Police operatives of the Anambra State Police Command, in the early hours of Wednesday, 20th November, 2019, at about 03:30am, apprehended a four-man criminal syndicate which had been on their watch-list, in Ozubulu, Anambra state. The operatives drawn from the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) arrested four suspects namely Collins Okpala, 25 years; Nwachukwu Chimanya, […]
…Impounds 2.1m bottles of killer Analgin injection,1,920 bags of foreign rice Four months after the closure of land borders by the federal government of Nigeria, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has raised fresh alarm over the sudden upsurge in the smuggling of contraband products into the country. Comptroller Kayode Olusemire in charge of the […]
Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN), has been arrested and is being held in Dubai by Interpol. According to huhuonline.com, Adoke was arrested shortly after arriving in Dubai on November 11; where he had travelled to for medical evaluation after a court warrant for his arrest was vacated […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Sokoto Zonal office on Tuesday the conviction of one Emmanuel Adedeji Oluwatosin, whose name was on the wanted list of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, (FBI). Crimefacts.news reports that Oluwatosin was prosecuted before Justice M. S. Sifawa of the Sokoto State High court sitting in Sokoto, one […]
Thugs suspected to be loyal to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state seem to have sustained the reign of violence after the controversial election in the state. A statement released Faruk Adejoh-Audu who is the spokesman and Head of Communications, Wada/Aro Campaign Council and obtained by crimefacts.news alleged that even after Mr Yahaya Bello was […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is set to begin the second phase of tracking of constituency projects, crimefacts.news can report. This follows the huge successes recorded in the first phase of the exercise carried out in 12 states of the federation. ICPC Chairman, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, during a pre-planning retreat […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is set to begin the second phase of tracking of constituency projects, crimefacts.news can report. This follows the huge successes recorded in the first phase of the exercise carried out in 12 states of the federation. ICPC Chairman, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, during a pre-planning retreat […]
…Allegedly dispersing voters with bullets, teargas There are indications that the alleged use of Police helicopter in last Saturday’s governorship and senatorial elections in Kogi state may afterall not be mere propaganda but a shocking reality. Beyond the testimonies and allegations of interested parties like the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Kogi state, […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the list of 30 ad-hoc staff of the Commission who took part in Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi state. The affected staff were mainly those posted to the Olamaboro council area of the state by the Commission. They were declared missing around 1:00am on Sunday morning during […]
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has in an early evening statement marked ‘urgent’ called on voters in Kogi state to rise and protect their votes and not to rest on their oars. Conveying a total lack of trust in the security forces, the CUPP urged voters to complete what they started by standing […]
