Crime Facts

Army Deserter Arrested In Imo For Alleged Terrorism

  A 34-year-old Nigerian Army deserter, Lance Corporal Nwangwu Chiwendu has been arrested at Amahohuru Nguru in Aboh Mbaise Local government Area of Imo State for alleged terrorism. According to CSP Michael Abattam, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Chiwendu popularly known as Onye-army, was nabbed by operatives of the Imo State Police […]

Gunmen burn down police station in Anambra

  THE Divisional Police station in Ihiala has been set ablaze by hoodlums, creating fear in the villages and other communities in the area. Some buildings in the station were completely burnt down and the motive has not been established. An eye witness said that following the attack on the police station, which is located […]

Bandits Reportedly Kill 37 In Kaduna, Burn Down Houses

  No fewer than 37 people have been reportedly killed by bandits during fresh attacks in the Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attacks took place separately on Sunday night at Malagum 1 and Sokwong communities of Kagoro Chiefdom in the Kaura Local Government Area of the state. Although the police authorities are […]

Ansaru Terrorists Operate As Another Govt In Birnin Gwari, Collect Levies From Residents – Kaduna Councillor

  The Ansaru terrorist group has established another government within the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State and now taxes helpless residents, a Senior Councillor of the Birnin Gwari Emirate, Zubair Abdurra’uf has said. “We have a government within the government,” Abdurra’uf lamented on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Wednesday. “There are […]

Boko Haram nurtured by PDP, FG replies Atiku

  The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has blasted the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, for claiming not to understand the Boko Haram phenomenon, a situation he said was nurtured by his party. The minister who said this at a press briefing on Monday in Abuja, added that the […]

Boko Haram in control of two Borno LGAs, Speaker cries out

  Contrary to claims that no Local Government Area, LGA, in Borno State is under the control of Boko Haram insurgents, Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Abdulkarim Lawan, has said that two LGAs are being controlled by the terrorists. He identified the LGAs as Guzamala and Kukawa in Borno North Senatorial District. Consequently, […]

Troops Kill Several Bandits During Clearance Operations In Kaduna

  Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed several bandits during clearance operations in enclaves of non-state actors around Idasu, Fatika and Makera forests in the Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. This was disclosed in operational feedback to the state government on Tuesday. According to the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and […]