•The suspects L-R: son’s father, Chinana Tali; Pius Aondoakaa and Yakubu Mati The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Capital Territory Command, has arrested a man planning to sell his eight-year-old son for N20m. Parading the suspects at the command, the FCT Commandant, Olusola Odumosu, today said the son’s father, Chinana...
•IGP Egbetokun The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has summoned a crucial meeting with the Force Management Team and Tactical Squads to address the escalating concerns regarding insecurity across the country. Bandits have been breaking into houses and picking up residents from the comfort of their homes for ransom, ...
•Transformer Residents of Ojoto, Wokoma, Elechi and Ekwe streets in Mile 3 Diobu, Port Harcourt City Council of Rivers State, have been thrown into darkness after some armed men vandalised a transformer in the area. Yesterday morning, the residents woke up to find out that the transformer located at Elechi/Wokom Street had been tampered with [...
•Wike dancing away Amid the rising cases of kidnapping and robbery in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom WIke, has been busy with Rivers State politics, reports The PUNCH. A few years ago, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, was perceived as the safest city anyone could wish to live in. […]
•Police recruits The Police Service Commission (PSC) said today that a total of 136,177 candidates for the ongoing police recruitment exercise have already been screened just six days after the commencement of the exercise on Monday, January 8, 2024, throughout the federation. The Commission, through the Police Recruitment Board, is currently ...
•Knife A retired nurse, Mrs Esther Amali and her housemaid identified as Mercy Mwuese have been stabbed to death by a young man who invaded their residence located around the Federal Low Cost, Makurdi, Benue State capital. The incident, according to an eyewitness, happened on Sunday at about 4:30 pm, reports The PUNCH. An eyewitness […]...
•Ezekiel Musa Dalhatu Commissioner for Public Complaints Commission (PCC) representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Hon Ezekiel Musa Dalhatu, has said FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, has not been properly briefed on the high level of insecurity in the nation’s capital. Addressing press conference in Abuja, yesterday, Dalhatu said insecurity...
•Gunmen Despite the presence of 17 arms-bearing security agencies domiciled in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), kidnappers have, in the last one year, unleashed mayhem on hapless residents. According to credible data made available to this paper, over 300 FCT residents were kidnapped between January and December, 2023. Out of ...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its operatives from the Lagos Zonal Command have arrested a former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Charles Chukwuemeka Ugwuh, for an alleged conspiracy and fraud to the tune of N3.6bn. Head Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale in a statement today, said Ugwuh was arrested [&h...
•Late Folorunsho Ariyo. Kidnappers have reportedly killed three of eleven residents of the Sagwari Estate Layout in the Dutsen-Alhaji area of the Federal Capital Territory, including a 13-year-old secondary school student identified as Folorunsho Ariyo. Kidnappers had invaded the Sagwari community on Sunday, January 7, at about 7:30 pm, and ki...
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