Rampant acts of electoral fraud may be taking place in the ongoing Kogi governorship election as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alerted the public and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that agents of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are threatening and forcing INEC presiding officers, including […]
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says its operatives will be on ground to monitor the governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States today. The commission says it will be looking out for incidents of vote-buying and selling, as well as other corruption-related acts. A statement on the commissions website read: “These […]
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 […]
