 14 people accused of plotting the assassination of Burkina Faso's former president Thomas Sankara started on Monday, 34 years after he was gunned down in one of the most infamous killings in modern African history. Sankara - a charismatic Marxist revolutionary widely known as "Africa's Che Guevara" - was killed in 1987 during a coup led by his former ally Blaise Compaore. Compaore, who went on to rule the West African nation for almost three decades before he himself was ousted and fled to neighbouring Ivory Coast, has been charged with complicity in absentia. He has denied…

Monday, 11 October 2021 05:42

Gunmen attack Adamawa police station while mother, daughter abducted nearby

Suspected kidnappers have attacked Ngurore Police station in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa state and abducted a nursing mother in the area. Sulaiman Nguroje, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, confirmed the development to Newsmen on Sunday. According to Nguroje, the criminal gang attacked the station at about 2 am on Sunday, but no casualty was recorded. ”The suspected kidnappers targeted one Umaru of Nasarawo B, a resident of Ngurore town in Yola South LGA. “The criminals separated into two groups; one attacked the Police station to divert the attention of security operatives, while other group attacked…

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Sunday, 10 October 2021 06:08

Gunmen kill at least 20 in attack in Sokoto

At least 20 people were killed in Sokoto state when gunmen attacked a market and torched cars, as armed gangs continue to wreak havoc in the northwest part of the country, a state official and local member of parliament said on Saturday. Northwestern Nigeria has since last December witnessed a wave of kidnappings of school children and villagers for ransoms by bandits, disrupting everyday life for millions of citizens. Idriss Gobir, special adviser to the Governor on security matters, said the armed bandits rode on motorcycles and shot sporadically, killing several people. "The bandits in large numbers killed at least…

Friday, 08 October 2021 05:45

Gunmen kill 2 policemen, 2 lawyers; burn 7 travellers alive In Ebonyi

Not less than 11 persons, including policemen, were killed when gunmen invaded Isu and Onicha Igboeze communities in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Two Policemen were reportedly killed in Isu while others were killed in Onicha Igboeze, same local government area. Two lawyers were among the victims killed by the gunmen. The lawyers were in transit when they ran into the gunmen. After killing them, the gunmen were said to have left with the vehicle belonging to the lawyers, while they set ablaze their own Lexus Jeep vehicle. Before the incident, seven travellers were burnt alive inside the…

Friday, 08 October 2021 05:44

Gunmen kill five policemen in Niger state community

In an attack by gunmen on Tuesday in Pangu community of Rafi Local Government Area of Niger state, five mobile policemen have been reportedly killed. The gunmen were also accused of burning down the Pangu primary healthcare centre and two vehicles belonging to the mobile policemen. The gunmen according to sources from the community invaded the town on motorcycles shooting sporadically to scared people away. It was gathered that the gunmen began shooting the mobile policemen who tried to stop the attack and that led to the death of the security agents. The bodies of the deceased have been taken…

Thursday, 07 October 2021 05:53

Despite telecom blackout, military onslaught, bandits kill 18 in Zamfara

Armed men killed at least 18 people and set ablaze cars and shops in Zamfara state, where the government has imposed a telecoms blackout as part of a security operation against groups of kidnappers, two residents said on Wednesday. Northwest Nigeria has been engulfed in crisis since late 2020, when groups of armed men began a spate of mass abductions from schools and other violent attacks on villages and on people travelling by road. Two residents said the attack on Kuryan Madaro village in Zamfara happened around 9 p.m. on Tuesday when a dozens of bandits rode into the village…

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