Crime

Chidinma Ojukwu: I didn’t Report Ataga’s Death Due To Fear

Chidinma Ojukwu, the 300-level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, who was arrested last Wednesday, over the murder of Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in a service apartment in the Lekki area of Lagos State

A University of Lagos 300-level student on trial for the alleged murder of Super TV CEO Michael Ataga, Chidinma Ojukwu, told a Lagos State High Court on Monday that she refrained from reporting the incident to the police because she was afraid of being falsely implicated. Chidinma, who testified before Justice Yetunde Adesanya in the court’s Tafawa Balewa Square division, explained that she was reluctant to do so because she had seen people accused after reporting crimes in the past. She also said that, out of nervousness, she had thought of calling the apartment’s security man but ended the conversation.Read More

Awka Catholic Bishop Warns Youths Against Money Rituals, Internet Scams

Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese in Anambra State, Most Rev Paulinus Ezeokafor

The Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese in Anambra State, Most Rev Paulinus Ezeokafor, has warned youths against getting involved in money rituals and internet scams. The clergyman admonished that life Read More

Gunmen Abduct Journalists Covering Enugu Local Council Elections

Gunmen

The news crew of the Enugu State Broadcasting Service, ESBS, who were covering the 2022 local government elections were attacked by gunmen on Wednesday but later released. It was learnt Read More

amily Cries Out To Imo Governor After Police Parade Missing Son As IPOB Gunman

Eastern Security Network of the Indigenous People of Biafra (ESN/IPOB) versus Nigeria Police Force

The family members of a South-East resident, Ekenedirichukwu Abaziem, have cried out for help after their son was arrested in a raid by the Imo State Police Command and paraded Read More

National Assembly Asks Buhari To Deploy US Tucano Jets In Bandits-ravaged North-West

National Assembly

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to order the deployment of Super Tucano fighter jets against bandits terrorising Wasagu, Danko and Sakaba local government areas of Read More

Citing Failing Health, Detained DCP Abba Kyari Begs Court For His Release

Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari

Slams N500m suit against FG Detained Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari has appealed to a Federal High Court Abuja, to order his release from the custody of the Read More

Military Air Strikes Kill ISWAP’S Top Commanders, 21 Insurgents

Military aircraft

Military air strikes at the weekend decimated top commanders of the Islamic State for West African Province (ISWAP) and 21 insurgents around Lake Chad area. The air interdiction, which was Read More

Military Probes Killing Of Seven Children By Fighter Jet Targeting Terrorists

Nigerian Airforce jet

Military authorities weekend launched an investigation into the killing of seven children during a bombing raid in the Madari region of Niger Republic which shares border with Kano State. Competent Read More

Court Issues Bench Warrant in N10.7bn Ponzi Case

Law court

The Federal High Court in Lagos has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of one Joshua Adeyinka Kayode, 22, a defendant, who is standing trial for allegedly defrauding over Read More

Again, Bandits Storm Zamfara Village, Kill 18, Residents Claim

Bandits

At least, 18 people were feared dead and several others injured after an attack by bandits in Kadaddaba in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The residents claimed that Read More

EFCC Arrests 29 Internet Fraud Suspects In Kwara

EFCC Arrests 29 Internet Fraud Suspects in Kwara

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) yesterday arrested 29 persons for their alleged involvement in internet and other related fraud activities. The suspects were arrested Read More

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