Crime Facts

NDLEA intercepts drugs consignment hidden in imported car

  Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have seized 126 parcels of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, weighing 63 kilograms concealed in a used Toyota Corolla car imported from Toronto, Canada at the Tincan port in Lagos. This is even as an attempt by a freight agent, Mordi Chukwuemeka Samuel, […]

16 People Burnt To Death In Osun Auto Crash

  Sixteen persons have been burnt to death and others wounded in an auto crash in the Odeomu area of Osun State. The fatal accident happened opposite Mat Oil and involved a white commercial Mazda Bus with registration number APP834XT and a white Lexus Jeep bearing registration number LSR304HW. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of […]

REPORT: 172 killed in Benue, Kaduna in one month

  No fewer than 172 people have been killed in Benue and Kaduna states in one month. Findings by Sunday PUNCH revealed that the deaths occurred as a result of banditry, terrorism and inter-communal clash between March 22 and April 22, 2023. The most recent attack occurred on Thursday, March 23, when terrorists reportedly shot […]

Imo catholic priest regains freedom from kidnappers

  A Catholic church priest, Rev Fr. Micheal Asomugha, who was kidnapped recently has regained his freedom from his abductors. Asomugha of the St. Paul’s Catholic church parish , Osu in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo state was kidnapped recently. One of his parishioners, Chinedu Osuji, confirmed on Sunday morning that the […]

EFCC asks Akpabio to turn himself in over corruption investigation

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked a former minister of Niger Delta Affairs and senator-elect for Akwa Ibom North-West District, Godswill Akpabio, to report at its headquarters in Abuja for interrogation over a corruption investigation against him. Mr Akpabio is one of the contenders for the office of the Senate president […]