Crime Facts

EndSars: Calabar hoodlums begin dumping of looted items in waste bins

…as Ohanaeze warn Igbo’s against buying secondhand items As security operatives commenced intensive house to house search for looted public and private properties within Calabar metropolis, suspected hoodlums have started dumping items into waste bins and various hiding locations around the city. This is coming barely few hours after the Commissioner of police, Abdulkadir Jimoh […]

Mass Deployment Of Soldiers, Police In Abuja Over Lootings

*As minister orders arrest, prosecution of looters Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Bello, has ordered the deployment of soldiers and other security agents to different parts of the Territory to prevent further looting of warehouses in the nation’s capital. He has also ordered the arrest and prosecution of the people who forcefully […]

Insecurity: COAS meets top army commanders

Buratai charges troops to be ruthless with Looters, hoodlums The Chief Of Army Staff , Lt . Gen . Tukur Buratai, is presently holding a meeting with Principal Staff Officers and top army commanders on the security situation in the country. The meeting which is being held at the Army Headquarters in Abuja commenced at […]

EndSARS: Fashola Discovers Mystery Camera At Lekki Toll Gate

…Hands over to Sanwo-Olu for further investigation The Minister for Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola on Sunday, discovered a hidden camera at the Lekki Toll Gate, Admiralty Circle, in Lagos. Fashola, led a Federal Government delegation on the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari to commiserate with the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu over the […]

Troops hit bandits’ camps, eliminate scores in Kaduna

Troops of Operation Thunder Strike have eliminated scores of bandits in land and air offensives on their camps at Yadi and Kufai Shantu in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Enenche said the operation was executed on […]

EndSARS: Tension as N’Delta militants roll out 11-point demand

Militant groups from the nine states of the Niger Delta region, which vowed to resume hostilities, last Monday in support of #EndSARS protests, triggered fresh anxiety, weekend, as it presented 11 new demands to the Federal Government. Leader of the militants under the auspices of Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA, self-styled “Major General” Johnmark Ezonebi, […]

Presidency To Military, Police: Restore Order Urgently With ‘Moderate Force’

Soldiers and police personnel are being deployed immediately across the country on the orders of the Presidency to stop the ongoing wanton destruction of public and private property by vandals and looters, Nation reports. They are to apply “moderate force” where necessary, The Nation gathered authoritatively Saturday night. Consequently, Police Inspector General Mohammed Adamu ordered […]

IGP asks AIGs, CPs to immediately restore order nationwide

Mohammed Adamu, the inspector-general of police (IGP), has ordered the immediate deployment operational assets and resources to bring an end to the nationwide unrest. The IGP, who gave the order in a statement on Saturday, asked all police heads to immediately restore order . There have been looting of property and vandalisation of public assets […]

25 Escaped Inmates Return To Correctional Centre In Edo

A total of 25 inmates, out of the 1,900 inmates, who escaped from Oko and Sapele Road Correctional Centre popularly called White House, Benin last Monday when hoodlums masquerading as #EndSARS protesters stormed the two prisons, have voluntarily surrendered themselves to the authorities, Tribune Online reports. One of the inmates, who gave his name as […]