Crime Facts

FEC to determine price of petrol from our refinery – Dangote

Businessman, Aliko Dangote, on Tuesday revealed that the Federal Executive Council is working on a new pricing arrangement for petrol produced from the Dangote Refinery. The 650,000-barrel-per-day facility officially unveiled its refined petrol on Tuesday with Dangote announcing that product will be in filling stations in the next 48 hours depending on the country’s national […]

Libya trafficking kingpin assassinated — Report

A former head of Libya’s coastguard, who was known as a key trafficker of people and fuel, has been shot dead by unknown assailants, local media reported Monday. Major Abd al-Rahman Milad, also known as Al-Bidja, was killed on Sunday in the town of Sayyad, 25 kilometres (15 miles) west of the capital Tripoli. He […]

Provide Binance chief on wheelchair, court orders NCS

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the officials of the Kuje correctional facility to provide the detained Binance Holdings Limited executive, Tigran Gambaryan, with a wheelchair. The order followed an outburst from Gambaryan shortly after the court adjourned. Justice Nwite had stepped out of the courtroom for a […]

10 Maritime Workers Abducted In Rivers

At least 10 maritime travellers are feared to have been abducted by sea pirates along the Bonny – Port Harcourt waterway. Though details are still sketchy, Channels Television gathered that the incident which occurred in the early hours of Monday morning is believed to involve 10 persons travelling between Bonny and Port Harcourt. Confirming the […]

Abia man plucks out wife’s eyes for ritual

Tragedy struck at Umueze Ibeku community, a suburb of Umuahia, Abia State, early Sunday morning, when a middle-aged man identified as Lawrence Uzor, plucked out his wife’s eyes for rituals. The victim who was said to be deep asleep when the incident occurred, is currently hospitalized at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Umuahia. Their land […]

Bandits set on fire Nigerian Army armoured vehicles stuck in mud

A video has emerged of a jubilant terrorism kingpin, Bello Turji, and his armed bandits celebrating “victory” over the Nigerian military after burning down two Mines Resistant Armour Personnel (MRAP) vehicles stuck in the mud. According to Premium Times, soldiers abandoned the vehicles during an operation in the troubled Zamfara State in the country’s North-west […]

IPC-SPJ condemns remand of Kano journalist, Dahiru

The International Press Centre, IPC, Lagos-Nigeria, through its Safety and Protection of Journalists (SPJ) hub has decried the remand of a Kano-based journalist, Mr. Muktar Dahiru, of Pyramid FM in prison. Dahiru was arrested, detained, expeditiously and abysmally charged to court and unfortunately confined behind bars for sharing ‘supposed contents’, assumed offensive by the the […]