By Bashir Bello – Katsina A day old baby girl, 14 other women were reportedly released by armed bandits operating in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. The victims were said to have been abducted from Mallamawa village in Jibia area of the state. Speaking while receiving the victims, Governor Aminu Bello Masari said […]

Wole Mosadomi – Minna Niger State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man, Abdullahi Umar, for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl. The incident occurred in Angwan Tukura area in the Kontagora Local Government Area of the state on Sunday, 29th of last month. Vanguard crime correspondent gathered that the suspect succeeded in his bid by […]

Nigerian bank, Ecobank Nigeria Limited has advocated continuous collaboration by all stakeholders in the fight against cybercrimes in the country. In his welcome address at the second general meeting of Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum (NeFF) in Lagos, Patrick Akinwuntan, Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, said the activities of cybercrimes has assumed a high dimension, stressing that […]

Rapheal Onwugbolu has bagged two years of jail term for internet fraud (cybercrime). The conviction followed his prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC before Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on two counts bordering on cybercrime. One of the charges reads according to EFCC reads: “That you, Raphael Ifedora […]

By Rasheed Sobowale The Nigeria Police Force has said it will be reducing the misuse of firearms by officers and would instead acquire electro-muscular disruption technology-based weaponry popularly known as Taser or Stun Guns. This was made known by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu Adamu in his opening speech during a conference […]

By Rasheed Sobowale The Nigeria Police Force reiterated its commitment to enhancing Nigerians safety in an opening speech delivered by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu Adamu on Thursday. The IGP claimed in his speech the Police Force arrested no lesser than 1,151 high profile suspects between the month of August to date. […]

…Judge Adjourns case to 2020 Soni Daniel – Abuja Fresh details have emerged as to how the duo of Samuel Saleh Umoru, Chief Accounting Officer of the Makurdi Zonal Office of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB and Mrs. Philomina Chieshe, a Clerical Officer in the same office, conspired to stop the board’s auditor, […]

By Festus Ahon – Asaba There was confusion in Asaba, Delta State capital as a female Police Officer from the State Police Command was reportedly killed by her colleague while quelling a protest by some traders in Bonsaac area of the metropolis. It was gathered that the deceased who was among four other police officers […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Residents of Imesi-Ile, a town in Obokun Local Government Council Area in Osun State has called on the state government to rehabilitate Ibokun-Imesi-Ile-Ekiti State boundary to curb incidents of kidnapping in the area. The monarch of the town, Owa Ooye of Imesi Ile, Oba Enoch Akinyemi made the call while receiving […]

By Esther Onyegbula A traditional ruler in Abule-Ado, Amuwo Odofin Local government area of Lagos State, died from deep machete cuts on his head, hands and face, inflicted on him by some miscreants. Another resident who was severely injured in the fracas that brought human movements in the densely populated community to a halt was […]