Crime Facts

Coronavirus and the deregulation of common sense

.By Oluseyi Olufemi   Fela Anikulapo Kuti, renowned Nigerian poet, prophet and priest, in his melodic hymn “Teacher don’t teach me nonsense” best captured the reasons for the present scenario of people’s growing distrust of the world’s established body of medical orthodoxy in the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. While the urbane mind readily accepts […]

Funds donated for COVID-19 must be accounted for – CISLAC

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has urged the Nigerian government to ensure accountability and transparency for all the funds spent in fighting the Coronavirus pandemic. In a statement on Monday, the CISLAC’s Executive Director, Comrade Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, also called for the inclusion of the media and other accountability entities in the utilization […]

COVID-19: FG sues H-Medix, three others over hike in prices of sanitizers

The Federal Competition & Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) is set to prosecute four supermarkets and their proprietors in Abuja for alleged arbitrary hike in the prices of sanitizers, hand-wash liquids, disinfectants and other anti-bacterial hygiene products. Court documents obtained by Premium Times Newspaper on Friday named the four supermarkets, which also include their pharmacies as […]

E-Money: Two years after, SARS tracks down fleeing kidnap suspect

Ifeanyi Asiatugbulam appears to be an incorrigible kidnap suspect. While he was still at large and wanted for his criminal escapades, he was still busy plotting and executing more kidnap operations. Asiatugbulam was also popular for  evading arrest and escaping from captivity. after two years of fleeing from the law, he must have assumed himself […]

COVID-19: FG frantic, launches manhunt for 4,370 suspects

The Federal Government of Nigeria has launched a nationwide manhunt for 4,370 “persons of interest” as part of measures to combat the spread of the dreaded coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The move is designed to track down all persons suspected to have had contact with index cases of the virus. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji […]

No madam, mediocrity can’t justify corruption

.By Ben Elumah The biggest tragedy suffered by the state of Imo in the last 10 years, is the elevation of persons who had no business in public office to positions of responsibility in government.  It is an extreme error to offer serious positions of responsibility to persons who neither have the discipline nor the […]

COVID-19: Imo Speaker bars legislator from plenary for sneezing

Imo House of Assembly Speaker, Dr. Chiji Collins, at their last plenary Wednesday ordered the Honourable member representing Nkwerre state Constituency, Hon. Obinna Okwara out of the Chambers for sneezing repeatedly. Okwara had been sneezing intermittently, with other members darting furtive glances at one another apparently wondering if they were safe. At a point, the […]