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FCT women demand swift prosecution of sexual predators

Women groups in the FCT, Monday, staged a walk around the metropolis, demanding speedy prosecution of perpetrators of rape and other sexual offences as a way of ending the menace in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the walk took the women groups to the office of the Inspector-General of Police […]

Congratulating Adeyemi amounts to congratulating an armed robber after a successful operation – Dino

Following the declaration of Chief Smart Adeyemi as the winner of the Kogi West senatorial election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Senator Dino Melaye who formally occupied the seat has declined to congratulate Adeyemi. Monitoring the activities of key players in the Kogi West Senatorial election, crimefacts.news can report that Dino Melaye took […]

We’re not recruiting ex-Boko Haram fighters into the military – DHQ

The Defence Headquarters(DHQ) has said that the stories of the de-radicalized Boko Haram ex-fighters being recruited into the Nigerian military is untrue. This was contained in press statement issued Sunday by the Acting Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in Abuja. Nwachukwu urged the public to discountenance the rumours being peddled on the social […]

Mob Justice: How black magic failed lynched vandals

Three suspected transformer vandals were Thursday night beaten to death as an angry mob of youths from two Imo communities dispensed ‘instant justice’. The vandals who were famed to possess and deploy voodoo powers to induce sleep on security guards at their target transformer houses, were apparently let down by their black magic which could […]

SA Killing: We’re glad justice has been served – Dabiri-Erewa

Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) on Saturday expressed satisfaction over the justice meted out to the police officer that killed a Nigerian in South Africa. In a statement by the Head of Media and Public Relations Unit of the Commission, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, in Abuja, she said ”We are glad that justice […]

Kaduna: Man remanded in prison custody for multi-million Naira Fraud

A Kaduna State High Court has remanded one Alhaji Yusha’u Mohammed Kebbe in prison custody for alleged fraud in excess of N136.6 million. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC had Wednesday, November 27, 2019, arraigned Alhaji Yusha’u before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna on an eight-count charge, bordering on conspiracy […]

Lady caught with 23 ATM cards hidden in her private part

Police in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, has reported that a woman identified as Halima Juma, was arrested with 23 ATM cards allegedly tucked inside her private parts. According to k24TV the 23-year-old was suspected of stealing money from bank users after illegally obtaining their ATM cards. She was arrested on Tuesday at a bank ATM […]

DSS nabs suspected kidnapper of Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested one Stanley Onoriode Ekemaye, described as a “notorious kidnap kingpin” who allegedly masterminded the abduction of Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme, a judge with the Benin Division of the Court of Appeal. Nwosu-Iheme was kidnapped on October 30 after being trailed from Ramat Park end of the […]