A Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Edmond Nwagbara has been burnt to death in a blaze that consumed his living quarters in the early hours of Saturday, the 16th of November, 2019. Before his death, Nwagbara was the Parish priest of St. Peter Claver Catholic Parish Nnewi-ichi in Nnewi North council area of Anambra State. Crimefacts.news […]
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has directed the deployment of new Commissioners of Police (CPs) to Edo, Lagos, Ogun, and Cross River states. Also affected in the new postings are Bauchi, Kano and Akwa Ibom states. A statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, Thursday night, listed the new […]
A group, YIAGA Africa has listed arms stockpiling, influx of thugs as some of the early warning signs of trouble ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa State. These, it said, may extensively mar the election. New Telegraph reports that the group which made their fears known Thursday in Yenagoa, the state capital, during a […]
Ogbaku area of the Owerri-Onitsha express way has become an axis of evil occasioned by the alleged questionable activities of Nigerian policemen stationed there. Beyond the brazen extortion that goes on at literally every police roadblock in Imo state, the policemen at Ogbaku has introduced a dangerous twist to their operation. They allegedly harass parents […]
Wole Soyinka, Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate, says the Department of State Services (DSS) is increasingly becoming a fascist organization and an embarrassment to Nigeria. The DSS has refused to comply with a court order for Sowore’s release. The agency said it received the court order for his release, but that no one had come to receive […]
Officials of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Kaduna State, have reportedly arrested a Sharia Court judge, Murtala Nasir, for officiating a wedding. Also arrested along with the judge were a former Chairman of Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Limited (PAN), Alhaji Sani Dauda, who is the father of the bride, and his son, Shehu Dauda. New Telegraph […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday opened its case against Abdullahi Babalele, son-in-law of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, accused of laundering $140,000 in the build-up to the 2019 general elections. The Punch reports that the trial began before Justice C.J. Aneke at the Federal High Court in Lagos with the testimony of one […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Monday alerted the public on frozen raspberries contaminated with Norovirus from China. According to the public alert posted on the agency’s website and Twitter handle (@NafdacAgency), Norovirus is a highly infectious virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea. It read in part: “The contamination of […]
The peace building efforts by stakeholders ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Kogi State has suffered a major set back, as political thugs allegedly belonging to the All Progressives Congress (APC) stormed venue of the parley, dragged out the state Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Muktar Atimah and gave him a resounding beating. […]
